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  • November 2025

  • Sat 15

    Desert Discovery Day CANCELED

    Featured November 15, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    Jewel of the Creek 40029 N Spur Cross Road, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    Desert Foothills Land Trust presents the 13th annual Desert Discovery Day, a fun-filled day of adventure and educational activities in a natural desert setting. Unplug and join us for the 13th annual Desert Discovery Day -- a day of digital detox, fresh air, fun, and adventure for everyone! Held at Jewel of the Creek. (Terrain is not suitable for strollers.)

  • December 2025

  • Thu 4

    Kiwanis’ Preschool Pioneers

    Featured December 4, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Cave Creek Museum 6140 E Skyline Drive, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    Children ages 3-5 (accompanied by an adult) will hear stories with a historical theme, interact through music and movement, and engage in an activity that promotes learning. This event is FREE thanks to the generous funding of the Kiwanis Club of Carefree -- Registration is limited & required.

  • Sat 6

    Kiwanis’ Family Fun Days: Christmas in the Hills

    Featured December 6, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Cave Creek Museum 6140 E Skyline Drive, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    It’s holiday time at the museum!  Come help us decorate by making ornaments to hang on our tree and to take home.  See Cowboy Santa and join us in old fashioned Christmas caroling.  This event is FREE thanks to the generous funding of the Kiwanis Club of Carefree -- Registration is limited and required.

  • January 2026

  • Sat 3

    Cave Creek Museum Presents: “Time Travel at Harmony Hollow Ranch” with Steve Greenberg

    Featured January 3 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Cave Creek Museum 6140 E Skyline Drive, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    The Desert Foothills have been a spiritual, prehistoric and historic, cultural and agricultural, and artistic center place for over 2,000 years.  The landscape is a roadmap through history. The parcel of land known as Harmony Hollow is sited at the crossroads of all this living history and Steve Greenberg joins us to share some of its stories and stories of the surrounding area.

  • Thu 8

    Kiwanis’ Preschool Pioneers

    Featured January 8 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Cave Creek Museum 6140 E Skyline Drive, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    Children ages 3-5 (accompanied by an adult) will hear stories with a historical theme, interact through music and movement, and engage in an activity that promotes learning. This event is FREE thanks to the generous funding of the Kiwanis Club of Carefree -- Registration is limited & required.

  • Sat 31

    SOLD OUT!! Cave Creek Museum Presents: “The Boulders at The Boulders Aren’t Really Boulders” with Stephanie Bradley

    Featured January 31 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Cave Creek Museum 6140 E Skyline Drive, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    A layman’s overview of the geology of the Desert Foothills. If the boulders at The Boulders aren’t really boulders, what are they? Why is Black Mountain black—and why do saguaro mostly grow on the west slope?

  • February 2026

  • Sat 7

    Kiwanis’ Family Fun Days: Archaeology Expo

    Featured February 7 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    Cave Creek Museum 6140 E Skyline Drive, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    How did the early inhabitants of the Foothills live here in the desert without modern conveniences? What kind of homes did they build, what did they eat?  Was life all work without play time? Learn what petroglyphs are plus make your own clay pot! FREE, THANKS TO THE GENEROUS FUNDING OF THE KIWANIS' CLUB OF CAREFREE. Registration is limited and required.

  • Sat 7

    SOLD OUT!! Cave Creek Museum Presents: Author Roger Naylor & “Celebrate the Route 66 Centennial”

    Featured February 7 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Holland Community Center 34250 N. 60th Street, Scottsdale, United States

    SOLD OUT!! The iconic highway celebrates its 100th birthday in 2026 and it has stories to tell!  Roger Naylor, renowned author and museum favorite, will discuss the Mother Road’s history and cultural significance. This event will be held at Holland Community Center.

  • Thu 12

    Kiwanis’ Preschool Pioneers: The Night the Grandfathers Danced

    Featured February 12 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Cave Creek Museum 6140 E Skyline Drive, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    This program is for children ages 3-5; however, all ages are welcome. Children must be accompanied by at least one adult.  "The Night the Grandfathers Danced" -- Step into the life of young Autumn, dressed in her pink fringed shawl ready for her first Bear Dance and explore traditional Native American crafts, foods and objects from museum exhibits. This event is FREE thanks to the generous funding of the Kiwanis Club of Carefree. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.

  • Sat 21
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    Cave Creek Museum Presents: “The Story of Our Stamp Mill, Cave Creek and Phoenix” with Kraig Nelson

    Featured February 21 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Cave Creek Museum 6140 E Skyline Drive, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    Cave Creek’s resident historian and local storyteller, Kraig Nelson, will reveal the captivating and engaging narrative behind the founding of Cave Creek, the road and town, plus the role our stamp mill played in this fascinating history.

  • March 2026

  • Sat 7

    Kiwanis’ Family Fun Days: Meet a Miner Day

    Featured March 7 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Cave Creek Museum 6140 E Skyline Drive, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    Immerse yourself in a day in the life of a miner, blacksmith and other characters from Cave Creek's 1800'2 gold mining era. Try your hand at gold panning, experience what children in a gold camp did for fun. Costumed interpreters will guide your family through the historic mining campus and tell stories of the gold-fueled days of the American West. Registration is limited and required. This event is FREE thanks to the generous funding of the Kiwanis Club of Carefree.

  • Thu 12

    Kiwanis’ Preschool Pioneers: There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea

    Featured March 12 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Cave Creek Museum 6140 E Skyline Drive, Cave Creek, AZ, United States

    This program is for children ages 3-5; however, all ages are welcome. Children must be accompanied by at least one adult.  "There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea" -- Our coyote swallows increasingly larger desert animals, including a cactus, western hat and more in this humorous rhyming tale. We will walk the museum to find some of them and explore them. This event is FREE thanks to the financial support of the Kiwanis Club of Carefree. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.

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LOCATION

6140 E Skyline Drive
Cave Creek, AZ 85331

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HOURS

Open October through May

Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday:
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Friday
10:00 am – 4:30 pm
(Closed Holidays)

AZ GOLD MINING EXPERIENCE

2nd Saturday of the Month at 10:00 am

VISITOR SERVICES

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LOCATION

6140 E Skyline Drive
Cave Creek, AZ 85331

map to cave creek museum
get directions

HOURS

Open October through May

Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday:
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Friday
10:00 am – 4:30 pm
(Closed Holidays)

AZ GOLD MINING EXPERIENCE

2nd Saturday of the Month     

10:30 am – 4.30 pm

VISITOR SERVICES

480-488-2764

Newsletter

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