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Robert Elliott, Museum Service Award 2019

Museums of Western Colorado, Volunteers•Posted March 6, 2019

Words from Robert Elliott, Recognized for his Service I started intermittent volunteering somewhere around 2008, after Beverly (my wife) and I journeyed to Egypt, with a museum sponsored trip led […]

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Volunteer Spotlight – Jim Osborn

Cross Orchards Historic Site, Volunteers•Posted August 23, 2018

[metaslider id=9533] Here at Cross Orchards Historic Site we have been very lucky to have in our volunteer corps a retired professional painter, Jim Osborn. In early May, Jim offered […]

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In Memoriam

Museums of Western Colorado, Volunteers•Posted February 20, 2018

We lost a great friend of the Museum recently. Ann Buelow was a friend to many and a loyal volunteer. Before her tenure at the museum, she was an army […]

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Museums of Western Colorado Volunteer Kay Fredette Honored as Colorado’s Outstanding Tourism Volunteer of the Year

Museums of Western Colorado, Newsletters, Paleontology, Volunteers•Posted November 1, 2017

As a retired dental hygienist, she used to clean people’s teeth. Now, as a 78-year-young superstar volunteer at Dinosaur Journey in Fruita, she cleans dinosaur teeth, bones, and other fossil […]

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Museum Education Class

Cross Orchards Historic Site, Dinosaur Journey Museum, In the Community, Museum of the West, Museums of Western Colorado, Volunteers•Posted January 2, 2017

When most people in the Grand Valley think about their local heritage, what do they think of? Do they think of the Museums of Western Colorado? Or do they think […]

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Digging for Dinosaurs in Retirement

Museums of Western Colorado, Volunteers•Posted October 12, 2016

Curious about what volunteering at the Museums might be like? Here’s some insight from volunteers at our Dinosaur Journey site in an article on nextavenue.org – where grown-ups keep growing. […]

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Upcoming Events

Jun 1
June 1, 2023 @ 8:00 am - June 2, 2023 @ 3:30 pm

June 1st – 2nd Two Day Traildust Theropod Experience

Jun 7
8:00 am - 3:30 pm

June 7th Full Day Dig

Jun 19
8:00 am - 3:30 pm

June 19th Full Day Dig

Jun 21
8:00 am - 3:30 pm

June 21st Full Day Dig

Jun 22
8:00 am - 3:00 pm

June 22nd Full Day Paleo Lab Adventure

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