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Yes - restoration on the caboose has been completed! Caboose #3 of the Uintah Railway was obtained in very poor condition. It had been used for farm storage for many years and was sitting on bare ground with one side against a dirt embankment. There was such extensive rotting…
Read more about this incredible restoration here.

In our efforts to reach a larger audience, we’ve joined Facebook.  You can find up-to-date news of trips and other programs, links and more.  We’ll still be blogging and continuing to add more information to our website so don’t forget us here!

Thanks to Amanda Dumenigo of examiner.com, we are listed with other dinosaur adventures in the Rockies. Check out the article here.

If you are new to examiner.com, here’s a bit of information about the site. “Examiner.com is the insider source for everything local. Covering thousands of subjects across hundreds of cities and towns, Examiners come from all walks of life and [...]

We’ve got 9 new day or two day trips scheduled - from Hanging Lake Hike to Calamity Camp to Brown Palace and Denver Museums.  Check them out here.  Look for New Trip! aqua colored bar.
Are there any trips you’d like to see us offer?  Let us know!

Enjoy a nice evening stroll and learn about the colorful characters, local legends and beautiful buildings on our new series of walking tours of historic downtown Grand Junction. The tours will meet at the Museum of the West at 5:30 pm and last ninety minutes. Each will cover different locations and topics so make sure [...]

Our recent Canyonlands by Night trip to Moab, Utah was traveled via the Old Cisco Road (Hwy 128). We took three museum vans and 24 fun-loving travelers on the very scenic route through some of the most photographed landscape in the U.S. Our group learned a bit about the historic Dewey Bridge, spotted some [...]

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, the Museum of Western Colorado coordinated a committee from various Mesa County organizations wishing to commemorate this event. Activities commenced with a reading of a County Proclamation on February 12th, Lincoln’s birthday, and numerous other events are scheduled through the year.
The Mount Garfield Chapter of [...]

Now that the dust from Re-Enactors’ Day is starting to settle we wanted to take some time to thank and highlight a constant supporter of the event.
Did you know that for the last three years an organization not even from this side of the state has greatly helped by sending one of the annual highlights [...]

One of the big projects for the Museum of Western Colorado this year is to inventory and photograph its entire collection of artifacts. We are systematically going through our collections and checking on the condition of all of our artifacts, making sure all the proper paperwork is in place, researching the pieces, photographing them and entering them into [...]

Seven hardy souls braved out the rain and an eight mile hike as the Museum of Western Colorado visited the famous arches of Rattlesnake Canyon on May 2. The group was joined by two local experts and residents of the area, Charlie Hardy and Bob Sherrill, who pointed out unique geographic features and told us fascinating history and [...]