Telluride Historical Museum

Join local historian Rudy Davison to see this classic trail as you’ve never seen it before. Learn about the old mill, Nellie Mine and San Miguel Consolidated Gold Mining Company. Call the Museum to reserve your spot.

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The Telluride Historical Museum has collaborated with renowned fine art photographer Lindsey Ross to produce a rare series of limited edition prints created with a negative from the Museum’s collection.

For this collaboration the Museum chose an image originally taken at the intersection of Pine and Colorado in 1884. Most of the buildings you can see in the photo no longer exist and the photograph provides a rare glimpse into what Telluride looked like in its earliest years.

The Museum will be debuting the special series of prints Thursday, Sept. 24 at 5:30 p.m. on the Main Street non-profit busking stage, which also happens to be very near to where the original photograph was taken. The evening will also feature a display of vintage portraits from the Museum’s collection as well as the opportunity to meet Ross, learn about the process she used to create the prints, and, if interested, book an appointment with Ross to have your portrait taken using historical techniques during the course of the weekend.

Join our Hike Into History: Ilium and learn about some of the most influential moments that affected the region. From Telluride’s AC power story to the Trout Lake Flood, the Rio Grande Southern Railroad and Vance Junction, there will be plenty to learn. Led by Executive Director Kiernan Lannon, this easy to moderate hike will be great for all levels. Limited space available call the Museum to reserve.

Historical Walking Tours with Ashley Boling are back, and we’ve added a second day of the week! Hear the tales and see the sights on this lively tour about town. Join longtime local, performer, and community historian Ashley Boling as he recounts the people, events, and buildings that make Telluride unique.

Tuesdays 11:00 a.m.

Thursdays 1:00 p.m.

Tours must be book in advance. Please call the Museum at 970-728-3344

Join the Telluride Historical Museum’s newly revamped tour of Lone Tree Cemetery to learn real life stories of how pandemics and the like affected those in Telluride and across our country. Find out what life was like in quarantine before technology and how people in the past approached the constant threat of illness and disease.

This tour has new research and content and is different from our previous Lone Tree Cemetery Tours.

Tickets must be purchased in advance. Tour group is limited to 10 people. Masks are required to be worn at all times, and all participants must adhere to social distancing rules. Listening devices will be available.

Call the Museum to book 970-728-3344