Fun things to do in tempe

Fun things to do in tempe

In the phoenix Metropolitan area, Tempe is considered offbeat and quirky urban. One can find many attractions here and it is the home for Arizona State University. It is popular for lively nightlife, pedestrian friendly downtown, and brick sidewalks.

Some of the famous attractions here include Tempe Historical Museum, Arizona State University Art Museum, and Hayden Butte preserve. The attractions which children can enjoy are Big Surf Waterpark, SEA LIFE Aquarium, and Halle Heart Children’s Museum.

Downtown Tempe:

Located in South Mill Avenue Downtown Tempe is near Arizona State University. Tempe is known for its lively nigh life, shops, restaurants, microbreweries, entertainment venues, bars and mainly for its brick sidewalks. It is the great place to enjoy and exploring new things.

Tempe is popular for one more reason that is for events which are hosted throughout the year. It is pedestrian friendly. Some of the events include in Mill Avenue’s New year’s Eve Block party, fireworks celebration on July 4th, and Temple art festival. When it comes to cultural events, concerts are hosted in Gammage Auditorium like Wicked, Opera, phantom, and Cats.

Arizona State University Art Museum:

There are more than 12 thousand objects in this museum. It is established in 1950. This museum features permanent collection of objects. Some of them are contemporary and historic European and American prints, contemporary arts which includes new media, American ceramics which includes 3500 pieces, Mexican ceramics and folk art, many works by artists especially Latin American, and art from Southwestern United states and Arizona, and much more. There are many education outreach programs offered by these art museums. Some of them are activities in neighborhoods and schools. Throughout the year there will be events hosted by museum.

Hayden Butte Preserve:

This is present in the southeast corner of Rio Salado parkway and Mill Avenue. It is a protected area. It is a very famous landmark. It is also called as Tempe butte. 1398 feet is the height of the butte. In 1973, City of Tempe has declared this as park. In 2002 it is designated as preserve. This is due to the presence of many desert animals and plants.

There are 500 petroglyphs and which are made by Hohokam Native Americans in between 750 AD and 1450 AD. This is also famous for hiking and much other outdoor exercise.

Tempe center:

This is located in West Rio Salado parkway on the Salt River of Tempe. It is the center for both performing and visual art. The roof of the center is made of intricate geometric folded plates. This is built between 2004 and 2007. This is the main home for dance companies like Chidsplay which is a theatre company, Tempe Symbolic Wind Ensemble, Tempe community Chorus, Arizona Wind Symphony which is a music group, A Ludwig Dance Theatre, Desert Dance theatre and ConderDance.

Tempe Historical Museum:

This museum is mainly dedicated for exploring the history of Tempe. There is a exhibit which entitled Tempe: distinct, diverse, dynamics which is present in the main hall. Through variety of media this tries to present the history of Tempe. There are temporary art exhibitions held in Changing Exhibits Gallery and Community Room Art Gallery. For meeting and performances Community Room can be rented. This museum also offers many education outreach programs as well mainly for children. Other programs hosted by this museum are Tempe historic society’s Lunch Talks, films, concerts, and plays.