During its 90th birthday celebration in 2025, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) launched a Culture Corner post-security in Terminal 3 that continues to present art, music, special events, hands-on cultural demonstartions and performances.
Monthly programming lined up for 2026 includes Ballet Arizona, the Great Arizona Puppet Theatre, the Phoenix Public Library, the Heard Museum, the Phoenix Zoo, the Valle Del Sol Folklórico Club, among many others.
But wait. There’s more.
PHX also has a Traveling Tunes program that presents live music four times each month. Performances are scheduled twice a month in both Terminal 3 and Terminal 4.
We love the airport’s Museum Program, which is one of the largest airport art programs in the country.
Both airport visitors and passengers will encounter artwork, exhibitions and aviation history throughout the airport, including in the pre-security Terminal 4 Gallery, the post-security Terminal 3 Gallery, in exhibition cases throughout both terminals, and at the Rental Car Center.
One of the newest exhibitions, called Spectral Alchemy, is on display in the Terminal 4 Gallery and showcases the work of 15 local artists.
So is Phoenix Sky Harbor International an airport or an arts and culture venue?
We say both!
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