History Colorado Center

The History Colorado Center is a museum dedicated to the history of the state of Colorado. The Center’s exhibits feature hands-on learning using engaging stories and techniques.

The History Colorado Center features the following exhibits:

Living West – explores the dynamics between the people of Colorado and the region’s environment
Colorado Stories – explore some of the people that have shaped Colorado’s history
Destination Colorado – focuses on the former town of Keota, Colorado, established in 1880
Time Machine – go back in time to learn from different periods in that state’s history
Denver Diorama – shows what the city looked like when it was a small town on the 1800s

Highlights of the History Colorado Center

The Dust Bowl Exhibit – experience the Black Sunday storm of the 1930s and see what hardships the Dust Bowl offered homesteaders
The Mesa Verde Exhibit – features the daily lives of the Ancestral Puebloans with dioramas and artifacts including pottery and tools
The Mountains Exhibit – explore the wildlife and environment of Colorado’s mountains
The Granada War Relocation Center – an internment camp used to house Japanese-Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor
A Silvermine – explores the workings of a silver mine