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Discoveries in the Archives
Another cool discovery by our archives intern Jane! As she was processing the Odd Halseth Archival Collection last week, she ran across a clipped out newspaper article featuring pictures of two San...
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Support PGM at Chipotle Cityscape!
Support PGM at Chipotle Cityscape! Friday, September 16 from 2 to 6 p.m. Help the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary raise money for museum educational programs, events and outreaches… and all you have to...
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Re-imagined Indigenous Ceremonies at PGM
This fall and winter, Phoenix, Arizona indigenous artist collective Radio Healer will introduce an immersive performance on the back patio of Pueblo Grande Museum that uses tools, regalia, video, and...
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Celebrate International Archaeology Day at PGM!
Celebrate International Archaeology Day and explore the ancient heart of Phoenix at Pueblo Grande Museum on Saturday, October 15 with a full day of archaeology fun! In collaboration with the Central...
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Hoop Dance 101: Get Up and Hoop!
Children of all ages will have a chance to try out their hoop dancing skills with five-time World Champion hoop dancer Tony Duncan on Sunday, November 13 from 2 to 3 p.m. at Pueblo Grande Museum. Tony...
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Drop-In Discovery Saturdays at PGM
Enjoy free, fun, educational programs on the back patio at Pueblo Grande Museum from local artists, and organizations specializing in prehistoric cultural practices, desert plants and animal...
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Arizona Arti-fun-facts
DID YOU KNOW? .....While processing a recently accepted archaeological collection from a monitoring project earlier this year, Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) Curator Lindsey V. came across an artifact that...
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A Generous Donation: Decades of Maricopa Pottery
This December, Pueblo Grande Museum received a significant donation of 120 Maricopa pottery vessels, the final donation of a three part collection. The entire PGM staff was so thrilled with its...
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As part of the 6th Annual Arizona Scitech Festival, Pueblo Grande Museum will be hosting The Science of Sound & Music lecture series, presented each Friday in February at noon. These 45-minute...
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Graffiti vs Elephant Snot
A group of volunteers, archaeologists, and Park Rangers showed some T.L.C. to a rock art site during a recent clean up project at South Mountain. Many petroglyph panels along the Beverly Canyon trail...
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Storytelling & ART-eology Summer Programs at PGM
Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) is offering fun, hands-on storytelling, art, science, and craft summer programs this June and July for children in kindergarten to eighth grade! Families can plan ahead and...
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PGM Artifact of the Month
Meet Artifact of the Month 98.37.63: From 28 October through 20 December 1996, Desert Archaeology, Inc., conducted a data recovery project on an area between Washington and Jefferson Street, and 4th...
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May Artifact of the Month
What’s the oldest object that we have at Pueblo Grande Museum?CHARCOAL!This charcoal sample was collected from a hearth in the north valley. It’s one of the oldest archaeological specimens in the...
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Proud to be a Blue Star Museum
Pueblo Grande Museum is one of more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer in collaboration with the National Endowment for the...
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What's the Story?
This year, Pueblo Grande Museum is excited to be participating in the international Museum Week events! For those of you that don't know:Hosted over 19 – 25 June, #MuseumWeek is an international online...
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PGM Artifact of the Month
Meet Artifact 2015.33.271!We love this incised stone donut which was found at a site in the southeastern Phoenix metro area. The use of these donut stones is hotly debated by archaeologists. (Little...
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Eclipses in the Hohokam Sky
With all this excitement over the upcoming eclipse on August 21, 2017, Museum staff began to wonder, what it would have been like for the Hohokam to see an eclipse? Would there be any evidence that...
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Volunteering at PGM
Enjoy something a little different from PGM. This guest blog was written by the son of PGM's Visitor Services Supervisor. We welcome volunteers of all ages, interests, and enthusiasm!Volunteering at...
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Indigenous Peoples Day Blog Series
Pueblo Grande Museum(PGM) is celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day this year with a special five-part blog series during the week of October 9th, 2017 in honor of this recently recognized city...
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We Are Still Here: A Celebration!
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!Indigenous Peoples Day Blog Series (1 of 5) By Guest Blogger Rykelle Kemp, Indigenous Metalsmith/Printmaker & Business OwnerI've been asked by the Pueblo Grande Museum...
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