Join us at the Museum of the West for our adult-only afterhours event! Learn about the Grand Valley's history, take part in historical inspired crafts and activities, and get a rare hands on experience with our educational kits and materials! Trivia || Scavenger Hunt || Crafts || Lasso Game || Collections Show & Tell || […]
Join the Race! Put on your running shoes, put together a team, and get ready to run with the best! The Museums of Western Colorado is recreating one of the hottest events of the 1890s - the great hose cart races! During Market on Main and the Rhythm & Brews, join us and try your […]
Friday night's performers will include:Young Chautauquans (characters & performers TBA)Mary ShelleyEdgar Allan Poe Presented in partnership with Colorado Humanities at Love Recital Hall at CMU.
9 a.m. –– Doors Open/Coffee9:15 a.m. –– “From Adversity to Advocacy: How Rachel Carson Overcame Hardships to Write Silent Spring” – Katie Knutson (Rachel Carson)10:15 a.m. –– “Hemingway’s Fight for the Full Use of Language” – John Dennis Anderson11:15 a.m. –– Young Chautauqua Performance11:30 a.m. –– “Telling Classic Tales of Terror: Bringing Scary Stories to […]
Characters to be presented include:Nellie BlyRachel CarsonErnest Hemingway Presented in partnership with Colorado Humanities at Love Recital Hall at CMU.
Join the Museums of Western Colorado’s Curator of History & Archaeology, Vida Jaber for a special presentation for the Colorado Archaeological Society about her experience as a Maritime Archaeologist. Vida started working here as an intern during her final semester at Colorado Mesa University, where she studied History and double minored in archaeology and public […]
Register Now! Black History Live tour is an annual recognition each February of the significant contributions African Americans have made and continue to make to art, culture, economic development, education, human rights, medicine, public services, politics, and sports. This year’s statewide tour will feature the living-history portrayals of Rosa Parks by nationally acclaimed scholar/actor Becky […]
The Museums of Western Colorado presents our Annual Speakeasy Fundraiser on Saturday, March 9th from 7-10pm! Come join us for a night of debauchery honoring Grand Junction’s historic red-light district, the Barbary Coast. You’ll have to buy tickets to know the special knock and passphrase to enter the Museum of the West exhibit hall turned […]