May 2026
Phoenix Airport Museum Shines During Museum Month
May is Museum Month, and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is celebrating by putting the spotlight on the Phoenix Airport Museum’s exhibitions. Museum Month and International Museum Day on May 18 are recognized annually to increase awareness of the role of museums in communities and to promote cultural heritage.
The art in the airport has been a tradition since the 1960s and the arts program officially became a museum in 1988. Since then, the Phoenix Airport Museum has presented more than 500 exhibitions highlighting Arizona’s unique arts and culture. Today, there are more than 1,000 artworks in the Museum’s collection, including more than 40 exhibition display areas, with artworks and exhibitions located inside, outside, above and below.
Current Phoenix Airport Museum Exhibitions:
- Spectral Alchemy – Terminal 4, level 3 Gallery (pre-security)
- Fluoresce – Terminal 4, level 3, west of food court (pre-security)
- Time & Place: Paintings by Martin Dimitrov – Terminal 4, level 3, in eight display cases on the east and west ends (pre-security, at both ends of level 3, outside of security entrances)
- Runway Fashion – Terminal 4, level 2 cases, near ticketing counters (pre-security)
- Desert Innovation – Terminal 4, level 3 along the passenger bridge between the A and D gates (post-security)
- La Loteria – Terminal 3, level 4, east end (pre-security)
- Fly Over the West – Terminal 3, level 4, west end near PHX Sky Train® (pre-security)
- Luis Jimenez artist spotlight – Terminal 3, level 1, northside (pre-security)
- Rooted & Rising – Terminal 3, level 4, west end gallery (post-security)
There are also several areas to capture the moment with a perfect selfie, including:
- Trace Elements by Daniel Mayer; Terminal 4, level 3, pedestrian bridges to PHX Sky Train® (pre-security)
- The Aviators by Donald Lipski; Terminal 3, level 4, east end (pre-security)
- The Ultimate Landscape by Merrill Mahaffey; Terminal 3, level 4 (post-security)
- The Phoenix by Paul Coze; Rental Car Center, level 3
- Sky Curtain, PHX Sky Train® Station at the Rental Car Center
Step into art at Phoenix Sky Harbor with multiple immersive artworks across the airport, such as:
- 10 artist-designed terrazzo floors throughout the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport system
- Phoenix Light Passage by James Carpenter in Terminal 3, level 4, on the north concourse bridge (post-security).
New at PHX! Earlier this month, the Phoenix Airport Museum opened a new “Artist Spotlight” exhibition that features Arizona artist Aimee Ollinger. The exhibition showcases a selection of the artist’s paintings depicting abstract landscapes and is in Terminal 4, level 2 near door 23. The artist spotlight reflects the Museum’s ongoing initiative to elevate local emerging artists and make diverse artwork accessible to all.
Learn more about the Phoenix Airport Museum at skyharbor.com/museum.
