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The Mesa Historical Museum is a historical museum in "Project leader: 'Play Ball' exhibit needs its own museum"
"East Valley Tribune," September 1, 2010, accessed May 10, 2011.
Mesa Historical Museum
– official site
Play Ball: The Cactus League Experience
{{National Register of Historic Places Agriculture museums in the United States American West museums in Arizona City museums in the United States Culture of Mesa, Arizona History museums in Arizona Museums in Mesa, Arizona Museums established in 1987 Works Progress Administration in Arizona National Register of Historic Places in Maricopa County, Arizona Buildings and structures completed in 1913
The Mesa Historical Museum is a historical museum in Mesa, Arizona
Mesa ( ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is the most populous city in the East Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area), East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by ...
, United States. It was opened in 1987 by the Mesa Historical Society to preserve the history of Mesa, Arizona.
The museum's exhibits include a comprehensive history of Mesa, a replica of an early adobe
Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for ''mudbrick''. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of e ...
one-room schoolhouse, as well as additional galleries of changing exhibits. The museum also maintains a large collection of historic agricultural equipment
Agricultural machinery relates to the mechanical structures and devices used in farming or other agriculture. There are many types of such equipment, from hand tools and power tools to tractors and the countless kinds of farm implements that they ...
.
The museum buildings are in fact the museum's largest artifacts. The main museum building was built in 1913-1914 for use as the Lehi School in what was then Lehi, Arizona. The auditorium was built in the 1930s as a Works Progress Administration project. The two-building complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 as the "Lehi School". With
In 2008, the museum began developing a popular exhibit about Spring Training
Spring training is the preseason in Major League Baseball (MLB), a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Spring training allows new players to try out for Schedule (workplace), roster and position spo ...
(baseball) in Arizona, called "Play Ball: The Cactus League Experience." The exhibition has since expanded to locations throughout Maricopa County."East Valley Tribune," September 1, 2010, accessed May 10, 2011.
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External links
Mesa Historical Museum
– official site
Play Ball: The Cactus League Experience
{{National Register of Historic Places Agriculture museums in the United States American West museums in Arizona City museums in the United States Culture of Mesa, Arizona History museums in Arizona Museums in Mesa, Arizona Museums established in 1987 Works Progress Administration in Arizona National Register of Historic Places in Maricopa County, Arizona Buildings and structures completed in 1913