The Museum of Western Colorado’s 11th Annual Re-Enactors’ Day was held on April 30, 2010 at the Museum of the West. The day was a great success with over 500 students, teachers and chaperons attending. The event featured blacksmiths, Museum volunteers, archaeologists, Dutch oven cooking, military re-enactors, saddlemakers, gold panners and many more historical [...]

Saturday, May 15th
9 am - 4 pm
Cross Orchards Historic Site
3073 F Road • Grand Junction, Colorado
The flowers are blooming, the newborn animals are getting their bearings - Spring is a beautiful time at Cross Orchards! Bring the entire family to our new event and enjoy the beautiful landscaping and the ambiance of the historic site.
Admission
$4 [...]

Canyonlands by Night… Canadian Rockies… Museums of Utah… Crow Canyon… Telluride… The Alaska Experience… Black Canyon of the Gunnison Hike… Leadville… Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta… Durango Adventure… Grand Canyon and Havasupai…
Trips far away and in our own backyard.
We make the travel arrangements, do the driving, include many meals and admissions - and, last but not least, [...]

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 [...]