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courtesy of The East Valley Tribune                        

Take a Video Tour of AMY! (click here)

 

 

courtesy of azcental.com & 12 News                        

AMY Supports 12 News-Wednesday's Child:

Watch child adoptee, Eric, at the Full Circle Exhibition!

(click here)

 

 

Link to Video

courtesy of Sonoran Living at abc15.com

Dominic Benhura: African Stone Sculpture:

Take a video tour of the exhibition through the eyes of the artist! (click here)

 

 

 

 

NEWS RELEASES

 

It's Time to PlayBall! The Cactus League Experience

February 1, 2010

 

America's First Interactive Fine Arts Museum Turns 30!

November 25, 2008

 

Dominic Benhura: Stone Sculptures from Africa

November 11, 2008

 

From Trash to Treasured Art: Recycling Gets Hip at Museum

October 2, 2008

 

AMYF Partnership with City A Success. Presents $110K to Mayor

September 9, 2008

 

AMYF Triumphs at Davison $40K Challenge. $10K Donated

September 1, 2008

 

The Dead Celebrate, Art Gets Recycled, & Sculptures Glow in the Dark

July 18, 2008

 

Los Muertos Celebran, Reciclado en Arte y Esculturas

Resplandecen en la Oscuridad

July 18, 2008

TOYS: An Artistic Look at Playthings
July 13, 2007

Jim Henson's Fantastic World is Coming to Arizona Museum for Youth
June 15, 2007

Faces of Art: The Masks of Zarco Guerrero
June 8, 2007

Arizona Museum for Youth Tries a New Business Approach
March 9, 2007

Exploring the Earth’s Oceans is an
Underwater FantaSEA
February 9, 2007

 

Awards and Accolades:

  • "Pick of the Year 2009," Experience Arizona Magazine

  • Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (Accolade for Jim Henson Exhibit 2008)

  • Best Kids Museum, New Times 

  • “Most Outrageously Artful” Children’s Museum USA Today 

  • Best Museum for Kids, Arizona Republic 

  • Culture Clash Award for “High Quality, Innovative Children’s Museum” 

  • One of the top six children’s museums in America, Family Fun 

  • Best Children’s Museum when you don’t have all day, New Times 

  • Best Small World After All (ArtVille), New Times 

  • Best Museum in the Southeast Valley, The Rep’s Best  

  • Best Place to buy a birthday gift (Gallery Shop), New Times

          More Awards & Accolades (click here)


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