Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West

Paul Calle’s Life of Exploration: From the Mountains to the Moon — Feb. 19 through Oct. 11, 2020

Photographs by Barry M. Goldwater: The Arizona Highways Collection (January 6, 2019 – March 27, 2020)

Charles M. Russell: The Women in His Life and Art (November 20, 2018 – April 14, 2019)

New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West (October 16, 2018 – September 22, 2019)

A Spotlight on Contemporary Hopi Ceramicists and Katsina Doll Carvers (February 13, 2018-November 25, 2018)

Canvas of Clay: Hopi Pottery Masterworks from The Allan and Judith Cooke Collection (September 16, 2017; Ongoing)

Of Spirit and Flame: John Coleman Bronzes from the Collection of Frankie and Howard Alper (Ongoing)

The Abe Hays Family Spirit of the West Collection (Ongoing Exhibition)

Courage and Crossroads: A Visual Journey through the Early American West (Ongoing)

Heritage Hall (Ongoing Exhibition)

New Exhibitions — and a New Look!
March 26, 2019
If you haven’t visited the museum lately, now is the perfect opportunity to explore the many new artworks and exhibitions that have come to SMoW this season. You will See the West from a whole new perspective through our most recently opened exhibitions: Paul Calle’s Art of Exploration: From the
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Become a Museum Docent Today!
August 10, 2018
Are you interested in sharing the fun and fascinating stories of the west with people who are eager to learn? Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West is recruiting volunteer docents who wish to help the museum by leading informative, engaging and entertaining tours. Those with previous museum volunteer experience,
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