General Admission To Phoenix Art Museum

This is a great art museum. Parking was easy and I was thrilled to find it reciprocated with my local art museum for admission. There are 2 main floors and there is a wide array of things to look at. Even outside they have cool statues to see. There is old furniture, paintings, a mobile by Calder, textiles, sculptures, and traveling exhibits. When we went there was a cool exhibit on Barbie, that was really well done.

I enjoyed our visit - a good collection with a lot of interesting pieces. The building itself is also very nice.

Had a Nice few hours at this bright and fresh museum. Disappointed that a wing is closed for construction but still enjoyed both classic and contemporary art exhibitions . Docents are friendly and informative. Museum shop had a variety of local and other goods - personally would have liked to see more local jewelry

Love the Japanese Women’s Pottery. Fashion through the ages upstairs was impressive. AND, a Victor Vasarely?!?! WOW

Not kid friendly, beware has naked photos. The security guards are everywhere and not very friendly, they stare so judgingly. I only liked the fireflies room.

Not my favorite art museum I've ever seen as it lacks big well known pieces. I felt the adult price of $28 was too high, especially as a couple -- that's almost $60 for a day out of looking at some pictures. They do offer a AAA $3 discount, which we took advantage of. My favorite part was the Kusama Fireflies Infinity Mirror Room, where you wander into a room of darkness surrounded by mesmerizing twinkling lights and mirrors. I wasn't aware that this was there, so it was a pleasant surprise. I felt the museum has a slightly confusing, disjointed layout. There's a quality gift shop selling typical art museum items like jewelry, scarves, mugs, etc. We put our backpacks/slings and water in the free lockers. Before our trip, I used their web site and found it confusing to find out the price of tickets and as to whether they were actually open on certain days. Please click the thumbs-up if you found this review useful. Thanks!

A very good, massive museum with a huge variety of themes and exhibitions. There are many beautiful pieces to see and great activities for kids, making it a solid family outing.My only critique is that some of the sections felt a bit like they overshadowed the art itself.. However, the museum is so big that you can easily skip those parts and still enjoy the wide range of other incredible styles on display.

We enjoyed an afternoon exploring this beautiful museum. Very interesting installations.

I first visited this place 10 years ago. Then never went back: too much modern art for me, I’m a Renaissance men myself. This time I saw an ad for a Florentine Baroque collection exhibited there and went to see it, of course. The collection itself wasn’t anything to write home about, especially if you are not very fond of Baroque art. But the frames were remarkable in their Baroque splendor, as overflowing with guild and decorative details as you can imagine. Annoyed that I drove all the way to downtown Phoenix for this, I decided to take a look around. And was compensated wonderfully: I discovered Phillip C. Curtis, Arizona’s own artist, an incredible blending of Surrealism, Primitive Art and just pure joy. Yes, you can see influences of Magritte, Delvaux, Dali, Braque and so many Primitives, but there is also something very Sonoran desert in his paintings, I was delighted. BTW, the Museum shop can give you a variety of ideas for presents this Christmas season: from the tacky to the hight end classy stuff, take a look there before you leave.

Wonderful visit to the Phoenix Art Museum! We loved the firefly exhibit—absolutely gorgeous. There’s a great variety of art styles, which kept everyone in our group engaged. Be prepared for lots of walking, but it’s well worth it. The gift store is a bit pricey, but full of really cool, unique finds.

The facilities are great, the interior architecture is wonderful, voluminous and bright. The restaurant, Alden, is very nice. We enjoyed the Eric Fischl show very much and some of the Asian exhibit, the Black Cloud and the Yayoi Kusama installation. That said, we found the majority of the permanent collection to be rather one dimensional - turns out that "1960's to now" American art is not really my cup of tea, especially as there are none of the big names (Warhol, Close, Haring, Baquiat). I was a bit taken aback by the $28 entrance fee, that's more than we paid to go to the Chicago Art Institute and almost as much as the D'Orsay in Paris, world class museums of art ! We would return - but only if there was a show that we wanted to see, not for the regular exhibits.

We had a great time exploring all the different exhibits. This museum is quite diverse, with many different styles of art on display. It wasn't all our taste, but that is what makes art fun too. We took our time, and it took us a couple of hours to see everything.

Spent a few hours at this museum at the beginning of August and let's just say it was a waste of time and nearly $100 for a family of four. After the visit I think our hard earned money went to the museum for all the air conditioning they have to pump in to keep it cool with all the high ceilings. This place has a ton of room and not many exhibits. The best part of it was the Anna Sui exhibit at the front of the museum. During our walkthrough of that I figured the rest of the museum would be similar, not so. There is a lot of wasted space as there aren't a lot of pieces throughout the museum. The pieces themselves in many instances aren't that interesting either. They have one whole wing at the current time that is dedicated to political commentary on illegal immigration. Won't be back.

Slightly disappointed in our visit - probably because we visit so many stellar museums in our travels. Unusual layout requiring multiple elevators for different sections the same floor. Collections didn’t quite meet the expectations based on what I had read and was expecting. The $25 admission seemed steep based on what we saw.

It's a great building, decent collection, well-hung exhibits and the staff are friendly. I would consider their collection of fashion design world-class (not kidding) - stellar examples, and an extremely comprehensive Anna Sui show is currently up. That exhibit alone is worth the cost of admission, if you are into either clothing, or that era. However - there is no restaurant. There used to be a restaurant, Palette, it's been closed and under renovation for more than a year. It was not earth-shaking, but it was a well-designed space with an above-average menu and the food and drinks were consistently good. That space could seat no more than say fifty patrons, so I'm disappointed that now over a year later they are still talking excitedly about Spring 2025 (I have news for for you, August 2025 is not Spring 2025), as if they're building a whole new museum. The temporary cafe they threw up screams afterthought. The people who work there are congenial and nice, but it's not a restaurant, it's grab-and-go (or grab-and-stay, in a room with the equivalent of lawn furniture, and nothing on the walls). Sad to say: the lack of a decent restaurant amenity diminishes the museum's status and reputation.

This is a very nice art museum featuring a wide variety of works. In addition to many interesting contemporary pieces, it has a great collection of American art as well as a decent collection of European works. Unfortunately the Asian art gallery was undergoing renovations, but I really enjoyed the small but interesting exhibition on surrealist Philip C. Curtis. Admission is a little pricey for an institution of its size, but the Phoenix Art Museum is still worth a visit.

We were visiting Phoenix and given my daughter loves art, we try to visit art museum where ever we go. A lot of modern arts, which we are not particularly big fan of. I guess comparing any art museums to Mets or Philadelphia Art museum (2 of my favorites) is not fair but after we were done, we just didn't feel satisfied...

We visited here on 1/9/25 and spent about 3 hours going through the museum. We thought the Asian section, fashion exhibit and photograph section were interesting. We thought the museum was very much a modern art museum. If that is what you appreciate, you'll enjoy the museum. The museum has free parking . There are some interesting outdoor exhibits.

Fantastic art museum. Perfect size. Easy to navigate and some very interesting art pieces. Very friendly and helpful staff. I hung out in the coffee shop while my friend perused the museum. Then late in the afternoon I bought a ticket. Easy to do the museum in less than 2 hours.

Boring…I thought there would be more traditional paintings than modern work. I’m not really a person that normally enjoys this type of activity but I have been to museums that have more traditional type of art work that I have learned to appreciate but this one wasn’t for me. But I’m glad I didn’t pay to see it as it’s free Wednesdays

While the museum is quite nice, several exhibits that my wife and I wished to see were closed. This was quite disappointing as it limited our quality time at the museum. We have visited museums around the world, and rarely encounter more than one closure so this was a disappointment.

Interesting activity, especially the miniature rooms, and a beautiful restaurant that opens to a stunning huge green grass courtyard. A good rainy or super hot day activity and close to the new Cambria Hotel where we stayed. Combine with a visit to some of the cool new restaurants nearby, like The Dressing Room, Josephine, or Poppy in the hotel.

Most memorable exhibit is the Firefly room of mirrors and lights on the third floor, where you gingerly step into a dark space that challenges your senses like never before. I also enjoyed the short film Looking For Mushrooms, as well as many works of art in this well designed and curated museum. If you go on Wednesday after 3 PM, admission is free although donations are welcome. Unlike me (oops) you should go to the check-in desk anyway and get a badge although I'm not sure why. This is a top quality museum and it's easy to get to on Phoenix's light rail line.

Lots of space to wander and enjoy the extensive collection. Clearly growing too. Reminded me a bit of the Kimball in Fort Worth. They spent the money needed for a world-class space. Enticing modern architecture intrigues the visitor. Plan to spend some time here. Volunteer ladies were not very nice however. Nor were the staff at the cafe. Front desk staff were perfect. Free lockers

The enduring memory from the visit was how quickly we got lost inside the exhibits. The building was difficult to navigate for us as first time visitors. As far as the exhibitions went, there were perhaps a half-dozen “wow” moments.

We always enjoy an afternoon in our museum. Always lots to see and really enjoy the special exhibits. Fireflies is exceptional and looking forward to race cars in November. The permanent exhibits are always interesting.

Wow, this is a really spacious art gallery with innumerable galleries within galleries. I think it's the most spacious I've ever been in. The American and Western American galleries are on the upper floors. There are some fabulous Western and Native American paintings. Artists include from Taos school (and no, I wasn't familiar either), former cowboys and a surprisingly number who were German born. Some naive style paintings that I didn't much care for. But otherwise some fabulous western paintings which was the reason for my visit. And I was fortunate enough to have a Docent, an experienced and informed guide, Carolyn I think, in a tour of one, brill! I highly recommend joining a Docent led tour. I also gave the contemporary galleries a whirl on the lower level. There were some suitably bonkers stuff on display that would neatly fit into London's Tate Modern, for example, a huge canvas taking up the height of the wall, with an upside down walking stick glued or stuck on the top half of the canvas ... And the Aircon was at a bearable level tho still set slightly too cold for me, but was bearable unlike the Heard where I was absolutely frozen! There's a restaurant which I didn't have time to check out but looked fine. And a museum shop with some quite jolly items in.

Worth the trip craved this art.very very nicely done. funny place. Actually Loved this place. Had fun.