Cave Creek Museum

Near an old military road at the base of Black Mountain, sits the Cave Creek Museum. Its roots are embedded in the pioneer traditions of neighbor helping neighbor. In 1968, a small group of volunteers formed an historical society that found definition as the Cave Creek Museum. Cave creek's first church building was given to the organization to house the museum. The small structure was moved to the corner of Basin and Skyline Drive and set of land donated by Frank and Hazel Wright. Donations and gifts of historical significance poured in.

The Museum's presence in the community expanded in February 1987 when its current building was completed. An extensive collection of prehistoric and historic artifacts describe the lives of Indians, miners, ranchers and pioneers. The Museum Shop offers visitors gifts, Indian arts, and an extensive selection of books on the Southwest.

In 1988, the old museum building was beautifully restored to its 1950's charm when it was the first Episcopal Church in Cave Creek. The historic Church is now part of the Cave Creek Museum collection and is available to the public for church services, weddings, baptisms and other functions.

The Museum's original Tubercular cabin, one of 16 cabins that made up a local TB camp, was placed on the National register of Historic Places in November 2002. According to the Arizona Historical Society, this TB cabin is the last original cabin remaining in the state of Arizona. In the 1920's and 1930's, these primitive cabins were the last hope for tuberculosis patients.

Dedicated volunteers from throughout the Desert Foothills area serve the Museum.