SPOTLIGHT » The nationally honored Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center in Fort Garland allows visitors to explore life in a 19th-century military fort by walking the parade grounds and touring original adobe buildings. » The Center for Colorado Women’s History in Denver is a beautifully restored historic house museum that has been the home for inspiring women since 1883 and illuminates women’s impact s on both state and national history. » Trinidad History Museum in Trinidad features the historic Bloom Mansion and Baca House, two residences built in the late 19th century, as well as heritage gardens, the Santa Fe Trail Museum, and exhibitions such as Children of Ludlow: Life in a Battlezone, 1913-1914, an award winning display that examines the Colorado Coalfield Strike and Ludlow Massacre through the eyes of the more than 9,000 children who endured the strike. » The Healy House Museum & D ex t e r C a b i n d e p i c t We s te rn life in Leadville as a b o oming 19th- centur y silver mining town and features a pair of private homes built in the late 1800s and restored and furnished to depict life during the bonanza mining period. » Located 45 miles west of Denver, the G e orge town L o op Hi s toric Mining & Railroad Park is one of Co l or a d o’s m o s t hi s toric all y immersive experiences which offers daily train rides, mine tours and gold panning demonstrations.
We hope you w i l l add a H istor y Colorado museum or historic site to your next travel itinerar y through the Centennial State!
See histor ycolorado.org for more.
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