Exciting New Donation

Zebulon Miracle and Museum member Pat Martin with BasketmakerIII pot

The Museum of Western Colorado received a very generous donation this week. Museum member Pat Martin donated what is believed to be a Basketmaker III (roughly AD 500) piece of pottery. Further research will be required but, right now, it is believed to be one of the oldest pieces of pottery from the area in the Museum’s collection. The large size and the fact that the piece is virtually complete is extremely rare. The pottery had been in Pat’s family for sometime and they decided the Museum would be the best place for it. We were all very excited and in shock when Pat said she wanted to donate it, and we are hard at work making room for it in the exhibit gallery.