Unusual museums in Phoenix

Looking for unusual museums & collections in Phoenix? These 5 are the genuinely strange ones — Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting, Martin Auto Museum and Event Center, Superstition Mountain Lost Dutchman Museum (with Elvis Presley Memorial Chapel) and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Phoenix they'd never find on their own.

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Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting More than 130 restored fire engines and pumpers dating back to 1725, built around one collector's personal ob… Phoenix (Papago Park area)
Martin Auto Museum and Event Center A private collector's assembly (now a nonprofit museum) of 170-plus vehicles spanning pre-war classics, muscl… Glendale
Superstition Mountain Lost Dutchman Museum (with Elvis Presley Memorial Chapel) A regional-history museum in the shadow of the Superstition Mountains whose best-known exhibit is the Elvis M… Apache Junction
Dwarf Car Museum Ernie Adams, the self-described 'Father of the Dwarf Car,' hand-builds fully operational 5/8-scale classic-ca… Maricopa
CAF Airbase Arizona (Commemorative Air Force Museum) Volunteer-restored WWII-to-Vietnam warbirds — including the flyable B-17 'Sentimental Journey' — kept airwort… Mesa (Falcon Field)