Editing Chandler, Arizona (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Tumbleweed Christmas Tree Chandler Arizona.jpg|thumb|right|A.J. Chandler Park in downtown Chandler contains a [[tumbleweed]] Christmas tree during the holidays.]]

Chandler holds an annual Ostrich Festival at Tumbleweed Park<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2011/03/08/20110308chandler-ostrich-festival0308.html|title=Shake a tail feather, get out to Ostrich Festival|work=azcentral.com|access-date=March 14, 2011|archive-date=March 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328193623/https://help.azcentral.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> to commemorate when ostrich farms in the area produced plumes for women's hats during the 1910s.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Chandler also holds an annual ceremony to light [[Tumbleweed Tree|a tree]] made from [[tumbleweed]]s; a ceremony founded in 1957 when Chandler sought an alternative way to decorate the city during the Christmas holidays.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 22, 2022 |title=Where Did Chandler Get Its Tumbleweed Tree? |url=https://www.chandleraz.gov/blog/where-did-chandler-get-its-tumbleweed-tree |access-date=March 21, 2024 |website=City of Chandler |language=en}}</ref>

Venues, galleries and museums include:
*[[Chandler Center for the Arts]], a 1,500-seat regional performing arts venue, which is shared by the City of Chandler and the [[Chandler Unified School District]].
*The Vision Gallery, a fine arts gallery featuring regional artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visiongallery.org/|title=Vision Gallery|work=visiongallery.org/|access-date=September 10, 2019|archive-date=October 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023212944/https://www.visiongallery.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The [[Arizona Railway Museum]], located at Tumbleweed Park.
*The Chandler Museum, located near Chandler Fashion Center.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-27 |title=Chandler Museum |url=https://www.chandleraz.gov/explore/arts-and-culture/chandler-museum |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=City of Chandler |language=en}}</ref>

Several sites in Chandler are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Maricopa County, Arizona|National Register of Historic Places]], including the [[McCullough–Price House]] and the [[San Marcos Hotel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/az/Maricopa/state.html|title=National Register of Historical Places – ARIZONA (AZ), Maricopa County|work=nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com|access-date=May 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512103238/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/AZ/Maricopa/state.html|archive-date=May 12, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Chandler Public Library serves Chandler and the greater [[East Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area)|East Valley]]. The main library is in Downtown Chandler, with two branches elsewhere in the city: Sunset, Basha (shared with [[Basha High School]]), and Hamilton (shared with [[Hamilton High School (Chandler, Arizona)|Hamilton High School]]).