Celebrate International Museum Day with us May 16. Enjoy hands-on activities for all ages from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Explore creativity, history, and culture through interactive experiences across the galleries. Kids and families can make their own dinosaur armor, build a clay road, design a popsicle stick bridge, and create a wooden car to take inspiration from our latest exhibits and the worlds of science, travel, and innovation. A series of engaging Touch Tables gets you up close to Colorado Plateau history and artistry. Experience real specimens at the Fossil Touch Table, discover connections of movement and exchange at the Travel and Trade Table, and learn more about Indigenous artistry and tradition at the Katsina Doll Touch Table. Guided tours of the Museum exhibits take place at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Visitors can also dive deeper into the stories of Wagon Road to Mother Road with Route 66 Bingo and a bicycle ride from MNA to Mother Road Brewing. It’s a fun, family-friendly way to celebrate museums as places of learning, discovery, and connection.
Tweed Bike Ride through Flagstaff in celebration of the Route 66 Centennial and MNA’s Wagon Road to Mother Road exhibit. Please wear your best tweed or 1925 era garb!
Meet at MNA as early as 2 pm to explore our galleries and exhibits. MNA is FREE this day in celebration of International Museum Day. At 3:15 we will gather in the Wadell Gallery amongst the Wagon Road to Mother Road exhibit for a few short words from an MNA expert.
The bicycle group will depart MNA at 4 pm led by Dapper Dre through the Flagstaff Urban Trail System (FUTS) and will end at the Mother Road Brewing Company located at 7 S Mikes Pike St. From 5 – 7 pm, enjoy the atmosphere at Mother Road Brewing Company and celebrate your ride through Flagstaff history!
