2 Best Sights in North-Central Arizona, Arizona

Housed in the former Clarkdale High School building, this museum takes a fascinating look at the metal that fueled the local economies for decades. Exhibits include everyday items like copper cookware and tools as well as copper instruments, spiritual items, and artwork. The museum is also known for its collection of trench art, like spent artillery casings embellished with ornate designs that World War I soldiers hammered into the metal.

The paintings and bronze sculptures of George Phippen, along with works by other artists of the West, form the permanent collection of this museum about 5 miles north of downtown. Phippen met with a group of prominent cowboy artists in 1965 to form the Cowboy Artists of America, a group dedicated to preserving the Old West as they saw it. He became the president but died the next year. A memorial foundation set up in his name opened the doors of this museum in 1984.