About Sharlot M. Hall and Her Museum

Sharlot Hall Museum is named after its founder, Sharlot Mabridth Hall (1870-1943), who became well known as a poet, activist, politician, and Arizona’s first territorial historian. Sharlot Hall was one of the West’s most remarkable women. As early as 1907, Ms. Hall saw the need to save Arizona's history and planned to develop a museum. She began to collect both Native American and pioneer material. In 1927, she began restoring the first Territorial Governor’s residence and offices and moved her extensive collection of artifacts and documents opening it as a museum in 1928. Today, the Museum features seven historic buildings, compelling exhibits and beautiful gardens, which serve as the setting for numerous public festivals. The Library and Archives, open to the public, hold a vast collection of rare books, original documents, historical photographs, maps and oral history. The Blue Rose Theater offers an entire season of historically based plays, and Living History programs bring the past alive through hands-on demonstrations. Click here to see a video about Sharlot and her museum.

 

 

November 5, 2009

Sharlot Hall Museum Announces Holiday Hours

The Sharlot Hall Museum will be closed on its traditional holidays of Thanksgiving Day (November 26), Christmas Day (December 25) and New Year’s Day (January 1). In addition, the Museum will close at 1 p.m. on the day before each of these holidays.  The Museum’s normal winter hours, which are in effect October through April, are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and Noon-4 p.m. on Sunday.

The Museum, a Prescott landmark for more than 80 years, is located at 415 W. Gurley St. in Prescott. More information about the Museum and its activities is available online at www.sharlot.org or by calling 928-445-3122.