Update: The Arizona Heritage Center museum will now close on May 18 for renovations.
On top of a hill above Papago Park is the Arizona Heritage Center museum in Tempe. A 30-year-old brick façade with a desert garden courtyard hosts hundreds of people and events year-round. In August 2025, disaster struck.
Several devastating monsoons and storms brought at least 2 feet of water to the museum’s Steele Auditorium, causing the area to flood significantly for months and leaving the administration to make difficult decisions on how to proceed.
