Given the evolving situation with COVID-19, the Old Trails Museum is postponing the March 28 History Highlight until further notice. We also consider all of the scheduled program dates listed below to be tentative, but we will let you know as soon as we do when we can safely gather together again. Thank you all for your ongoing support of our programs.

History Highlights

The Old Trails Museum’s free program series is called History Highlights, which offers speakers, exhibits, and events that highlight historical topics of Northern Arizona. Visit our History Highlights page for details and images of all the speakers, exhibits, and programs that OTM has presented thus far. (Above, the Petrified Forest National Park, Winslow Chamber of Commerce, City of Winslow, and Old Trails Museum brought Doug Baum and his Texas Camel Corps to Winslow in September 2018.)

Watch for details of our 2020 History Highlights, which will include Sativa Peterson’s workshop on researching historic newspapers on March 28 at the Winslow Visitors Center/Hubbell Trading Post, 523 West Second Street (postponed), and the multi-media Ballad of Arizona on October 24 at the WAT Museum at La Posada Hotel (tentative).

Winslow Antiques Appraisal Fair

The 2020 Winslow Antiques Appraisal Fair is tentatively scheduled for July 11, 2020, from 10 am to 4 pm at the Winslow Visitors Center/Hubbell Trading Post, 523 West Second Street. Sean Morton of Morton Appraisals in Scottsdale will bring his expertise back to Winslow so residents can have their historic items identified and appraised. Participants can schedule their one-on-one appointments with Morton by calling OTM at 928-289-5861 by the Thursday prior to the event. The charge for the first appraised item is $15 and for the second item is $5. OTM presents the Winslow Antiques Appraisal Fair as a service to the community; the event is not a fundraiser and the charge is only to cover costs. We hope to see you there!

High Desert Fly-In of Winslow, Arizona

The Old Trails Museum partners on the High Desert Fly-In, a free annual event when residents, tourists, and pilots from around the country are invited to Winslow’s historic airport to enjoy airplanes, history, food, and more.  The 2020 High Desert Fly-In Fly is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, September 19. For more information, go to the High Desert Fly-In website and Facebook page. At the 2014 event, OTM debuted the Flying through History: The Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport exhibit, which tells the airport’s story from its celebrated beginnings through the present day.

• 2019 High Desert Fly-In: September 21, 2019
• 2018 High Desert Fly-In & Fly Back in Time Gala: October 13, 2018, and including OTM’s 2018 Fall History Highlight
• 2017 High Desert Fly-In & Fly Back in Time Gala: September 15 & 16, 2017, and including OTM’s 2017 Summer History Highlight
• 2016 High Desert Fly-In & Fly Back in Time Gala: July 29 & 30, 2016, and including OTM’s Summer 2016 History Highlight
• 2014 High Desert Fly-In: July 26, 2014, and including OTM’s Summer 2014 History Highlight
• 2013 High Desert Fly-In: July 27, 2013, as part of the Smithsonian’s Journey Stories in Winslow

Winslow Historical Society Annual Meeting

The Winslow Historical Society’s 2020 Annual Meeting is tentatively scheduled for November 15, 2020, at the Winslow Visitors Center/Hubbell Trading Post. The free event will begin with a reception and entertainment, and the meeting will include the election of new Board members and brief reports on museum activities over the past year. While there, attendees can renew their memberships and win wonderful door prizes donated by museum supporters. This annual celebration of our membership is a reflection of the Old Trails Museum’s community support and the backbone of our grassroots fundraising efforts. With you, we have a future; without you, we’re history!

Historic AZ 66 Geocaching Project

The Historic AZ 66 Geocaching Project celebrates Arizona’s State Centennial on February 14, 2012, and received an official Arizona Centennial Legacy Project designation from the Arizona Historical Advisory Commission. OTM is proud to be a participant in this partnership between the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona and several of Arizona’s Route 66 communities. Geocaching is a worldwide “treasure-hunting” game played by GPS users, and the project partners created a series that provides “cachers” with a unique look at the history of the communities, sites, and attractions along Arizona’s stretch of the Mother Road. Each of OTM’s five caches includes an historic image of the current cache location along with the usual logbook and prizes left by cachers.