Fort Huachuca Museum

Fort Huachuca's historical museum was built in 1877 as one of the number of chain forts that were created to guard southern Arizona from the Chiricahua Apaches that were led by Geronimo. The army organized at this site for the chase of Geronimo and his followers through Mexico's Sierra Madre during the summer of 1886, compelling their surrender. The fort was also the home of the Buffalo Soldiers which were an elite group of black cavalry corps. The museum is located three miles northwest of the main gate at the fort along Boyd and Grierson Avenue in Sierra Vista, Arizona and is open to the public on weekdays from 9 am to 4 pm and on weekends from 1 pm to 4 pm. The entrance fee is free but donations are welcome and suggested to keep the facility operating.

Visitors from all over the country traveling to Arizona stop off at the Fort Huachuca Museum. A couple of hours should be planned in advance to spend at the museum to fully see all that it has to offer. There are various buildings to look at and grounds to explore making it a museum well worth the visitation and stop over.