Collecting and preserving artifacts and objects concerning Casa Grande history
The museum maintains over 50,000 artifacts including prehistoric, archaeological, historic, and contemporary items. Artifacts include utilitarian, artistic, technological, and communication pieces from a range of industries, cultures, and landscapes related to the Casa Grande region, the families that have migrated to the area, and the industries that forged the city as we know it today.
Exhibits and historic properties are maintained to preserve the heritage of the region. On site exhibits demonstrate the early lifestyles, craftsmanship, and professional trades of indigenous population, early immigrant settlers, pioneer farmers, cattle ranchers, miners, railroad settlement, and cotton growers among others. Exhibits and collections represent the people, tools, and lifestyles indigenous to the area as well as settlers, homesteaders, merchants, and immigrants from a wide variety of cultures.
Nationally and locally registered historic properties include the 19th/20th Century Weaver Pioneer Cemetery, the historic 1927 First Presbyterian Church building, and the 1930s era segregated Southside Colored Schoolhouse as well as a collection of historic fire engines and large scale agricultural equipment. Off site exhibits provide temporary public demonstrations representing the Casa Grande region. Currently, offsite exhibits are located in the Administrative and Finance Building of City Hall and are open to the public during regular City Hall business hours.