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Learning About the History and Envisioning the Future of Golden
istory is a spacious realm encompassing the full sweep of human experiences; at the core it’s all about change. The seasons, relationships, people, places and things. Embracing it, resisting it, and understanding it. Change is a constant in our personal lives and in the communities we call home. This is a simple idea and may sound obvious. We all know it, yet many of us resist. We find something we like and then we don’t want it to change. And for good reason – we’re a community with a rich history, beautiful trails, and friendly people. At the Golden History Museum, we Washington Avenue has changed drastically over the past 150-plus years. The avenue and arch, regularly hear folks comment about how about 1975. Golden History Museum & Park, City of Golden Collection. quickly our community is changing, and all of the opportunities and challenges those changes bring to our city. In the Museum Gift shop, we sell a book titled, “The Changing Face of Golden,” published in 2004. What’s remarkable about this book — published nearly 20 GOLDEN HISTORY MUSEUM & PARK HAS JOINED years ago — is that the city was changing THE DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF AMERICA then too. It’s an important reminder that change is constant, which is why we take Nearly 10,000 records from the GHM&P's collection went live last week our role of preserving the history of making digging into Golden's past easier than ever! We join some of Golden so seriously. the finest cultural institutions across the country, making our online Stop by and check out how Golden collection records more accessible to users all around the world. has changed through the years, pick up a copy of “The Changing Face of Check it out! https://bit.ly/2Wdqzsm. Golden” and let us how you’ve seen our Learn more about DPLA here: https://dp.la/. community change over the years, and your vision for the city’s future.
Mark Dodge, Curator Golden History Museum & Park • 923 10th St. • 303-278-3557 Check GoldenHistory.org for hours of operation, calendar of programs, and special event details. September 2021 | 13
