Looking for museums that offer free admission? Visit the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art on any Thursday in the fall or winter, or the Scottsdale Historical Museum on any day in June. The Hoo-hoogam Ki Museum is free all year round, and at Heard Museum North, admission includes a free guided tour.

At the intersection at Southern and Rural in Tempe you can find the Tempe Public Library complex. This library does not just offer two floors of books for all ages, but also holds public computers for anyone with a library card. In the building are also a variety of public services, and studded throughout are historic pictures of the Tempe that was.