ASU Museum of Anthropology

On arriving in Phoenix, without much spending money, my boyfriend and I looked up events and things to do for cheap on the local news Web sites, and came across a Dia de los Muertos exhibit at ASU’s Museum of Anthropology.
Shocked we hadn’t heard of it, we headed on over to Tempe to where Google Maps said the museum was located. We spent about 20 minutes wandering before walking into one of the libraries and asking where the museum was located. The man behind the counter gave us a very confused look and pulled out a campus map pondering out loud, «Do we HAVE a Museum of Anthropology?»
Another lady came by to help him saying it was probably in the Anthropology building which had since changed its name to the School of Human Evolution and Social Change.
We found the place. It’s really more of a one-​room gallery with a dividing wall near the front. Two students greet you as you enter.
The Dia de los Muertos exhibit (which was all the museum had on display) was small, filled with art from school children, a handful of altars, and some paintings of skeletons, Frida Kahlo, and the Virgin Mary.
Seeing as the museum is free, it’s worth the visit, even just to check out ASU or the cute thin-​tailed squirrels scurrying around.