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, February 8th at 1pm for our Second Saturday Seminar Series honoring Black History Month. Composer Joseph C. Phillips will be discussing his latest work, an opera called “Till Paths Be Wrought Through Wilds” set in the mountains of southwestern Colorado (DURANGO!) which focuses on the nexus between Buffalo soldiers, the Southern Ute nation, Black, Mexican, Chinese, and white settlers of the region.

There is no charge for this Zoom program, that will be recorded, but registration is required. Register here. We will also stream the program live on the big screen in the classroom at the Museum.

On Saturday, March 8th, at 1 p.m., for our Second Saturday Seminar Series, Robert McDaniel will be talking about the history of pottery from the Zuni Pueblo in this fourth webinar in a series "From this Earth: The Timeless Beauty of Pueblo Pottery." There is no charge for this program which will be recorded and you can join us in the classroom at the Museum or on Zoom. Registration is required for Zoom, you can do so here.

On Saturday, March 29th, at 1 p.m., Fort Lewis College professor Dr. Ana Diaz Collazos will be sharing a program centered around a rare corrido or traditional Hispano ballad from a community member's personal collection. More details to follow.

For our Second Saturday Seminar Series on April 12th at 1 p.m., Ed Horvat will be doing a "John Fielder type" presentation called “La Plata County Then and Now” comparing historic photographs with images of the same sites taken today. There is no charge for this program which will be recorded. To join on Zoom, register for a link 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.