We have been hard at work ironing out the details of the Spanish Missions trip and after looking it over all I can is one thing…wow! This trip will truly hit the highlights of northern New Mexico and will be full of history and culture.
Our first day will be a long drive to the [...]

If you didn’t get a chance to see the exhibit yet, check out the article with photos here that was in the January 22nd Grand Junction Free Press. Then come in to the Museum of the West and see the whole exhibit!

The newest exhibit at the Museum of the West opened Friday, January 15. Three hundred people attended the opening of Distant Cities in the Mist: The Search for Lost Kingdoms. Native American singer Tim Trujillo provided entertainment to the crowd.

Museum of West exhibit focuses on explorers of Grand Valley
Explorers found their way to the Grand Valley for hundreds of years, and for the most part, they were believed to have passed through on their way to someplace else.
More and more, though, the Grand Valley, and the imposing Grand Mesa overlooking it, appears to have [...]

For the November Oral History Program meeting, Rhy Paris, from the Veteran’s Cemetery in Grand Junction, gave a talk on the creation of the Colorado State Veteran’s Cemetery and the benefits to all those who have served our country.
All Oral History Programs are held at noon in the Whitman Educational Center, 248 S. Fourth Street. [...]

Ever wonder what happens at the museum after dark or what is behind closed doors? Want to know where and how artifacts not on display are housed and cared for?
The Museum of the West will hold three behind the scenes tours - October 30th, November 20th and December 18th. The tours start at 5:30 pm [...]

Snyder Grand Valley Memorials donated a crane and men to move John Otto’s Cross of Ages Rock that he created in 1915. The rock was moved to its new location at the entrance to the Museum of The West.
E Clampus Vitus, the Al Packer Chapter, a fraternal organization dedicated to the preservation of western [...]

From The Daily Sentinel -
“Hold your fire. They haven’t gone Nazi at the Museum of the West.
The Grand Valley’s perhaps most misinterpreted and abused monument - vandals’ bullet holes and all - found a new home Wednesday at the front entrance of the downtown Grand Junction museum.
Colorado National Monument explorer John Otto’s 7,000-pound creation, “Cross [...]

Hey folks, there are still a couple of days to register for two really cool overnight trips. You can register online here or by calling 970.242.0971.

Black American West Museum
October 16 - 17
Register by Sept. 16
Join us on a visit to the Black American West Museum, located in the heart of Denver’s Five Points [...]

Our latest trip of the Discover our Local Museums series went to Telluride Historical Museum.  It rained pretty much the whole time but that didn’t dampen the spirits of our group of eighteen.
The highlight of the trip was, of course, the Telluride Blanket.  The blanket is approximately 800 years old and the most beautiful example [...]