In October, the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona, announced it had received a $20 million donation from longtime supporters Carey and Jack Sigler, a Wickenburg couple who are art collectors and advocates for the arts. The museum also announced a new name: the Sigler Western Museum.
The $20 million gift, along with $9.25 million from other donors, will be used to build a new art museum and pavilion across the street from the existing museum building. The new facility will span more than 27,000 square feet with gallery spaces, an indoor pavilion and outdoor courtyard, adding to the museum’s 25,000-square-foot existing main building and the existing 4,674-square-foot Cultural Crossroads Learning Center. The new buildings are expected to open in late 2027. It will be designed by Phoenix-based Studio Ma, which also designed Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West and and designed renovations and additions at the Heard Museum.
Carey and Jack Sigler, who recently made a $20 million donation to the Desert Caballeros Western Museum. The museum was renamed the Sigler Western Museum in their honor. Photo by Rick D’Elia.
“Our museum has spectacular art, and we want to be able to showcase it to all of Arizona and the United States,” says Daniel Finley, the Sigler Western Museum’s executive director. “Through the generosity of Carey and Jack Sigler, our dreams will soon be realized. The museum has always been a vital part of Arizona, and it will become even more so in the future.”
The museum, home for 20 years to Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half of the West, was built in 1970 and welcomes 40,000 visitors a year from across the United States and abroad.
“We must keep the Western heritage. It is a big part of me,” Carey Sigler says. “The museum is the foundation of Wickenburg.”
Her husband says the museum is a local, regional and national destination. “The museum is the crown jewel for the residents of Wickenburg and the area and for visitors from around the world. It helps the local people here feel connected. Being involved with the museum has felt like an extension of our family,” says Jack Sigler. “The American West is something unique to the United States. I always thought that was our heritage and the lifestyle is great to keep.” —
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