Desert Caballeros Western Museum
Arizona’s Most Western Museum
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Bola tie by George Worthington from the Museum’s collection; Kaibab Reflection by Merrill Mahaffey from the Museum’s collection (detail); Museum’s early Wickenburg Street Scene; Vaquero by Frederic Remington from the Museum’s collection (detail); custom hat by Tom Hirt.
For those who are first timers to Wickenburg, it is always a surprise to discover that the town is home to Arizona’s Most Western Museum. Celebrating the art, history and culture of the desert southwest, the Museum is known for its fine collection of western art and its fascinating history exhibits. It is also known for its ever-changing and innovative exhibitions including Cowgirl Up!, now being called the most important annual show of western women’s art in the country.
Art that spans 200 years
In the Museum’s Aiken W. Fisher Gallery, visitors get to experience an entire landscape of art that tells the story of the West. Here they find the early explorer artists such as Catlin; the monumental landscape artists such as Bierstadt and Moran; well-known cowboy artists such as Remington and Russell; and Taos Society artists such as Sharp, Dunton, Berninghaus and Ufer.
Step back in time
And unlike other museums, this one features both art and artifact; its art galleries well balanced with exhibits that reflect the history and culture of the desert southwest.
In the Hall of History, thousands of years of desert frontier history are captured in time. There’s also an early Wickenburg Street Scene complete with a general store, hotel, saloon and the fully-outfitted rooms of a turn-of-the-century home, plus a dazzling Mineral Room and Native American Room and an exciting exhibit for kids called Out on the Ranch.
“What a gem!”
Each year, more than 52,000 visitors wind their way down the trail to Wickenburg to discover the museum named “2007–2008 Western Museum of the Year.” Whether they come to town as Western art aficionados or happen by it as curious tourists, invariably they leave saying “What a gem!” No wonder the Arizona Office of Tourism and Governor Janet Napolitano recognize it as an “Arizona Treasure.”
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