For the sixth year, the Telluride Historical Museum will present An Evening with Ken Burns. This year’s screening will be Episode 5: The Rising Road from the PBS television documentary miniseries, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.
Hosted at the Michael D. Palm theatre, doors open at 5:30 p.m. and Ken Burns will give an introduction at 6:00 p.m. followed by a brief Q&A after the film and ending with a book and DVD signing with copies available for purchase.
We are partnering with Mountain Trip for our second Hike Into History of the summer! This time we will be exploring Waterfall Canyon in Ophir with Kaylee Walden.
Telluride Historical Museum’s August Newsletter, News from the Front Porch Vol. I, Issue 8 is now available. Click the link to read about what’s happening at the Museum, learn about upcoming events, see our Artifact of the Month, and check out our new wooden postcards. >>> READ ME
Hike into History this Saturday with the Telluride Historical Museum and John Sir Jesse to learn about Arborglyphs. Arborglyphs are the carved markings seen on trees across the Telluride region.
This tour will take approximately 5 hours and is a moderate hike combined with driving portions. The tour will be carpooling from the Museum to Last Dollar road and other locations.
Once again the Museum will host its annual Fourth of July festivities.
Free admission all day long and the sluice will be open.
Root Beer Float Fundraisers starts after the parade ends. $5 for a Smuggler Union Root Beer Float. New this year will be artist Brandon Berkel with his project Tell I Write Telegrams. Brandon will type out a personal note on one of his crafted postcards to send to friends and family near and far.
The Telluride Historical Museum has kicked off the process to create our latest 3-year strategic plan. As part of the planning process, we are soliciting feedback from the community via a survey hosted by Survey Monkey. The strategic plan will enable use to advance our mission by evaluating the impact of our services and programs.
Telluride Historical Museum was honored with a 2019 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor. The Certificate of Excellence honors hospitality businesses that deliver consistently great service across the world. The designation, given annually each May, is presented to approximately 10% of total businesses on TripAdvisor that have consistently achieved great reviews over the past year.
To qualify, businesses must maintain an overall TripAdvisor rating of at least four out of five with a specific minimum amount of reviews. To date, the Telluride Historical Museum has 151 reviews, with a four and a half out of five rating, and is ranked #3 of 30 things to do in Telluride.
Stop by to see for yourself what the buzz is about!
The Telluride Historical Museum will be open for summer on June 3 and will resume regular summer hours:
Each week Historical Walking Tours with Ashley Boling will depart from the Museum Thursdays at 1 p.m. New this summer is an added free HARC (Historic and Architectural Review Commission) tour. Free HARC tours will take place the first and last Friday of each month during the summer. HARC tours focus on the built environment and architectural landscape of Telluride whereas the regular walking tours focus on stories and people of the community.
The 2019-2020 annual exhibit, If These Walls Could Talk: Preservation & Change, opens June 6. This immersive exhibition details the built environment of Telluride explaining its unique architectural assets that give town its character.
Admission Fees:
$7 General Admission
$5 Students (6-17)
$5 Seniors (65 and older)
Free for Museum members and children 5 and under
Free admission for active military personnel
After another fantastic summer season, the Telluride Historical Museum has closed for the Fall Offseason. During this time we’ll be getting ready for our big Halloween on the Hill event, which includes our Haunted Hospital, and completing routine maintenance and cleaning in preparation for our winter season.
Staff will generally be in the Museum during the offseason and the, from time to time, we may be able to open parts of the Museum for tours during the time we are closed (depending on the various maintenance tasks and programming that might be taking place). Please contact the Museum to inquire about tour availability or to schedule an appointment with Museum staff. We can be reached at (970) 728-3344 or at info@telluridemuseum.org.
Thank you to everyone who stopped in during the summer! And we hope to see you all at your Museum this winter!
Our springtime fundraiser, Daffodil Days, where we sell bundles of daffodils to benefit the Telluride Historical Museum and American Cancer Society, has been postponed.
Due to the extreme cold winter in Washington state (where we get our flowers) the daffodils we ordered are not yet ready to be cut. We’re confident we will receive them no later than March 25, and there is a very high possibility they might arrive sooner. Since it is all dependent on nature we do not have a specific date. Please stay tuned for details on our live sale. We will release info with the new dates as soon as we can.
We are still accepting pre-sale orders and we will notify purchases when the flowers are available for pick up and delivery. You can pre-order bundles by calling the museum at 970-728-3344 or online at: http://shop.telluridemuseum.org/daffodil-days-fundraiser/dp/700
