Cave Creek Museum will present Antique Appreciation Day on January 20, 2024 from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. Bring an antique for an appraisal. Expert Sean Morton will tell guests the worth of their antique or what it was used for years ago. Learn from professional antique appraiser Sean Morton, as he offers anecdotal assessments of valuables. […]
The American Legion Post 34 auxiliary will host its popular rummage sale on Friday, January 26 and Saturday, January 27, 2024 at the Legion from 8 AM-3 PM. Featured goods include clothing, thrift store goodies, household items, furniture, art, collectibles and more. Donations of goods can be made on designated dates beginning January 6 until […]
Because mines are totally dark and dangerous, Cave Creek Museum’s mining professional Al Zeman shares insight into how miners explored different ways to provide illumination when mining for gold. Early on, miners used torches until the invention of tallow candles. However, tallow was very soft and could be made at home. In the 1800s, candles […]
On Saturday, February 3, 2024 from 2-4 PM, Cave Creek Museum will host “Archaeology of the Tonto National Forest.” According to Evelyn Johnson, the museum’s executive director, the Tonto National Forest has a rich heritage reaching thousands of years into the past. Popular guest speaker Scott Wood will explain how originally, this area was home […]
Cave Creek Museum to showcase how miners found and processed gold near the turn of the century In the late 1800s, gold mining was hard work, difficult and hazardous. Just ask Greg Barnhart, one of the museum’s lead Dream Team members who helped bring Arizona’s only operating stamp mill ore crushing system back to life […]
On Sunday, February 11, 2024 from 2-4 PM, Cave Creek Museum and Kiwanis Family fun Days will host “SSSSSNAKESSS! “Do you find snakes interesting? Or are they more of something that you fear?” asks Evelyn Johnson, the museum’s executive director. “Come to hear a presentation by Rattlesnake Solutions and learn more about these slithering creature […]
Cave Creek Museum will host aviation training for area students in partnership with Skyward Youth, an aviation and aerospace academy. According to Evelyn Johnson, Cave Creek Museum executive director, the training will be focused on two age groups: fifth to eighth graders and students 14 years plus. “Students in our community will have the opportunity […]
On Saturday, February 24, 2024, American Legion Post 34 hosted a Welcome Home Celebration event for its veterans and unveiled a commemorative monument created by the organization’s auxiliary. According to Sandy Cuttino, Post 34 auxiliary president, the project to commission the monument came to life in early 2023 with the full support of auxiliary membership […]
Cave Creek Museum to showcase how miners found and processed gold near the turn of the century In the late 1800s, gold mining was hard work, difficult and hazardous. Just ask Greg Barnhart, one of the museum’s lead Dream Team members who helped bring Arizona’s only operating stamp mill ore crushing system back to life […]
Cave Creek Museum Kiwanis Family Fun Days to feature “Archaeology Expo” on Saturday, March 2, 2024 from 10 AM-2 PM. “How did the early inhabitants of the foothills live in the desert without electricity and internet?” asks Evelyn Johnson, the museum’s executive director. “Was life all work and no play time? Join us and participate […]
Cave Creek Museum Presents to feature “The German Prisoners of War in Arizona” on Saturday, March 2, 2024 from 2-4 PM. Cave Creek Museum will host “The POWs of Papago Butte.” Although his “day job” is chief archivist at the celebrated Huhugam Ki Museum at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, author Steve Hoza has […]
Cave Creek Museum to showcase how miners found and processed gold near the turn of the century. In the late 1800s, gold mining was hard work, difficult and hazardous. Just ask Greg Barnhart, one of the museum’s lead Dream Team members who helped bring Arizona’s only operating stamp mill ore crushing system back to life […]