Jerome Historical Society Mine Museum


The Jerome Historical Society Mine Museum located in Jerome, Arizona is found at 200 Main Street just across from the Connor Hotel and Spirit Room. The museum and its gift shop opened its doors in the early 1950s and displays unique exhibits of the mining life in Jerome during this time. Timeline exhibits revealing the past and present activities in Jerome provide education and information for the entire family to understand. There are exhibits such as old miners' equipment used to mine as well as the remaining gambling saloons.

Some of the specific artifacts offered for display at the Jerome Museum include the Colt pistol Marshal Johnny Hudgens used to gun down three vigilantes that were on Main Street in the city of Jerome. Other exhibits include lamps, miners' candlesticks, underground potty cars, household goods like dishes and milk bottles used at the time, tokens, club memberships, and hospital equipment. The wide range of exhibits offered at the museum reveal life during the mining times in Jerome.

A museum gift shop is open to visitors and offers a wide variety of unique gifts and souvenirs from the mining era. Proceeds earned from items purchased in the museum gift shop go directly to the Historical Society.

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