Military Museums

The Pima Air & Space Museum

520.574.0462

The Pima Air & Space Museum is the largest Air & Space Museum in the Western United States, fully funded by gate receipts, Gift Shop sales, memberships, donations and grants.

Fort Huachuca

520.458.4716

Fort Huachuca is a product of the Indian Wars of the 1870's and 1880's.  The U.S. Army Military Intelligence Museum traces the history of the intelligence profession within the U.S. Army, and the Fort Huachuca Historical Museum has been described as once of the finest Army museums in the country.  Fort Huachuca is anofficial National Historic Landmark. 

International Access to Fort Huachuca

Tours of Fort Huachuca’s Historic Sites Offered by the Southwest Association of Buffalo Soldiers

Fort Huachuca served as the home station for the Buffalo Soldiers for nearly 53 continuous years and their service and accomplishments are legendary.  Not only were the endeavors of the Buffalo Soldiers well known during the Indian Wars, the soldiers also joined General “Black Jack” Pershing in the Punitive Expedition into Mexico and protected the international border during two conflicts:  the Mexican Revolution and World War I.  During World War II, they served in the European Theater.

The Southwest Association of Buffalo Soldiers (SWABS) is pleased to offer the services of step-on guides to the historic sites on Fort Huachuca.  The tour includes an overview of the history of the Buffalo Soldiers at the Brown Parade Field and stops at several historic sites on the Post.  One of the sites on the tour is the Black Officers’ Club, where celebrated entertainers Dinah Shore and Lena Horne performed on stage, and Joe Louis boxed in the ring. 

Please contact Carolyn Santucci at the Sierra Vista Convention and Visitors Bureau, 800-288-3861 or 520-417-6960 CSantucci@ci.sierra-vista.az.us, for more information.

             

Trip Itinerary

Spend the morning touring The Pima Air & Space Museum, the largest Air & Space Museum in the Western United States.  Experience a century of aviation and explore over 275 aircraft on site.  Visitors can climb aboard President Kennedy’s Air Force One and gaze at the spectacular, supersonic, SR-71 Blackbird “Spy Plane”. 

Next, tour the Titan Missile Museum located in Sahuarita, Arizona. The Titan Missile Museum is the only publicly accessible Titan II missile site in the nation. When you visit the Titan Missile Museum, you travel through time to stand on the front line of the Cold War. 

Explore the fascinating history of the U.S. Army in the Southwest, as well as the history of the Southwest itself, at the Fort Huachuca Historical Museum.  Opened in 1960, the museum has grown rapidly and now houses one of the most representative collections in the state.  The museum is one of some 500 in the country to be accredited by the American Association of Museums.  The exhibits are instructive, entertaining, and aesthetically satisfying.  Some of the U.S. Army manuscripts and documents, dating back as far as 1861, can tell the viewer a great deal about the way of life on a rugged frontier.  Next, visit the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Museum and see surveillance and espionage tools from the Civil War, the notorious Enigma Machine coding device used by the Germans during WWII, one of our Cold War espionage jeeps, a surveillance drone and, the real thing, a 12’ x 10’ section of the Berlin Wall, replete with graffitied political statements.