Highlights
- Alcor Life Extension Foundation, a Scottsdale nonprofit, has preserved human and animal remains in liquid nitrogen since the 1970s.
- The facility at 7895 E. Acoma Drive offers free in-person and virtual tours to the public.
- Alcor describes itself as the world's leader in cryonics research and technology, according to its website.
- A recent r/phoenix post and an April 2026 azfamily.com feature have renewed public interest in the organization.
Alcor Life Extension Foundation, the Scottsdale nonprofit that preserves human and animal remains in liquid nitrogen, is offering free tours of its facility at 7895 E. Acoma Drive, Suite 110, near the Scottsdale Airpark.
Alcor describes itself as the world's leader in cryonics, research, and technology, a non-profit scientific research foundation founded in 1972 and based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The organization relocated to Scottsdale in 1993 and moved its stored bodies to the current facility in 1994, according to Wikipedia's entry on the foundation.
KJZZ reported in July 2023 that Alcor is a Scottsdale nonprofit doing work in cryopreservation, and azfamily.com covered the facility in April 2026, describing a small team preserving bodies and pets at ultra-low temperatures in the hope that future medicine may catch up. Roadside America notes that the original cryonaut, frozen in 1967, remains stored at the site.
Tours are free. Alcor's contact page lists both in-person and virtual tour options. Scheduling information is available at alcor.org/contact.
Around the web
Minimal public engagement; one Reddit post in r/phoenix with modest traction announcing the tours.
Public discussion (links to original posts):
- Reddit · r/phoenix, u/Brilliant-Step-8440 (28 upvotes · 27 comments)
Sources
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- alcor.org retrieved 27/05/2026 18:36
- alcor.org retrieved 27/05/2026 18:36
- Wikipedia retrieved 27/05/2026 18:36
- kjzz.org retrieved 27/05/2026 18:36
- AZ Family (3TV/CBS5) retrieved 27/05/2026 18:36
- roadsideamerica.com retrieved 27/05/2026 18:36
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