ARTS & CULTURE DISTRICT

Why do we go on vacation? To get away from our daily lives? To experience something new? If this is the case, why do we constantly return to the tourist locations we have heard of or experienced before? In order to truly escape the mundane schedule of everyday life; one should experience something new, strange, and spectacular. This exact reason is why so many people find themselves in Bisbee, and why so many more choose to stay.

The town of Bisbee is known as a progressive and free-spirited town. The arts and culture in the area are what make Bisbee such an amazing place to be. There are murals on different corners, colorful houses, and a collective of local artists within the town. 

ERIE STREET – LOWELL

Lowell was, at one time, a sizable mining town located just to the southeast of Old Bisbee. The majority of the original townsite was consumed by the excavation of the open Lavender Pit mine during the 1950s.

However, what remains of Lowell today is a historical mid-century street – often utilized as a backdrop for film and video shoots – and well worth a visit to walk back in time. Lowell is perched at the southern end of the 300-acre Lavender Pit, named for Phelps-Dodge President & General Manager Harrison M. Lavender, and is another another must-see while in Bisbee.

MINING MUSEUM

With a history deserving of National Landmark status, it’s only fitting that Bisbee’s past be captured and reflected in a museum like no other. The Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum recently joined forces with the Smithsonian’s Affiliation Program.

Once known as The Queen of the Copper Camps, Bisbee is nestled among the Mule Mountains and is renowned for its diverse minerals and wealth of copper. Although its mines closed in the 70s, the small town’s legacy has long been preserved not only in its architecture and mining landscape, but in a museum that has welcomed, educated, and entertained more than a half-million visitors ever since.

Featured among its exhibits is “Bisbee: Urban Outpost on the Frontier,” an in-depth look at the depths – and heights – to which miners and settlers went to carve a community and a living out of rock. 

OLD BISBEE BREWING

Old Bisbee Brewing Company is boutique brewery with an ultra-modern design, built to create beers of the highest quality. Established in 2010 above legendary Brewery Gulch in the mile-high, historic town of Bisbee, the brewery is well-known for its unique, quality beers.

With great brewing capabilities of both equipment and staff, Old Bisbee Brewing Company is incorporating local ingredients such as local, native hops, Sonoran mountain limes, and Sonoran white wheat to create brews you won’t find anywhere else.

The all-natural, glacial blue, award-winning Bisbee Blue Gin is also distilled here using juniper berries harvested from the Juniper Flats area in the Mule Mountains above Bisbee. If interested, request a sample of the gin or a tour of the brew house.