Welcome to Tempe at Home!

The place where you can have some fun while learning a thing or two about Tempe History while at home, on the go, by yourself or with a friend!

Tempe History Jigsaw Puzzles

Test your puzzle-solving mastery with these unique online puzzles created using photographs from the Tempe History Museum's collection.

Instructions:
1. Click on an album below, or visit all the museum's jigsaw puzzle options to choose a puzzle. 
2. Click on an individual puzzle piece to move it around the board, fitting all of the pieces together to reveal the full image.

Level: Determined by number of pieces - Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert

Tempe Postcards

Tempe Landmarks

Tempe in the 70s

the Tempe Sound

Tempe Word Scramble

We've given you the words, you just need to figure out what they are! Each word's letters are out of order - to complete the scramble, rearranging the letters to create a word according to the scramble's theme. When you think you've nailed it, add the correct word to the boxes with the corresponding number to see if you're right!

 
Tempe Street Word Scramble
How well do you know your way around Tempe? Each word is a major Tempe street. Play the Tempe Street scramble.

Tempe Side Street Word Scramble
Whether you're a Tempe enthusiast, expert, or you just drive around the city a lot, this puzzle is for you! Each word is a prominent Tempe side street. Test your Tempe knowledge by playing the Tempe Side Street Scramble. 

Tempe History Word Search

The museum is on Spotify! Check out our Tempe History Museum playlists & explore music by local artists, as well a wide variety of musicians who have performed at the museum over the years.

eMuseum Bingo

Explore Tempe History Museum’s eMuseum through the fun of bingo! Find photographs and artifacts that match the description on each bingo card and learn about the Tempe’s history. Great for one or multiple players. This can be printed or used as a digital reference. 

Instructions:
1. Choose your bingo card
2. Visit eMuseum and start searching images using the words or phrases in each square
3. If you have a printed card, mark off or put an indicator (like a coin or rock) on each square of an image or artifact you've found. The center box is a "free space"
4. Be strategic! First person to complete a line across, down or diagonally (and shout 'BINGO!') wins! 

Bingo Card 1 (PDF 621 KB)
Level: Medium

Bingo Card 2 (PDF 610 KB)
Level: Easy
 

Bingo Card 3 (PDF 592 KB)
Level: Medium

eMuseum Online Collections

Tempe History Museum’s online collection, eMuseum, has more than 70,000 historic artifacts, photographs, and archival documents for you to explore.

Get Social!

Tempe History Museum is on social media as well! Be sure to check us out, and while you're at it, search #tempeathome on both FB and Instagram.

facebook.com/tempehistorymuseum

instagram.com/tempehistorymuseum (@tempehistorymuseum)