History Colorado Center

Filmmaker Erika O'Conor explores four unsung Colorado heroes whose lives exemplify the role that women played across the American West in championing an environment of cultural opportunity for all. Hugh Grant, Founding Director &...

The exhibition is a masterful pairing of world class art and unique artifacts. Visitors will be captivated by the beauty, wonder and rich stories waiting to be uncovered.

There are so many fun things to learn about Colorado, and fun ways to learn them, like visiting one of History Colorado’s museums with your family. This summer you can visit for FREE! General Admission to the History Colorado Center is FREE...

Looking for activities for your toddler? Bring your 2– 5 year olds for morning story time in our Destination Colorado exhibit and learn about farms, cowboys, and animals. We’ll read a story, then have playtime in the exhibit before...

History Colorado is proud to team up with Centennial Canoe Outfitters on an exciting canoe trip to a wild and remote area with fascinating history. Join our host, historian Dr. Andrew Gulliford of Fort Lewis College, as he leads you through...

Before Denver removed itself from Arapahoe County, it had a separate city hall and county courthouse. Once those two functions were joined politically, it made sense to join the buildings structurally. Come and explore the iconic City and...

Nestled in the arms of the Front Range, the town of Palmer Lake is reflected in the gemlike waters of the lake that gave the town its name. And we’ll tour two more of the city’s gems: the Glen neighborhood and the iconic Estemere Mansion....

The first peacetime all African American units formed after the Civil War became known as Buffalo Soldiers. Tim Johnson portrays Sgt. Jack Hackett, a Buffalo Soldier. Come ask him your questions about the life of a soldier in the late...

Explore the Springs to learn its stories, and drop by for visits to two of its finest offerings in the realms of beauty, architecture and history: the McAllister House Museum and the Trianon, now the Colorado Springs School. Though we could...

Join us to see the wildflowers of Crested Butte after the town’s famous festival is finished and the crowds have dispersed. We’ll head out for our own private tours as we amble through the town, the woods and the meadows—so the ability to...

History Colorado’s Ute Indian Museum will reopen in 2017. With expanded exhibits and one of the nation’s most complete collections of Ute artifacts, it will provide us with inspiration for a wider tour—searching out the ancient and ongoing...

Hands on History/Art brings art making demonstrations to the History Colorado Center the second Saturday of each month. This month will feature a cowboy themed still life. Artist Raj Chaudhuri will start with a set up the still life and...

Around Denver, there are some neighborhoods that just have a little something more. In this case, it’s Bonnie Brae and its art-filled alleys! While you may think of an alley as a place for Dumpsters and weeds, Bonnie Brae has turned its...

Names like Aspen and Vail invariably conjure images of skiing, but there’s so much more to our Colorado mountain towns than that. It’s time to see what blooms when the snow is gone, with views to warm the heart like a summertime breeze....

How do museums determine what is worthy of collecting and saving for posterity? Many of the paintings, artifacts, and ephemera found in the collections of our nation’s museums rarely see the light of day. From these vast collections, how do...

One might easily think Denver knew nothing but beer, given its nationally recognized festival and a long history built around that drink. Not true, so we lift our glass to those who bring forth the bounty of the vine. It’s time to visit the...

Travel with Tom “Dr. Colorado” Noel through breathtaking canyons, meadows and valleys to Colorado’s wine country in Grand Junction. On this popular tour, we’ll visit vineyards, sample the region’s best wines and learn about the area’s...

When Front Range folks look for entertainment and beauty, they invariably look west to the mountains—but there are phenomenal offerings of both in the opposite direction. It’s time for a tour of the stellar city of Sterling. Known as the...

The History Colorado Center is happy to open its doors exclusively for families that prefer a lower sensory environment. The museum will be closed to the general public, attendance limited, and the sound in exhibits turned down. Come and...

Once upon a time Denver had one of the largest streetcar systems in the nation. The streetcar allowed folks to begin their suburban dreams and carried generations of workers, revelers and everyone else. We’ll see where the lines ran, how...

We may know the general history of the Stetson cowboy hat, but how do we find the story connected to a particular hat from the History Colorado collection. Researching and reconnecting artifacts and stories can be a challenging task for...

Long before Denver was surrounded by enormous suburbs, many were just little towns focused on agriculture or mining, and some were even founded to avoid the decadence of the leviathan at their core. Over time, some of those cities would be...

Join Tom “Dr. Colorado” Noel for an exemplary tour of southern Colorado’s myriad colors from the comfort of a pair of historic trains. Our first jaunt is aboard the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad for a trip to Alamosa in the heart of the San...

Join Tom “Dr. Colorado” Noel for an annual tradition of exploring Denver’s ethnic heritage. Mother Cabrini said that the people of the West looked upon Italians as “ingenious machines for work,” referring to their often abysmal treatment....

The music lover in you has been waiting all year for it, and here it is at last: our 8th Annual Organ Crawl! This year we’ll return to the heart of Denver to visit some of the architectural wonders of yesteryear. Within these massive...

Voltaire, the great French historian, once defined history as “a trick we play on the dead.” Tom “Dr. Colorado” Noel and a cast of star CU-Denver students will explore that idea with a walking tour of Colorado’s biggest boneyard. Come and...

It’s natural for neighborhoods to go through changes over time. Prosperous areas fall on hard times, perhaps to be discovered and reimagined anew. Few of Denver’s neighborhoods epitomize this like River North, nicknamed “RiNo.” Once...

Once confusingly divided into four separate counties, Broomfield has followed Denver’s century-old example, becoming a city and county of its own. Strategically located between the hubs of Denver and Boulder, Broomfield is charting an...

You may have crossed it, perhaps even driven along it, but now it’s time to hear the stories of one of our original downtown streets: Wazee. Join historian Bill Convery to discover the history of its name and learn about western shirts,...

Enjoy a fall walking tour of Lower Downtown, learning about interactions between Arapaho people and white settlers in early Denver. Our LoDo tour highlights both, showing how the world around the confluence of Cherry Creek and the Platte...

Among elegance expressed in architecture, our stay at the Broadmoor includes a sumptuous dinner and overnight accommodations. The holiday illuminations will fill your heart with joy long after the last dessert spoon has been taken away. In...

Names deeply rooted in Colorado history—Long, Springer, Phillips, Phipps—shared one thing in common: the same fine castle, complete with all that was elegant and urbane. Today, this breathtaking edifice has been restored in grandeur and...