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Explore a world of art at the well-respected West Valley Art Museum, presenting in its five exhibit halls an exceptional offering of artists and collections from around the globe.

The Museum's Permanent Collection contains over 4000 items from more than 90 countries with a key focus on Ethnic Dress, Textiles and Ethnographic Arts. Our collection of Ethnographic Artifacts and Decorative Arts encourage understanding of unfamiliar regions of the world, their peoples, customs and artistic traditions.

West Valley Art Museum's 19th and 20th Century fine art collection contains 213 paintings, 312 drawings and 302 prints by American artists with a growing focus on artists from Arizona.

he Museum's Classic Café is open Tuesday through Friday from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, is a 2003 Best of Phoenix winner, touted as having "the most inventive Museum menu in the Mountain Time Zone."

Visitors can create a lasting impression with gifts purchased from the Museum Store, offering the discriminating buyer items from around the world.

The Museum is a significant institution for education. It encourages, provides and enables intergenerational learning where the mixing of education, age, gender, nationality, and race becomes a strong asset in this shared learning process.

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Surprise Recreation Campus

The 132-acre Surprise Recreation Campus features the 10,562

Surprise, AZ Fun Centers

Northwest Regional Library

The Northwest Regional Library is located in the Surprise Recreation Complex in the City of Surprise. This 23,000 sq. ft. facility is the District's newest "state of the art" Regional Library with a collection of over 40,000 items in all formats and offers over 60

Surprise, AZ Libraries

West Valley Art Museum

Explore a world of art at the well-respected West Valley Art Museum, presenting in its five exhibit halls an exceptional offering of artists and collections from around the globe. The Museum's Permanent Collection contains over 4000 items from more than 90

Surprise, AZ Museums

Surprise Stadium

See the Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers in action at their new $48.3 million, multi-use stadium. Kansas City based HOK Sports designed the 10,500-seat facility, which officially opened on Dec. 7, 2002

Surprise, AZ Sports

Coyote Lakes Golf Club

Coyote Lakes Golf Club features a year-round, championship 18

Surprise, AZ Golf Courses

Things to do near Surprise, AZ

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Xeriscape Botanical Garden

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