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Tempe History Jigsaw Puzzles

Test your puzzle-solving mastery with these unique online puzzles created using photographs from the Tempe History Museum's collection.

Instructions:
1. Click on an album below, or visit all the museum's jigsaw puzzle options to choose a puzzle. 
2. Click on an individual puzzle piece to move it around the board, fitting all of the pieces together to reveal the full image.

Level: Determined by number of pieces - Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert

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Tempe Postcards

 2016.5.85 (Mill Ave. Parade) thumbnail
Tempe Landmarks

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Tempe in the 70s

 

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the Tempe Sound

  

Let us know if you have a favorite photo you would love to see turned into an digital jigsaw puzzle by searching our eMuseum online collection and emailing your suggestions to museum@tempe.gov or messaging us on Facebook.


NEW! Tempe Word Scramble
Word Scramble yellow bubble and outlinesWe've given you the words, you just need to figure out what they are! Each word's letters are out of order - to complete the scramble, rearranging the letters to create a word according to the scramble's theme. When you think you've nailed it, add the correct word to the boxes with the corresponding number to see if you're right!


Tempe Street Word Scramble 
How well do you know your way around Tempe? Each word is a major Tempe street. Click here to play the Tempe Street scramble.

Tempe Side Street Word Scramble
Whether you're a Tempe enthusiast, expert, or you just drive around the city a lot, this puzzle is for you! Each word is a prominent Tempe side street. Click here to play the Tempe Side Street Scramble. 


Tempe History Word Search

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Get to know the names of Tempe music venues by scouring for them in our new word search game! Words can be found vertically, horizontally and diagonally (forward & backward). The word search is an online game but can also be printed. When you're done, select "Play Again" to rearrange the words into a new search for hours of fun! 

Tempe Parks Word Search (Level: Easy)

Tempe Music Venues Word Search (Level: Easy)



Tempe History Museum Memory Match

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See how fast you can match like images with Tempe History  Museum’s Memory Match game. All images can be found using our online collection database, eMuseum.

Click this link Tempe History Museum Memory Match to start playing!

 


Tempe History Coloring Pages

Enjoy these coloring pages based on historic photographs from Tempe History Museum’s collection.

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 Coloring Page - Hayden Flour Mill THUMBNAIL
 Gammage Coloring Page
(PDF 273 KB)
Click 1999.14.863 to view the photo in eMuseum!		  Hayden Flour Mill Coloring Page
(PDF 263 KB)
Click 1988.18.79 to view the photo in eMuseum!

 		  
Ash Ave Bridge THUMBNAIL  ASU Old Main - THUMBNAIL 
Ash Ave. Bridge Coloring Page
(PDF 285 KB)
Click 1987.1.2699 to view the photo in eMuseum!		 ASU Old Main Coloring Page
(PDF 313 KB)
Click 2004.45.160 to view the photo in eMuseum! 
   
 Welcome to Tempe coloring page thumbnail  
Welcome to Tempe
Coloring Page
(PDF 158 KB)
Click 2004.45.65 to view the photo in eMuseum

 

 

Tempe Time Machine

Tempe Time Machine logoCheck out the the museum's Tempe Time Machine summer program that went totally virtual this year! Enjoy hours of games, crafts, videos and activities with a video game theme, inspired by the museum's upcoming featured exhibit, Video Invaders .
Click here to visit the Tempe Time Machine page.

 

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The museum is now on Spotify! Check out our Tempe History Museum playlists & explore music by local artists, as well a wide variety of musicians who have performed at the museum over the years.


eMuseum Bingo

Explore Tempe History Museum’s eMuseum through the fun of bingo! Find photographs and artifacts that match the description on each bingo card and learn about the Tempe’s history. Great for one or multiple players. This can be printed or used as a digital reference. 

Instructions:
1. Choose your bingo card
2. Visit eMuseum and start searching images using the words or phrases in each square
3. If you have a printed card, mark off or put an indicator (like a coin or rock) on each square of an image or artifact you've found. The center box is a "free space"
4. Be strategic! First person to complete a line across, down or diagonally (and shout 'BINGO!') wins! 

Bingo Card 3 (Medium)

  Bingo Card 2 (Easy) 

  Bingo Card 1 (Medium) 
Bingo Card 3
(PDF 592 KB)
Level: Medium		  Bingo Card 2
(PDF 610 KB)
Level: Easy		  Bingo Card 1
(PDF 621 KB)
Level: Medium



eMuseum Online Collections

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Tempe History Museum’s online collection, eMuseum, has more than 70,000 historic artifacts, photographs, and archival documents for you to explore.


Tempe History Museum is on social media as well! Be sure to check us out, and while you're at it, search #tempeathome on both FB and Instagram.

FB Logo  facebook.com/tempehistorymuseum

Insta Logo  instagram.com/tempehistorymuseum
  @tempehistorymuseum


Tempe at Home is a series of virtual content that mirrors activities from Tempe's Parks & Recreation, library, Arts Engagement and Tempe Center for the Arts Programs. There are daily activities, videos, arts & crafts and game ideas to help keep the whole family entertained.