Desert Caballeros Western Museum
photos by John Hazeltine
Wickenburg, AZ
928-684-2272
Founded in 1960, "Arizona's most western museum," the Desert Caballeros Western Museum is a non-profit educational institution specifically created for the purpose of preserving and exhibiting the art and history of the rural Southwest and desert frontier. The museum is located at 21 N. Frontier Street in Wickenburg, AZ., about one hour's drive time northwest of Phoenix. Museum hours and fees available on Museum's website.
A Google Book Search conducted January 13, 2009 located books listed below as having been published by the Museum. Book names followed by links to related essays published by Resource Library are a marker to prevent reduplication of effort.
The Cowboy's Dream: The Mythic Life and Art of Lon Megargee, By Betsy Fahlman, Lon Megargee, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Desert Caballeros Western Museum. Published by Desert Caballeros Western Museum, 2002 134 pages. See "Creating an Iconography for a New State: The Arizona State Capitol Murals," from The Cowboy's Dream: The Mythic Life and Art of Lon Megargee; by Betsy Fahlman (6/7/02)
A Brush with Reality: Detailing the West in Contemporary Art, By Susan Hallsten McGarry, Ariz Desert Caballeros Western Museum (Wickenburg), Contributor Michael Ettema. Published by Desert Caballeros Western Museum, 1998. ISBN 0965737713, 9780965737715. 64 pages See A Brush With Reality - Detailing the West in Contemporary Art; essay by Susan Hallsten McGarry (7/10/08)
Olaf Wieghorst, a Retrospective Exhibition: February 15, 1989-April 15, 1989, By Olaf Wieghorst, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Desert Caballeros Western Museum. Published by Desert Caballeros Western Museum, 1989. 47 pages. Google Books says: "Catalog of the exhibition held at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Ariz."
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