Changing galleries feature temporary exhibits.
Now Showing in the Main Changing Gallery:
From House Calls to Hospitals
Open through Aug 25, 2013
From House Calls to Hospitals
Visit our new exhibit that features the history of medicine in Tempe. Practicing medicine in Tempe has changed radically since the late 19th Century, evolving from folk or home remedies to Tempe’s first true hospital, which opened in the mid-20th Century. The exhibit highlights medical instruments, photos and artifacts that showcase how medicine has changed over the last 200 years.
A early surgeon's kit - photo courtesy of Dr Robert Kravetz
Now Showing in the Community Room:
Ebb and Flow: Changing Views of the Salt River
Open through August 4, 2013
Ebb and Flow: Changing Views of the Salt River
This photography exhibit is one of several Green Revolution events happening in Tempe this Spring. Using images from the museum’s photograph collection, the exhibit visually explores Tempe’s relationship with the Salt River over the past 130 years. Scenes of the droughts, floods, bridges, dams and Tempe Town Lake are included. From March 5 to August 4, 2013 in the Tempe History Museum Community Room.
Visit the Youth Library at the Tempe Public Library to see more great photos of Tempe Town Lake and the Salt River. www.tempe.gov/CommunityGalleries