Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum

This is very educational by tour guides who actually worked the mines. Very affordable for a family.

The gentleman that greeted us was friendly and helpful. Great exhibits that bring mining and life back in Old Bisbee to life.We spent a good amount of time wandering and learning. There's no need to rush at all as it is laid out well and there's so much to see.I had always thought that the more northern parts of Arizona were settled first, but learned that Bisbee was much older. Fascinating to learn state history.

This historical museum tells you more about mining history than you'd think. It capitulates from the mid 1880's into the 1920's and it's eventual finality in 1974. The mining portion of Bisbee started with the crudest of work life and included thousands of Northern Europeans from numerous countries including Serbian, Germanic and Chinese participants. This museum speaks to the incredible racism (a subject I despise to even bring up) but was quite a reality here at the turn of the century. For example, no Chinese personnel were permitted to be within the city limits of Bisbee overnight? How crazy was that? Specifically, this museum is very affordable and is quite packed with information bringing you through the Copper mining legacy to its smelting and eventual open mining concepts in which is safer today vs air drilled and water mining with tunnels. The deaths attributed to air tool mining was off the charts...Highly recommend this little stop before you go or maybe do a Mine Tour? This was way more informative than I envisioned and, though you'll need a mask as of Nov. '21, they'll give you one for a simple buck. Discounts to for various reasons like Military or AARP.Recommend: Absolutely a must see. Gems extracted from this Bisbee mine are STILL worldwide known as the best gems pulled from the Earth!

It's a small museum with tons of history in it. Good for a quick stop or else you should be a history geek to spend so much time here. The train and decor outside the museum are nice too. Worth for a couple of good pictures. The museum is in the center of the town and you will always walk through this museum so stop for some time.

Excellent tour. And our tour guide, I'm sorry I can't remember his name (we were there Tuesday, March 28 at 2:00), was great. Very knowledgeable.

This is a nice little museum depicting mining life in the late 19th into the mid-20th century, in the small town of Bisbee, AZ. On the ground level the exhibits are pretty basic and only a few video presentations. Up the stairs is an exhibit perhaps funded by the Smithsonian and some of the pieces were definitely provided by the Smithsonian. The first few displays show some outstandingly beautiful minerals and crystals that were found locally. Vibrantly colored blues, reds, greens along with clear crystals, copper colored deposits, etc. pictures nor words do them justice. There are a couple other exhibits up there depicting life in the mines, some with sound, another with a video (which wasn't working) of a big steam shovel, working an open pit mine. That exhibit was pretty lame. All in all it was worth the time and the money. $8 for adults. $7 for seniors.

A wonderful staple to check out while in Bisbee. For a small fee $8 per adult, $7 for senior and military you get to enjoy a self walking tour of Bisbee and learn about the mining history in the town.There were many interesting and interactive displays. There's also a beautiful display of rocks and minerals artifacts from the mines. The staff is very friendly and a great place to stop at to learn some history.

The Bisbee Mining museum. This is a must see! It's small but covers a quite a bit of the history of the area. It starts on the ground floor and makes its way upstairs for the rest of the exhibits. I didn't see an elevator so I'm not sure what you do if you cannot navigate stairs. (There might be one-I just didn't see it).Beautiful gems on the second floor and stories of how they were discovered. All in all a fun hour or two if you linger. Downstairs they have an originally finished boardroom all done in wood floor to ceiling. It's just beautiful. The gift shop is very cute and we purchased a few trinkets there. They are very proud of the fact that there is no sales tax on their items in there. We did stock up a bit. I would definitely come back and check this out when in Bisbee again.Give it a try.

Enjoyed seeing all the mining equipment outside the museum. Museum is affiliated with the Smithsonian and the exhibits are interesting and informative. Museums can be informative without being interesting and this isn't the case here.

Great tour with interesting facts about the mine and the miners that worked there. The staff was friendly and helpful.