Yes, we’re going through the canal, one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken. We’ll experience first-hand what it’s like to be raised 85 feet through a series of locks. Talk about cool! We will also explore the beautiful sights of Panama City.
We’ll then board the bus for Costa Rica - the [...]
As a 15 year old boy, John Goddard, world famous adventurer (and good friend of Museum of Western Colorado’s Executive Director, Mike Perry), sat down one rainy day and drew up “My Life List” - a list of 127 goals he wished to experience or achieve in his [...]
On January 21, Terry Hammer, Jr. gave a presentation on the Colorado Militia from 1861 to 1927. Around 50 people attended January’s program.
All Oral History Programs will be held at noon in the Whitman Educational Center, 248 S. Fourth Street. The programs are jointly sponsored by the Museum of Western Colorado and the Mesa County [...]
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 [...]
This year we have an outstanding array of trips for you. From one end of the globe to the other… we’ll see and hear glaciers calve… go leaf-peeping and sample Vermont maple syrup… hike into fabulous canyons… examine historic and prehistoric artifacts both inside and out. We’ll see wildlife in Alaska and Costa [...]
This year ReBecca Hunt, with the help of John Foster, Don Kerven and Gaylon Reynolds, constructed and decorated the Museum’s float for Grand Junction Parade of Lights. Our float consisted of four local dinosaurs (Brachiosaurus, Mymoorapelta, Ceratosaurus and a pterosaur) celebrating Christmas by decorating their palm tree and opening presents. These dinos were constructed from [...]
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. [...]
On Thursday, September 24, 2009, The Museum of the West will close its doors to the public from 10am to 2pm to host a special luncheon for United Way of Mesa County.
Theme suits the location…
The theme for this year’s United Way Campaign is “The Wild West” and so the Museum of Western Colorado has offered [...]
From The Daily Sentinel -
“Last year around this time, the Museum of Western Colorado was staggering in its fight to get funding. But with some creativity, good timing and good fortune, it remained on its feet in the end.
The county cut funding by $75,000 for museum operations. At the same time the county increased its [...]
On Saturday, August 22, a group of Museum friends discovered the unique and beautiful Rifle Falls State Park. Coyote Trail took us by grottos of travertine limestone, through tunnels of boxalder, and over Rifle Falls, a beautiful triple falls that once supplied all the power for the city of Rifle. This almost tropical environment is [...]