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Arizona America250 Museum Events
(including Route 66 Centennial and Anza250)
Want to know more about how your museum can participate in these commemorations? Visit our Arizona Museums and America250 webpage.
November 16, 2025 to January 31, 2027Museum of Northern Arizona
Wagon Road to Mother Road
January 10, 2026 to December 31, 2026
Old Trails Museum Exhibit
100 Years of Route 66 in Winslow
January 16, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
Beaver Creek Preservation and Historical Society Lecture
In the Beginning...Revolutionary War
January 16 to February 14, 2026
Oracle History Society Exhibit
America’s Semiquincentennial at Steam Pump Ranch
February 3, 2026, 12:00 p.m.
Chandler History Museum Lecture
History Bites - Celebrate the Route 66 Centennial with Roger Naylor
February 5, 2026, 3:00 p.m.
Verde Valley Archaeology Center Lecture
Following Their Footsteps: Indigenous Geography and the Anza Expedition of 1775-1776
February 11, 2026, 12:00 p.m.
Arizona Historical Society
Arizona Histories, American Stories Lecture
Progressive Federalism, Conservative Constitutionalism
February 12, 2026 , 10:30 a.m.
Museums and Change Webinar
A250: Western Views of Our Nation's Anniversary
Jason Hanson will share a western view of the national anniversary through a case study of History Colorado's Moments That Made US exhibition, and why he thinks that cultivating different perspectives on our national narratives can enrich the public's engagement with our shared history. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87396555798. Meeting ID: 873 9655 5798.
February 12 to 16, 2026
Lowell Observatory Event
I Heart Pluto Festival
February 14, 2026
Sharlot Hall Museum Event
Free Day and debut of Charles Kemp Mural
February 14 to April 11, 2026
Arizona America250
Road to 250: Arizona Traveling Museum
February 17 to March 14, 2026
Pinal County Historical Society Exhibit
1860 Abraham Lincoln Campaign Flag
Cline Library, University of Northern Arizona Exhibit
Echoes of the Open Roud: 100 Years of Route 66 in Arizona (
February 21 to March 21, 2026
Oracle History Society Exhibit
America’s Semiquincentennial and Arizona Statehood
February 22, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Museum of Northern Arizona Webinar
Shades of Route 66: Visualizing the Past Through GIS (webinar)
February 24 to May 25, 2026
HD SOUTH, Home of the Gilbert Historical Museum Exhibit
21st Annual Art of Quilting Show - “Red, White, and Blue”
February 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m.
Arizona Historical Society
Arizona Histories, American Stories Lecture
Revolutionary Arizona
February 27-March 1
Museum of Arizona Artists and S’edav Va’aki Museum Exhibit
Preludes for America250 Concerts (Symphony Hall, Phoenix)
March 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m.
Arizona Historical Society
Arizona Histories, American Stories Lecture
Tumbleweed Underworld: A Saga of Morphine and Mayhem in the Arizona Territory
March 21, 2026, 5:00 p.m.
Old Trails Museum Lecture
Retracing the Epic 1928 Route 66, 3,400-Mile Bunion Derby Footrace Across Northern Arizona
March 28 to April 25, 2026
Oracle History Society Exhibit
America’s Semiquincentennial and Oro Valley