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GSA 2019 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

Visit Phoenix

Let Us Surprise You

With so much to do in Phoenix you’ll need more than a few days.

Family Fun Sports Fans
Head downtown for imaginative learning and exploration in • Catch a Major League Baseball game. The Arizona
Phoenix’s top family-friendly museums and attractions: Diamondbacks will be taking on the St. Louis Cardinals
on 23 & 24 September at 6:40 p.m.
• The four floors of interactive exhibits at the Arizona Science • Tee off where the pros play at TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium
Center are engaging for all ages. Once you’ve walked through Course, or if you forget your clubs, take a tour of PING’s
a giant stomach and engineered your own airplane, you world headquarters.
can kick back for a planetarium show or big-screen IMAX
theater adventure.
• Little ones up to age 10 can crawl, build, and pedal their way
through exhibits at the Children’s Museum of Phoenix,
designed to stimulate the senses and launch the imagination.
• Older children can discover the culture of Southwest American
Indian communities at the Heard Museum through hands-on
learning and interactive exhibits.
• Start a visit to the Phoenix Art Museum by picking up a
scavenger hunt for kids to guide their exploration of the
museum’s collections.
• The one-of-a-kind Musical Instrument Museum invites
visitors of all ages to explore a global collection of more than
6,600 assembled from around 200 of the world’s countries
and territories—and try their hand at playing a few. Have a
Taylor Swift fan in the family? They’ll love her exhibit in the
artist gallery. South Mountain. Photo © Visit Phoenix.
• Go wild for more than 1,400 local and exotic animals at the
Phoenix Zoo, including up-close encounters with giraffes,
stingrays, and camels. Travel Like a Local
• Hit all the local favorites and hidden treasures by starting
downtown at Roosevelt Row Arts District. There you’ll be
able to get some amazing photos of vibrant murals splashed
along the sides of businesses and down the alleys and side-
streets. You can also stop in numerous galleries, boutiques,
and beloved eateries.
• Take to nature and hit the trails that locals tend to favor, includ-
ing Dobbins Lookout, the highest point of South Mountain
Park and Preserve. Plenty of trails explore Papago Park’s
iconic red buttes, and for an easy hike with a big scenic payoff,
you’ll want to visit Hole-in-the-Rock.

Children's Museum. Photo © Visit Phoenix.

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