The Museum is open to the public on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 10am until 4pm and on Wednesdays and Fridays from 1pm until 4pm.

Save the Date!

Join us on Saturday, December 14th, at 1 p.m., for our Second Saturday Seminar Series. We’ll be looking back at how La Plata County celebrated Christmas, 1944. That Christmas saw residents of La Plata County serving in the military and in civilian wartime jobs around the world. While there was a longing for peace and hope that families would soon be reunited, the holidays were still celebrated. Rationing may have changed the recipes, but cookies and fruitcakes were baked and children looked forward to a visit from Saint Nick. This program will be available on Zoom and streamed on the big screen in the classroom. To register for a Zoom link, click here.

Oral Histories and Documentaries

It's live, Buffalo Soldiers: Return to Animas City The Video! If you missed the event or want to hear the story of the Buffalo Soldiers again, you can watch it now on our Youtube channel here.

We are absolutely thrilled to release this oral history "I Lived in the Rico Depot" presented by life-long Colorado resident, Joanne Branson Smith. Joanne's earliest memories of childhood are of her adventures in and around the Denver Rio Grande Southern (RGS) railroad depot in Rico, CO. Joanne gave this talk at the Museum in November, 2022 and volunteer Larry Bollinger has done an amazing job to preserve her memories. You can watch it on our Youtube channel here.

Learn about the Great Fire of 1889

Download a device friendly copy of the walking tour here or a printable version of the pdf here.