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Kiwanis’ Family Fun Days: Meet a Miner Day

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.

Cave Creek Museum2026-01-30T14:10:21-07:000 Comments

Desert Discovery Day CANCELED

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.)

Cave Creek Museum2025-11-12T20:34:33-07:000 Comments

Ask A Curator with Tamsin Wolff

Learn to care for your own personal collections of textiles, ceramics and glass with behind the scenes insights from our very own Tamsin Wolff. Tamsin is a graduate of Towson Universty and has worked 40 years as an educator and consulted in major east coast museums. In the conversational style of this program, you'll love getting into the vault (figuratively) and take educational handouts home with you. Join Tamsin for this fun learning experience! Reservations not required.

Cave Creek Museum2025-02-11T16:22:57-07:000 Comments

Cave Creek Museum Presents: A Dozen Ways of Dying in the Desert

Rattlesnakes, Gila monsters, scorpions, mountain lions, heat stroke, hypothermia and bees! Oh my, what a way to go! Learn about prickly, spiny, thorny and horny (toad) neighbors in our desert community so you'll feel more comfortable out there.

Cave Creek Museum2025-02-21T11:32:13-07:000 Comments

Cave Creek Museum Presents: “Off the Beaten Path” with Tom McGuire

Join us in Cave Creek Museum’s Historic Church to enjoy Tom McGuire’s explorations of unique, remote and intriguing locations in the American Southwest, from ghost towns and cultural oddities to spectacular and little-known landscape features.

Cave Creek Museum2024-10-18T09:03:17-07:000 Comments

Kiwanis’ Family Fun Days: Desert Discovery Day

Desert Foothills Land Trust presents the 12th annual Desert Discovery Day, a fun-filled day of adventure and educational activities in a natural desert setting. FREE, THANKS TO THE GENEROUS FUNDING OF THE KIWANIS' CLUB OF CAREFREE.

Cave Creek Museum2024-10-04T11:18:04-07:000 Comments

OPENING DAY!

Join Cave Creek Museum for our first day of the 2024-2025 Season! Enjoy new and refreshed exhibits---we've been working hard all summer to bring to our community and visitors displays that will continue to share the history of Cave Creek, Carefree and the Desert Foothills area.

Cave Creek Museum2024-09-20T12:31:46-07:000 Comments

Cave Creek Museum Presents: Black Mountain: A Study in Black and White

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?

Cave Creek Museum2024-10-10T15:35:34-07:000 Comments

Cave Creek Museum Presents: “Desert Survival and Hiking Basics” with Paul Diefenderfer

Desert hiking expert Paul Diefenderfer shares tips and techniques to make your adventures in the desert safe and survivable.

Cave Creek Museum2024-10-09T16:43:38-07:000 Comments

Cave Creek Museum Presents: “Lady Law: The Extraordinary Lorna Lockwood” with Kraig Nelson

Lorna Lockwood was a woman ahead of her time. Born in Douglas, Arizona, she chose to follow in her father's footsteps and became the first woman to graduate from an Arizona law school. Lorna became the first woman Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. Learn of her amazing journey!

Cave Creek Museum2024-12-06T06:06:21-07:000 Comments