This one-time working mine is now a popular stop for visitors to Bisbee. Underground tours conducted by former miners are full of history and spiced with personal accounts from the men who pulled copper from rock hundreds of feet below the surface. Discovery Park Museum 1651 32nd Street, Safford, AZ 85546. 1601 E. University, Tucson, AZ 85719. The center, on the UofA campus in Tucson, presents both standard star shows and laser light shows set to music.
Exhibits feature minerals and hands-on demonstrations for all ages.
During clear evenings, visitors may gaze through the 16-inch telescope. Jerome Historical Society Mine Museum 200 Main Street, Jerome, AZ 86331. Open 9am-4pm daily. Call for admission charge information. A combination museum and gift shop devoted to the Verde district copper mining history.