List of museums in Colorado

List of museums in Colorado

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Name	Location	County	Region	Subject	Notes

Adams County Museum	Brighton	Adams	Denver Area	Open air	website, operated by the Adams County Historical Society

Agricultural Heritage Center	Longmont	Boulder	Denver Area	Farm	website, early 20th-century period farm

A.J. Eaton House Museum	Eaton	Weld	Front Range	Military	History of the flag of the United States, military artifacts and memorabilia

American Mountaineering Museum	Golden	Jefferson	Denver Area	Sports	website, also known as the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum, heroism, technology, culture and spirit of mountaineering

American Numismatic Association Money Museum	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Numismatic	History of numismatics from the earliest invention of money to modern day

Anasazi Heritage Center	Dolores	Montezuma	Southwest	Native American	Ancient Pueblo Peoples culture and other Native cultures in the Four Corners region, also starting point for visits to Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

Animas Museum	Durango	La Plata	Southwest	Local history	website, operated by the La Plata County Historical Society

Apishapa Valley Heritage Center	Aguilar	Las Animas	Southeast	Local history	Operated by the Apishapa Valley Historical Society

Ashcroft Ghost Town	Ashcroft	Pitkin	Northwest	Open air	Late 19th-century silver mining ghost town

Argo Gold Mine and Mill	Idaho Springs	Clear Creek	Front Range	Mining	Tunnel, mine tour and mining museum

A.R. Mitchell Memorial Museum of Western Art	Trinidad	Las Animas	Southeast	Art	website, features vintage American illustrations, paintings & photographs including western, Native American & Hispanic artifacts

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities	Arvada	Jefferson	Denver Area	Multiple	Includes the Arvada History Museum and art galleries

Arvada Flour Mill Museum	Arvada	Jefferson	Denver Area	Mill	Open by appointment with the Arvada Historical Society

Aspen Art Museum	Aspen	Pitkin	Northwest	Art	Contemporary art including drawings, paintings, sculptures, multimedia installations and electronic media

Astor House Museum	Golden	Jefferson	Denver Area	Historic house	Early 20th century hotel house

Aurora History Museum	Aurora	Adams	Denver Area	Multiple	website, changing local history and decorative arts exhibits, tours of the Centennial House, operated by the Aurora Historical Society

Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising	Fort Collins	Larimer	Front Range	Art	website, textiles, dress and interior furnishings, includes two galleries, part of Colorado State University

Avery House	Fort Collins	Larimer	Front Range	Historic house	website, open for tours by the Poudre Landmarks Association

Bailey Saddleland Museum	Simla	Elbert	Denver Area	American West	website, information, over 300 saddles from the Old West, bridles, spurs, bits

Barney Ford Victorian House	Breckenridge	Summit	Northwest	African American	https://www.breckheritage.com/, restored Victorian-period home of civil rights pioneer, educates about the role of people of color in Colorado history, operated by Breckenridge Heritage Alliance

Bee Family Centennial Farm Museum	Fort Collins	Larimer	Front Range	Farm	website, historic working farm with agriculture exhibits

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	La Junta	Otero	Southeast	Living	Reconstructed 1840’s adobe fur trading post with seasonal living history demonstrations and tours

Big Timbers Museum	Lamar	Prowers	Southeast	Local history	website, history of Prowers County

Black American West Museum	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	American West	Exhibits include buffalo soldiers, miners, cowboys, pioneers, early explorers, homesteaders, and Dearfield, Colorado, a black pioneer town

Boggsville Historic Site	Las Animas	Bent	Southeast	Open air	Operated by the Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County, includes two restored original adobe historic houses from the 19th-century ghost town.

Boulder History Museum	Boulder	Boulder	Front Range	Local history

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art	Boulder	Boulder	Front Range	Art	website

Bowles House	Westminster	Jefferson	Denver Area	Historic house	Late 19th-century house, tours by the Westminster Historical Society

Breckenridge Welcome Center	Breckenridge	Summit	Northwest	Local history	1880s history, town's origins, natural history of the Cucumber Gulch Preserve, start of historic house tours in town

Broomfield Depot Museum	Broomfield	Broomfield	Denver Area	Local history	website

Broomfield Veterans Memorial Museum	Broomfield	Broomfield	Denver Area	Military	website

Brush Area Museum and Cultural Center	Brush	Morgan	Northeast	Local history	website

Buell Children's Museum	Pueblo	Pueblo	Southeast	Children's	Part of the Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center

Buena Vista Heritage Museum	Buena Vista	Chaffee	Southwest	Local history	website, includes period room displays and model railroad

Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave	Golden	Jefferson	Denver Area	Biographical	website, life, times and legends of William F. Cody

Byers-Evans House Museum	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Historic house	Operated by History Colorado, 1910-1920 period house

Cable Center	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Technology	website, cable telecommunications industry history and pioneers

CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum	Grand Junction	Mesa	Northwest	Aviation	Located at the Grand Junction Regional Airport, historic aircraft

Castle Rock Museum	Castle Rock	Douglas	Denver Area	Local history	website, operated by the Castle Rock Historical Society

The CELL	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Military	website, Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab, exhibits about terrorism

Centennial Village Museum	Greeley	Weld	Front Range	Open air	website, over 2 dozen structures on 8 acres

Center of Southwest Studies	Durango	La Plata	Southwest	Native American	website, part of Fort Lewis College, features Native American textiles, artifacts and changing exhibits

Cheyenne Mountain Heritage Center	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Local history	website

Children's Museum of Denver	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Children's

Clara Hatton Gallery	Fort Collins	Larimer	Front Range	Art	website, located in the Visual Arts Building at Colorado State University

Clear Creek History Park	Golden	Jefferson	Denver Area	Open air	website, late 19th century mountain ranch with period demonstrations

Clyfford Still Museum	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Art	Exhibits the artwork of Abstract Expressionist painter Clyfford Still

Coeur d' Alene Mine Shaft House	Central City	Gilpin	Front Range	Mining	website, operated by the Gilpin Historical Society, mine shaft house, antique mining equipment

Colfax Museum	Lakewood	Jefferson	Denver Area	History Museum	website, History of Schuyler Colfax and Colfax Avenue: the Longest, Wickedest Main Street in America that bears his name.

Colorado Governor's Mansion	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Historic house

Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo Museum	Pueblo	Pueblo	Southeast	Medical	website, history of the Colorado Mental Health Institute, formerly the Colorado State Hospital

Colorado Model Railroad Museum	Greeley	Weld	Front Range	Railroad	website, located at the Greeley Freight Station, model railroad layouts

Colorado Music Hall of Fame	Morrison	Jefferson	Denver Area	Music	State's music heritage, located at the Trading Post at Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Colorado State University Art Galleries	Fort Collins	Larimer	Front Range	Art	website, located in the Visual Art Building, includes the Hatton Gallery, Glass Box Gallery and Mini Gallery

Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum	Golden	Jefferson	Denver Area	Natural history	Part of the Colorado School of Mines, includes minerals, fossils, gemstones, meteorites and historic mining artifacts

Colorado State Capitol	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	History	Tours of the state capitol building, exhibits on the building and Colorado's early history

Colorado Railroad Museum	Golden	Jefferson	Denver Area	Railway

Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum and Hall of Fame	Vail	Eagle	Northwest	Sports	website, legacy of skiing and snowboarding in Colorado

Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Railway	website, includes the Street Railway Foundation Traction Equipment, Artifacts, and Restoration Shop, the Rock Island Railroad Museum, the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway 1888 Denver & Rio Grand Tourist Sleeper Restoration, and The Museum of Railway Workers Railway Workers Railroad Car Display & Restoration

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Art

Colorado Springs Children's Museum	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Children	http://www.coloradospringschildrensmuseum.com, includes live animals, museum displays, native American culture, China, Russia, Europe, dinosaurs, rocks and minerals, art, play, athletic zone, Africa room, taxidermy, nutrition, athletics, coffee bar, STEM, STEAM, maker-spaces, rainforests, astronomy, astrophysics, drones, telescopes, rabbits, birds, snakes, chinchillas, fish, reptiles

Colorado Springs Natural History Museum	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Natural History	http://www.coloradospringsnaturalhistorymuseum.com, includes live animals, museum displays, native American culture, China, Russia, Europe, dinosaurs, rocks and minerals, art, play, athletic zone, Africa room, taxidermy, nutrition, athletics, coffee bar, STEM, STEAM, maker-spaces, rainforests, astronomy, astrophysics, drones, telescopes, rabbits, birds, snakes, chinchillas, fish, reptiles

Colorado Springs Historical Military Museum	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Military	website, includes military vehicles, guns, guns, guns, equipment, uniforms, memorabilia, and artifacts dating from World War I to the present

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Multiple	Exhibits include Colorado history and culture, art, Native American and pioneer artifacts, military history, quilts

Comanche Crossing Museum	Strasburg	Arapahoe	Northeast	Open air	website, operated by the Comanche Crossing Historical Society, include period artifacts displayed in two schools, homestead house, depot, post office, bank, soda fountain, caboose, antique farm equipment

Conejos County Museum	Antonito	Conejos	South Central	Local history	website, area railroads, natural history

Cortez Cultural Center	Cortez	Montezuma	Southwest	Multiple	website, includes an art gallery and local history museum

Cozens Ranch and Stage Stop Museum	Winter Park	Grand	Northwest	Historic house	Operated by the Grand County Historical Association, 19th century homestead

Creamery Arts Center	Hotchkiss	Delta	Northwest	Art	website

Creede Historic Museum	Creede	Mineral	South Central	Local history	website, railroad and mining town memorabilia, operated by the Creede Historical Society

Creede Underground Mining Museum	Creede	Mineral	South Central	Mining	website, museum located under ground, silver mining, guided mine tours

Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum	Crested Butte	Gunnison	Southwest	Local history	website

Crestone Historical Museum	Crestone	Saguache	South Central	Local history	website, mining and farming tools, Baca Land Grant, natural history

Cripple Creek District Museum	Cripple Creek	Teller	Central	Local history	Gold rush history, pioneer artifacts, Victorian rooms

Cripple Creek Fire Station # 3	Cripple Creek	Teller	Central	Firefighting	website, early 20th-century fire station with photos, uniforms and artifacts

Cripple Creek Heritage and Information Center	Cripple Creek	Teller	Central	Local history	website, local history, geology, natural history

Cross Orchards Historic Site	Grand Junction	Mesa	Northwest	Living	Part of Museums of Western Colorado, early 20th century period fruit ranch

Crowley Heritage Center	Crowley	Crowley	Southeast	Local history	website

CU Art Museum	Boulder	Boulder	Front Range	Art	website, part of University of Colorado at Boulder

CU Heritage Center	Boulder	Boulder	Front Range	Local history	website, history of the University of Colorado at Boulder

Cussler Museum	Arvada	Jefferson	Denver Area	Automotive	website, classic cars

Delta County Historical Museum	Delta	Delta	Northwest	Local history	Facebook site

Denver Art Museum	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Art

Denver Museum of Nature & Science	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Natural history	Exhibits include Ancient Egypt, health, gems and minerals, Native Americans, evolution, space and wildlife

Denver Firefighters Museum	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Firefighting

Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Toy	Located in the historic Pearce-McAllister Cottage

Dikeou Collection	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Art	Private art collection that is open to the public

Dillon Schoolhouse Museum	Dillon	Summit	Northwest	School	information, operated by the Summit Historical Society, 1892-period schoolhouse

Dinosaur Journey Museum	Fruita	Mesa	Northwest	Natural history	website, part of Museums of Western Colorado, exhibits include fossils, cast skeletons, robotic reconstructions of dinosaurs, working paleontological labs

Dinosaur National Monument	Dinosaur	Moffat	Northwest	Natural history	Dinosaur fossil site with exhibits at the visitor center

Dinosaur Ridge	Morrison	Jefferson	Denver Area	Natural history	Dinosaur fossil and track site with museum

Dougherty Museum	Longmont	Boulder	Denver Area	Automotive	website, restored antique automobiles including models powered by steam, electricity and early internal combustion

Dr. Lester L. Williams Fire Museum	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Firefighting	website

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad	Durango	La Plata	Southwest	Railroad	Heritage railroad and museum in the roundhouse

Cheyenne Wells Old Jail Museum	Cheyenne Wells	Cheyenne	Colorado Eastern Plains	Local history	Located in the former county jail

Edwin Carter Discovery Center	Breckenridge	Summit	Northwest	Historic house	https://www.breckheritage.com/, home features Carter's natural history artifacts, operated by Breckenridge Heritage Alliance

Elbert County Museum	Kiowa	Elbert	Denver Area	Local history	website

El Pueblo History Museum	Pueblo	Pueblo	Southeast	Local history	Operated by History Colorado, includes an 1840s-style adobe trading post and plaza

Emily Warner Field Aviation Museum	Granby	Grand	Northwest	Aviation	website, located in a room of the former Rocky Mountain Airways airline terminal of Granby/Grand County Airport

Enos Mills Cabin Museum	Estes Park	Larimer	Front Range	Biographical	website, home and life of Enos Mills, proponent of Rocky Mountain National Park

Estes Park Museum	Estes Park	Larimer	Front Range	Local history	website, Friends site

Firehouse Art Center	Longmont	Boulder	Denver Area	Art	Community art center in a historic firehouse

Fiske Planetarium	Boulder	Boulder	Front Range	Science	Astronomy shows and exhibits

Flagler Hospital Museum & Hal Borland Room	Flagler	Kit Carson	North Central	Local history	information, located in the town hall, includes the building's former use as a hospital with historic medical equipment and hotel

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Florissant	Teller	Central	Natural history	Dinosaur fossil and petrified redwood site

Foothills Art Center	Golden	Jefferson	Denver Area	Art	website

Forney Transportation Museum	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Transportation	Includes antique cars, locomotives, buggies, bicycles, motorcycles, rare and exotic vehicles, things on wheels

Fort Collins Museum of Art	Fort Collins	Larimer	Front Range	Art	website, modern and contemporary art

Fort Collins Museum of Discovery	Fort Collins	Larimer	Front Range	Multiple	Local history, culture and science

Fort Garland Museum	Fort Garland	Costilla	South Central	Military	Operated by History Colorado, reconstructed fort with exhibits on Kit Carson and Buffalo Soldiers

Fort Lupton Museum	Fort Lupton	Weld	Front Range	Local history	website

Fort Morgan Museum	Fort Morgan	Morgan	Northeast	Local history	website

Fort Uncompahgre Living History Museum	Delta	Delta	Northwest	Living	Mid 19th-century period fur trading post, located at the entrance to the Confluence Park complex

Fort Vasquez Museum	Platteville	Weld	Front Range	Military	Operated by History Colorado, early 19th century fur trading post

Four Mile Historic Park	Glendale	Arapahoe	Denver Area	Historic house	website, mid 19th century pioneer house

Francisco Fort Museum	La Veta	Huerfano	Southeast	Local history	Adobe pioneer fort buildings and local history displays, operated by the Huerfano County Historical Society

Fred Harman Art Museum	Pagosa Springs	Archuleta	Southwest	Art	website, Western art, rodeo, movie and Western memorabilia, and art of Fred Harman

Frisco Historic Park	Frisco	Summit	Northwest	Open air	Includes Frisco Schoolhouse museum, several cabins and historic houses

Frontier Historical Museum	Glenwood Springs	Garfield	Northwest	Local history	website, operated by the Glenwood Springs Historical Society

Galloping Goose Historical Society Museum	Dolores	Montezuma	Southwest	Railroad	website

Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Natural history	Nature center and exhibits

Gateway Automobile Museum	Gateway	Mesa	Northwest	Automotive	website

Georgetown Energy Museum	Georgetown	Clear Creek	Front Range	Science	website, electricity generation and antique appliances

Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park	Georgetown	Clear Creek	Front Range	Railroad	Operated by History Colorado, heritage railroad with a railroad museum at the Silver Plume Depot and an optional tour of the Lebanon Silver Mine

Gillaspie House	Nederland	Boulder	Front Range	Historic house	website, operated by the Nederland Area Historical Society, early 20th-century period house

Gilpin History Museum	Central City	Gilpin	Front Range	Local history	website, operated by the Gilpin County Historical Society

Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures	Fort Collins	Larimer	Front Range	Multiple	website, international history & folk art, also the location of the Intercultural Resource Center

Golden History Center	Golden	Jefferson	Denver Area	Local history	website

Greeley History Museum	Greeley	Weld	Front Range	Local history	website

Gregory Allicar Museum of Art	Fort Collins	Larimer	Front Range	Art	website, located on the first floor of the University Center for the Arts, part of Colorado State University

Gunnison Pioneer Museum	Gunnison	Gunnison	Northwest	Open air	website, operated by the Gunnison County Pioneer and Historical Society, includes a post office, schoolhouse, period house, dairy barn, narrow gauge train, antique cars and wagons, farm and ranch machinery, tools and equipment, arrowheads, minerals, dolls and toys

Hahns Peak Museum	Clark	Routt	Northwest	Open air	website, operated by the Hahns Peak Historical Society, includes the museum with mining and pioneer artifacts, historic jail, District 34 Schoolhouse, 19th-century Wither Cabin

Hamill House Museum	Georgetown	Clear Creek	Front Range	Historic house	website, operated by the Historic Georgetown, wealthy mining entrepreneur's Victorian home

Hayden Heritage Center	Hayden	Routt	Northwest	Local history	website, located in a historic depot

Hazard House Museum	Saguache	Saguache	South Central	Historic house	website, 1920s-1930s period house, operated by the Saguache County Museum

Healy House Museum and Dexter Cabin	Leadville	Lake	Central	Historic house	Operated by History Colorado, a Victorian period house and a hunting lodge

Hedlund House Museum	Hugo	Lincoln	Colorado Eastern Plains	Historic house	information

Heritage Park Museum	Kremmling	Grand	Northwest	Open air	website, operated by the Grand County Historical Association, 1880s log homestead, cabin and barn

Hidee Gold Mine	Central City	Gilpin	Front Range	Mining	Tours of the former gold mine

Hinsdale County Museum	Lake City	Hinsdale	Southwest	Local history	website, ghost tours, railroad, slumgullion earthflow, lost bridges, operated by the Hinsdale County Historical Society

History Colorado Center	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	History	Operated by History Colorado, incorporates the former Colorado History Museum

Hiwan Homestead Museum	Evergreen	Jefferson	Denver Area	Multiple	website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society, 17-room log lodge with 1890-1930 era rooms, Native American artifacts, local history exhibits

Holden/Marolt Mining and Ranching Museum	Aspen	Pitkin	Northwest	Living	Operated by the Aspen Historical Society, late 19th century mining and ranching site

Homelake Veterans History Museum	Homelake	Rio Grande	Southwest	Veterans	website, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, veterans cemetery

Hotel de Paris Museum	Georgetown	Clear Creek	Front Range	Historic house	website, operated by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, restored Victorian period hotel

Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum	Hotchkiss	Delta	Northwest	Local history	website

Humphrey History Park & Museum	Evergreen	Jefferson	Denver Area	Historic house	website, 1930s period ranch

InfoZone News Museum	Pueblo	Pueblo	Southeast	Media	website, newspapers and Pueblo history

Inspection Museum	Gunbarrel	Boulder	North	History	website, equipment and books used by house inspectors

Jack Dempsey Museum and Park	Manassa	Conejos	Southwest	Biographical	website, boxing champion Jack Dempsey

James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum	Boulder	Boulder	Front Range	Mining	Early 20th-century assay office with exhibits about area mining

John W Rawlings Heritage Center	Las Animas	Bent	Southeast	Local history	website, headquarters of the Pioneer Historical Society of Bent County, local history exhibits, art exhibits by the Bent County Art Guild

Kauffman House	Grand Lake	Grand	Northwest	Historic house	Operated by the Grand Lake Area Historical Society, Victorian residence and former tourist hotel

Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Art	Collections include international decorative arts, Colorado and regional art, and a retrospective of the work of artist Vance Kirkland.

Koshare Indian Museum	La Junta	Otero	Southeast	Native American	Part of Otero Junior College, American Indian culture, art and traditional dances

Lafayette Miners Museum	Lafayette	Boulder	Front Range	Local history	website, pioneer items, coal mining, schools, household artifacts

Lakewood Cultural Center	Lakewood	Jefferson	Denver Area	Art	Includes several art galleries

Lakewood Heritage Center	Lakewood	Jefferson	Denver Area	Open air	website, includes over 10 historic structures

Leanin' Tree Museum of Western Art	Boulder	Boulder	Front Range	Art	Art of the American West

Lee Maxwell Washing Machine Museum	Eaton	Weld	Front Range	Commodity	website, antique washing machines, open by appointment only

Limon Heritage Museum and Railroad Park	Limon	Lincoln	Colorado Eastern Plains	Multiple	Exhibits on local history, historic depot with railroad artifacts, park with windmills, caboose

Little Green Schoolhouse	Clark	Routt	Northwest	School	website, operated by the Hahns Peak Historical Society

Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum	Berthoud	Larimer	Front Range	Local history	website, operated by the Berthoud Historical Society, preserves the history of the town of Berthoud and the surrounding Little Thompson Valley

Littleton Museum	Littleton	Arapahoe	Denver Area	Living	website, includes 1860s farm and 1890s farm with costumed interpreters, log schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, ice house, art and local history galleries

Lomax Placer Mine	Breckenridge	Summit	Northwest	Mining	website, operated by the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance, 19th-century surface gold mining

Longmont Museum & Cultural Center	Longmont	Boulder	Front Range	Multiple	Local history, art and culture

Louden-Henritze Museum of Archaeology	Trinidad	Las Animas	Southeast	Archaeology	website, part of Trinidad State Junior College, includes fossils, prehistoric artifacts, dinosaur tracks

Louisville Historical Museum	Louisville	Boulder	Front Range	Local history	website, includes main museum with local history and period exhibits, and Tomeo House, displayed as a coal miner's home

Loveland Museum & Gallery	Loveland	Larimer	Front Range	Multiple	website, local history, art and culture

Lucretia Vaile Museum	Palmer Lake	El Paso	Front Range	Local history	website, operated by the Palmer Lake Historical Society

Lula W. Dorsey Museum	Estes Park	Larimer	Front Range	History	website, located at the YMCA of the Rockies, period displays, history of the YMCA of the Rockies, natural history

Luther Bean Museum	Alamosa	Alamosa	South Central	Multiple	website, part of Adams State University, history and culture of the San Luis Valley and Adams State College, art, decorative arts, memorabilia of former Colorado Governor Billy Adams

Lyons Redstone Museum	Lyons	Boulder	Front Range	Local history	website, operated by the Lyons Historical Society

Madden Museum of Art	Greenwood Village	Arapahoe	Denver Area	Art	website, located in the Palazzo Verdi Event Center, collection includes paintings by the 19th century Italian Macchiaioli artists, Robert Rauschenberg combines, Chen Chi, Thomas Hart Benton, and other important works of art

Manitou Cliff Dwellings	Manitou Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Native American	Authentic Anasazi cliff dwellings and museum

May Natural History Museum	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Natural history	website, private collection of over 7,000 insects and butterflies

McAllister House Museum	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Historic house	1873 Victorian home

McCarty Fickel Home	Berthoud	Larimer	Front Range	Historic house	website, operated by the Berthoud Historical Society, explores the domestic, professional and civic lives of the members of a Berthoud family of doctors from the 1890s to the present

MacGregor Ranch	Estes Park	Larimer	Front Range	Agriculture	website, includes cattle ranch museum, milkhouse, smokehouse, blacksmith shop, horse-drawn machinery exhibits and interactive nature center

Meeker Home	Greeley	Weld	Front Range	Historic house	website, 1870 adobe home of journalist Nathan Meeker

Mesa Verde National Park	Cortez	Montezuma	Southwest	Native American	Includes Anasazi cliff dwelling ruins at Cliff Palace, Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, and Native American exhibits at the Far View Visitor Center

Miramont Castle	Manitou Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Historic house	1895 Victorian period mansion

Mizel Arts and Culture Center	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Art	website, Jewish cultural center with contemporary art gallery

Mizel Museum	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Jewish	website, Jewish life, culture and art

Moffat Road Railroad Museum	Granby	Grand	Northwest	Railroad	website

Molly Brown House	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Historic house	1880s home for philanthropist, socialite, and activist Margaret Brown

Molly Brown Summer House	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Historic house	Late 19th century summer retreat for philanthropist, socialite, and activist Margaret Brown

Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine	Cripple Creek	Teller	Central	Mining	Gold mine tour, equipment, mineral display

Monte Vista Historical Society Museum	Monte Vista	Rio Grande	South Central	Local history	website, 1000+ early photos, farming, ranching

Montrose County Historical Museum	Montrose	Montrose	Northwest	Local history	Area railroad, mining, farming, ranching

Moraine Park Museum and Amphitheater	Rocky Mountain National Park	Larimer	Denver Area	Natural history	Interactive exhibit themes include geologic processes, glaciation, weather and climate, ecosystems, and human impact

Morrison Natural History Museum	Morrison	Jefferson	Denver Area	Natural history	Features large dinosaur collection and fossils

Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Museum	Cheyenne Wells	Cheyenne	Colorado Eastern Plains	Telecommunicatios	information, history of the first radio wave telephone system in the country

Mountain Top Children’s Museum	Breckenridge	Summit	Northwest	Children's	website

Museo de las Americas	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Art	Art and culture of the Latino people from Pre-Columbian to colonial to contemporary

Museum of Colorado Prisons	Cañon City	Fremont	South Central	Prison	History of the Colorado Prison System, located in a former state women's prison

Museum of Contemporary Art Denver	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Art	Also known as MCA Denver

Museum of Friends	Walsenburg	Huerfano	Southeast	Art	website, contemporary art

Museum of Northwest Colorado	Craig	Moffat	Northwest	Local history	Includes Cowboy and Gunfighter Museum, mining, pioneer and railroad artifacts

Museum of Outdoor Arts	Englewood	Arapahoe	Denver Area	Art	Outdoor sculpture garden

Museum of the West	Grand Junction	Mesa	Northwest	Multiple	website, part of Museums of Western Colorado, exhibits include pioneer displays, Native American artifacts, firearms, mine exhibit

National Mining Hall of Fame	Leadville	Lake	Central	Mining	Mining, work of miners and people that work with natural resources

Nederland Mining Museum	Nederland	Boulder	Front Range	Mining	website, operated by the Nederland Area Historical Society, gold, silver and tungsten mining equipment and tools

Northern Drylanders Museum	Nunn	Weld	Front Range	Local history	website, operated by the High Plains Historical Society

Notah Dineh Trading Company and Museum	Cortez	Montezuma	Southwest	Native American	website, historic American Indian art and artifacts

Old Colorado City History Center	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Local history	website

Old Fire House No.1 Children's Museum	Trinidad	Las Animas	Southeast	Children's	website

Old Homestead House Museum	Cripple Creek	Teller	Central	Historic house	website, former brothel

Old Hundred Gold Mine	Silverton	San Juan	Southwest	Mining	Tours of the historic gold mine

Old Mill Park	Longmont	Boulder	Denver Area	Open air	Operated by the St. Vrain Historical Society, includes the Townley House (1871), Billings Cabin (1890), Hauke Milk House (1860), and the Gildner Gazebo (1916)

Old Town Museum and Emporium	Burlington	Kit Carson	North Central	Open air	website, includes 21 restored buildings featuring turn-of-the-century authentic artifacts

Otero Museum	La Junta	Otero	Southeast	Local history	website

Ouray County Museum	Ouray	Ouray	Southwest	Local history	Located in the former St. Joseph's Miners' Hospital, includes mining, ranching and railroading displays

Outlaws and Lawmen Jail Museum	Cripple Creek	Teller	Central	Prison	website, also known as Cripple Creek Jail Museum, late 19th-century jail

Overland Trail Museum	Sterling	Logan	Northeast	Local history	website, operated by the City of Sterling

Paleo Pelagica Museum	Walsenburg	Huerfano	Southeast	Natural history	website, seashells and fossils, may be closed

Parish House Museum	Johnstown	Weld	Front Range	Historic house	Operated by the Johnstown Historical Society, early 20th-century Arts and Crafts style bungalow

Pearce-McAllister Cottage	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Historic house	1920s period house, home of the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys

Penrose Heritage Museum	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Transportation	website, includes horse-drawn and motorized carriages collected by Spencer Penrose, operated by the El Pomar Foundation, formerly the El Pomar Carriage Museum

Peterson Air and Space Museum	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Aviation	History of Peterson Air Force Base and military aircraft

Pikes Peak Radio & Electronics Museum	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Technology	website, radio equipment and memorabilia, open by appointment

Pikes Peak Museum	Woodland Park	Teller	Front Range	Local history	Operated by the Ute Pass Historical Society

Pioneer Historical Museum	Deer Trail	Arapahoe	Front Range	Local history	Operated by the Deer Trail Pioneer Historical Society

Pioneer Town Museum	Cedaredge	Delta	Northwest	Open air	website, operated by the Surface Creek Valley Historical Society, features buildings from the late 19th to early 20th centuries

Pioneer Village Museum	Hot Sulphur Springs	Grand	Northwest	Open air	website, operated by the Grand County Historical Association

Plains Conservation Center	Aurora	Arapahoe	Denver Area	Open air	Includes a nature center with animals, pioneer homestead farm and Cheyenne camp

Platteville Pioneer Museum	Platteville	Weld	Front Range	Local history	information, managed by the Platteville Historical Society

Powerhouse Science Center	Durango	La Plata	Southwest	Science	Interactive science exhibits, located in a historic coal-fired, steam-generated AC power plant

ProRodeo Hall of Fame	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Sports

Pueblo Heritage Center	Pueblo	Pueblo	Southeast	Local history	website

Pueblo Railway Museum	Pueblo	Pueblo	Southeast	Railroad	website

Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum	Pueblo	Pueblo	Southeast	Aviation	Military aircraft and history of Pueblo Army Air Base

Rangely Automotive Museum	Rangely	Rio Blanco	Northwest	Automotive	information, antique cars and motorcycles

Rangely Outdoor Museum	Rangely	Rio Blanco	Northwest	Local history	website, exhibits in three buildings include Native American, prehistory, pioneers, ranching, energy development

Red, White and Blue Fire Museum	Breckenridge	Summit	Northwest	Firefighting	website, antique fire equipment, operated by the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance

Ridgway Railroad Museum	Ridgway	Ouray	Southwest	Railroad	website

Rifle Heritage Center	Rifle	Garfield	Northwest	Local history	information

Rio Grande County Museum	Del Norte	Rio Grande	South Central	Multiple	website, cultural and natural history of the San Luis Valley, Hispanic settlers, pioneers, astronaut

Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Living	Living history farm and museum which depicts four time periods: 1775 Native American life, 1860s Galloway Homestead, 1880s Chambers Home and Ranch, 1907 Edwardian Country Estate

Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center	Woodland Park	Teller	Front Range	Natural history	Dinosaur and other fossils

Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Transportation	website

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum	Golden	Jefferson	Denver Area	Textile	Historic and contemporary quilts

Rosemount Museum	Pueblo	Pueblo	Southeast	Historic house	website, 1893 37-room mansion

Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center	Cañon City	Fremont	South Central	Local history	Local, cultural and natural history and art

Ryan Geological Museum	Alamosa	Alamosa	South Central	Geology	Part of Adams State University, website, geology, open by appointment

Saguache County Museum	Saguache	Saguache	South Central	Local history	website, old jail house, Alferd Packer, blacksmith, pioneers

Salida Museum	Salida	Chaffee	Northwest	Local history	website

Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center	Pueblo	Pueblo	Southeast	Art	website, includes Buell Children's Museum and Jackson Sculpture Garden

San Juan County Historical Society Museum	Silverton	San Juan	Southwest	Multiple	website, housed in the local jail, mining and period room displays, also offers tours of the Mayflower Mill

San Juan Historical Society Museum	Pagosa Springs	Archuleta	Southwest	Local history	website

San Luis Valley Museum	Alamosa	Alamosa	South Central	Local history	website, pioneers, German settlers, Japanese settlers, Native Americans, wildlife

Sanford Museum	Sanford	Conejos	South Central	Local history	website, pioneers, settlers, open by appointment

Second Central School Museum	Flagle	Kit Carson	North Central	Education	information, historic rural school

Shelby American Collection	Boulder	Boulder	Front Range	Automotive	website, Shelby American vehicles

Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum	Ignacio	La Plata	Southwest	Native American	website, located on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation

South Park City	Fairplay	Park	Central	Open air	Reconstructed mid-19th century mining town with 34 structures

Space Foundation Discovery Center	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Central	Space and Science	website, operated by the Space Foundation, history and science of space exploration

Spirit of Flight Center	Lafayette	Boulder	Front Range	Aviation

Springfield Museum	Springfield	Baca	Southeast	Local history	website, seashells and fossils

Stanley Steamcar Museum	Estes Park	Larimer	Front Range	Multiple	website, exhibits include Stanley steam cars, art, violins, photographs, chansonetta, located in The Stanley Hotel

Steamboat Art Museum	Steamboat Springs	Routt	Northwest	Art	website

Steelworks Museum of Industry and Culture	Pueblo	Pueblo	Southeast	Industry	Exhibits include steel industry, mining, railroads and labor

Stiles African American Heritage Center	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	African American	website

Summit Ski Exhibit	Breckenridge	Summit	Northwest	Sports	website, operated by the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance, history of skiing in the area, vintage equipment and clothing

Telluride Historical Museum	Telluride	San Miguel	Northwest	Local history	website

Temple Israel	Leadville	Lake	Central	Jewish	Pioneer Jewish life, located in an 1884 frontier synagogue

Thomas House	Central City	Gilpin	Front Range	Historic house	website, operated by the Gilpin Historical Society, late 19th to early 20th-century period house

Town of Windsor Museum	Windsor	Weld	Front Range	Multiple	website, regional art and heritage center

Tracks and Trails Museum	Oak Creek	Routt	Northwest	Local history	website, operated by the Historical Society of Oak Creek and Phippsburg

Transportation of the West Museum	Monte Vista	Rio Grande	South Central	Transportation	website, wagons, planes, stage coach

Tread of Pioneers Museum	Steamboat Springs	Routt	Northwest	Local history	website, includes 1908 Queen Anne-style Victorian home with turn-of-the-century furnishings, exhibits on Native Americans, local and regional history, skiing, agriculture, mining, pioneer settlement, town development

Trinidad History Museum	Trinidad	Las Animas	Southeast	Multiple	Operated by History Colorado, features the Santa Fe Trail Museum, Baca House and Kitchen Garden, and the Bloom Mansion

Turner Farm	Buena Vista	Chaffee	Southwest	Living	website, operated by Buena Vista Heritage, early 1900s farmstead

Underhill Museum	Idaho Springs	Clear Creek	Front Range	Historic house	website, operated by the Historical Society of Idaho Springs

University of Colorado Museum of Natural History	Boulder	Boulder	Front Range	Natural history	Fossils, dinosaurs, Native Americans, anthropology

Ute Indian Museum	Montrose	Montrose	Southwest	Native American	Operated by History Colorado, Ute tribe history and culture

Ute Mountain Tribal Park	Towaoc	Montezuma	Southwest	Native American	Visitor center and museum of Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, tour of the park with geological and human history

Ute Pass History Park	Woodland Park	Teller	Front Range	Open air	Operated by the Ute Pass Historical Society, includes the museum center, four cabins and a jailhouse

Victor Lowell Thomas Museum	Victor	Teller	Central	Local history	website, ranching, mining, railroads, period artifacts, broadcaster Lowell Thomas; arranges tours of the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine

Victor's Gold Camp Ag & Mining Museum	Victor	Teller	Central	Multiple	website, working garage with tractors, vehicles, and old pulleys and equipment

Vintage Aero Flying Museum	Hudson	Weld	Front Range	Aviation	Located at Platte Valley Airpark, history of the World War I Lafayette Escadrille

Walsenburg Mining Museum	Walsenburg	Huerfano	Southeast	Mining	Located in an 1896 jail, exhibits on area coal mining and mining camps

Washington Gold & Silver Mine	Breckenridge	Summit	Northwest	Mining	website, operated by the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance, mine tour and gold panning

Washington Hall	Central City	Gilpin	Front Range	Historic building	website, operated by the Gilpin Historical Society, former county courthouse and jail

Western Colorado Center for the Arts	Grand Junction	Mesa	Northwest	Art	Collection of mostly regional Western art

Western Museum of Mining & Industry	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Mining	Mining equipment and steam engines, tools and artifacts, life of a miner

Wheat Ridge Historical Park	Wheat Ridge	Jefferson	Denver Area	Open air	website, information, includes James H. Baugh House, 1860s Sod House, a local history museum, the Coulehan-Johnson Cabin, a post office and traditional farm equipment

Wheeler / Stallard Museum	Aspen	Pitkin	Northwest	Historic house	Operated by the Aspen Historical Society, Victorian period home and changing exhibits of local history

White Mountain Trading Post Museum	Fort Garland	Costilla	South Central	Living	website, living history enactments of the Old West

White River Museum	Meeker	Rio Blanco	Northwest	Local history	website, operated by the Rio Blanco County Historical Society

White-Plumb Farm Learning Center	Greeley	Weld	Front Range	Farm	website, agricultural learning center

The Wildlife Experience	Parker	Douglas	Denver Area	Natural history

Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum	Denver	Denver	Denver Area	Aerospace	Historic military and civilian aircraft, Colo. aerospace, and history of Lowry Air Force Base

Wise Homestead Museum	Erie	Boulder	Front Range	Historic house	website, operated by the Erie Historical Society, late 19th-century homestead house

World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame	Colorado Springs	El Paso	Front Range	Sports	Figure Skating, Olympics, The World Figure Skating Museum & Hall of Fame is the international repository for the sport of figure skating.

WOW! Children's Museum	Lafayette	Boulder	Front Range	Children's

Wyman Living History Museum	Craig	Moffat	Northwest	History	website, personal collections include chain saws, Colorado license plates, mounted trophy heads, iron banks, antique vehicles

Yampa Egeria Museum	Yampa	Routt	Northwest	Local history	information

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The Colorado Springs Natural History Museum is one of the museums in Colorado.

final_sentence: The Colorado Springs Natural History Museum is one of the museums in Colorado.