Thursday, September 10, 2026

Work for an event specialist includes providing shade in Phoenix, Arizona

Our Events Specialist and umbrella repair extraordinaire, Ruby, is removing a broken rib. I thought, she was basket weaving. Just kidding!

"Between July and August, we fixed about 15 umbrellas!"

From the monthly newsletter of the S'edav Va'aki Museum in Phoenix, AZ.

Here is a short history of the museum:
"S'edav Va'aki Museum

The platform mound and approximately 5 acres of surrounding land were donated to the City of Phoenix in 1924 by Thomas Armstrong.
Soon after, Phoenix purchased an additional 10 acres south of the platform mound, named "Park of Four Waters", which became part of the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park.
In 1929 Odd S. Halseth was hired as both the director of Pueblo Grande and as Phoenix's City Archaeologist – the first City Archaeologist in the United States.

Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park continued to expand and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964. It consists of two parts, that were on adjacent properties, and both associated with the same history. They were listed separately in the National Register of Historic Places as Pueblo Grande Ruin and Hohokam-Pima Irrigation Sites on the October 15, 1966 date when all National Historic Landmark sites were administratively listed. In addition to containing exhibit galleries, the museum now functions as a repository for archaeological collections from the City of Phoenix.
On March 23, 2023, the City of Phoenix changed the name of the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park to S'edav Va'aki Museum." (Wikipedia)


 

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