Curator of History David Bailey has been inducted into the Western Writers of America. Bailey was accepted as an active member because of his extensive collection of published material and […]
Research Library and Archives News
The Museums of Western Colorado was recently gifted a family memoir and photobook from the family of John and Irena Moore. John and Irena Moore settled in Grand Junction in […]
US Bank’s Fifth Annual Heritage Rendezvous
Out of Place and Time: Unusual and Strange Artifacts Found in Institutional Collections We are looking forward to our fifth annual Heritage Rendezvous sponsored by U.S. Bank. The Museum of […]
New Education and Volunteer Coordinator
The Museums of Western Colorado (MWC) is proud to introduce our new Education and Volunteer Coordinator—Stephanie Lukowski It was a difficult choice with several very qualified candidates. We even had […]
The Care of Robotic Dinosaurs
[metaslider id=9517] “Necessity is the mother of invention” – Plato. This is what came to mind after interviewing Don Kerven,employee of the Museums of Western Colorado for 20 years. Due […]
Rocks & Rollin’ to Fruita
In July, the Museums of Western Colorado moved the geology collection from the Museum of the West in downtown Grand Junction to Dinosaur Journey in Fruita. The collection consists of […]