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Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum

Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum

#5 Copper Queen Plaza

Old Bisbee

Discover History: Explore Bisbee’s Past Today! A Smithsonian affiliate, the museum offers an interactive trip back in time for the whole family, telling the story of a western copper-mining town’s role in the industrialization of America. Why was copper so important? Find out!

520.432.7071 ext 1

Camp Naco

Camp Naco

2118 West Newell Street, Naco, AZ, USA

Naco

Camp Naco is a cornerstone of Buffalo Soldier history in Arizona. Established in 1911 as a tent camp in Naco, Arizona, the 9th and 10th Cavalry of Buffalo Soldiers were assigned from Ft. Huachuca to keep Mexican hostilities from spilling across the border. Today, as part of the Naco Heritage Alliance, it is being restored and preserved and is owned by the City of Bisbee.

520.432.9031

Copper Queen Mine Tour

Copper Queen Mine Tour

478 N Dart Rd

Old Bisbee

Take the Copper Queen Mine Tour and experience why it's cool underground! Outfitted in a hard hat, reflective vest, and a miner’s headlamp thousands of Bisbee visitors travel by train safely into the Copper Queen Mine each year—heading underground and back in time. Tour guides - some are retired Phelps Dodge employees - lead the group 1,500 feet into the mine and recount mining days, techniques, dangers, and drama.

520.432.2071

Lavender Pit Mining Overlook

Lavender Pit Mining Overlook

Historic Highway 80

Around the Pit

As you find yourself cruising around Bisbee winding around the pit visit the Lavender Pit Mining Overlook. It is a quick but interesting stop where you can take in the huge 300-acre, open pit mine that made Bisbee what it is today. Fence cut-outs facilitate unobstructed photos of the interesting-looking geographic feature. Its informational displays tell you about the mining process, environmental concerns, and years of operation. The Lavender Pit was named in honor of Harrison M. Lavender (1890–1952), a Vice-President and General Manager of Phelps Dodge Corporation.

Bisbee Restoration Museum

Bisbee Restoration Museum

37 Main Street

Old Bisbee

Walk through our doors and into Bisbee's past! We have three floors of historic items donated or loaned by Bisbee families. From oddities like a copper High School diploma to a vast collection of textiles from quilts to wedding dresses and the equipment used to make them, our artifacts reflect the diverse and unique spirit that can still be felt in Bisbee today.

520.249.5742

Copper Miner (Iron Man sculpture)

Copper Miner (Iron Man sculpture)

100 Quality Hill (Quality Hill at Tombstone Canyon Rd.)

Old Bisbee

A New Deal Depression-era sculpture by R. Phillips Sanderson, cast in concrete and covered with a thin layer of copper completed in 1935. Bisbee native Lee Petrovitch posed for the sculpture commemorating the copper miners of Bisbee. It aims to portray ‘beauty, toil, and simplicity’. Sanderson had moved to Bisbee during the Great Depression and worked as a commercial artist. Sanderson was paid $30 monthly by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration during the six months it took to complete the statue.
PHOTO CREDIT: Frank Denogean

Erie Street, Historic Lowell

Erie Street, Historic Lowell

Erie St, Bisbee, AZ, USA

Lowell

Walk back in time and visit Erie Street in Bisbee's Lowell neighborhood. It is all that is left of what once was a mining town incorporated in the early 1900s. It is located at the east end of the 300-acre Lavender Pit. The rest of this historic neighborhood was demolished to widen the open pit copper mine. Erie Street is continually restored by the Lowell Americana Project, a vibrant and passionate community of residents and volunteers who want to remember a different America.

917.664.8353

Muheim Heritage House Museum

Muheim Heritage House Museum

207 Youngblood Hill

Old Bisbee

This lovely heritage home museum was built by Joseph and Carmelita Muheim. A National Historic site with Queen Anne architectural influences, the home was enlarged from 1898 through 1915 as the family grew. Docents provide guided tours through the restored interior with its period furnishings. From the gardens you can enjoy an impressive panoramic view of the surrounding mountains and hillside homes on Brewery Gulch. The Muheim Heritage House is available for special events such as small weddings, receptions, and other intimate gatherings. Open by appointment.

520.432.2106

Bisbee's Heritage Stairs

Bisbee's Heritage Stairs

Center Town Old Bisbee, Arizona, Tombstone Canyon, Bisbee, AZ, USA

Old Bisbee

One of Bisbee’s most magnificent architectural achievements is the countless concrete stairs that cling to the steep canyon sides. The lack of flat land and the need for miners and bosses to reside near their workings led to the construction of hundreds of hillside homes beginning in the late 1870s. The owners and occupants of the irregularly shaped, sometimes nearly vertical, parcels had to develop dependable routes to reach their properties. It is still common for nice houses to be situated on a parcel accessible only by climbing 100 or 200 steps to the front door! Explore our stairs at your own pace. Approximately 33,000 individual stairs comprise 350 staircases in Old Bisbee.

Copper Queen Library

Copper Queen Library

6 Main Street

Old Bisbee

The Copper Queen Library (CQL) was founded in 1882 and is Arizona's longest, continuously operated public library. The CQL was named the Best Small Library in America in 2019 by Library Journal and was awarded the National Medal for Museum and Library Service in 2024, the nation's highest honor for public libraries. Open to patrons and visitors, the CQL is the community hub of Bisbee and the anchor of Bisbee's Arts and Culture District. Open Monday & Tuesday Noon - 7 PM; Wednesday - Friday 10 AM - 5 PM; Saturday
10 AM - 2 PM; closed Sundays.

520.432.4232

Evergreen Cemetery

Evergreen Cemetery

Old Douglas Road

Lowell

​Established in 1892, Evergreen Cemetery replaced the Old City Park cemetery in Brewery Gulch, which was upslope from the drinking water wells posing a health risk to the early residents of Bisbee. In 1914, the Common Council of Bisbee ordered all buried bodies to be relocated from the old cemetery to Evergreen Cemetery. Today, there are over 10,000 burials in the cemetery. Photo credit: Mark LaRue

Warren Ballpark

Warren Ballpark

Ruppe Avenue at Arizona Street

Warren

​The ballfield is the oldest continuously operated baseball diamond in the U.S. Historically, copper has been the community's work, but baseball is its play. When Warren was laid out in 1906, a spot was reserved for the Warren Ballpark. The first game was played there on June 27, 1909. The ballpark was originally built for mine workers and their families a chance to watch baseball on lazy summer nights.

520.366.1455

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