History Colorado Center

My husband and I found the museum interesting. We particularly enjoyed the temporary exhibit of toys from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.

This was an absolute waste of time and space! No organization whatsoever; if I were not a Colorado native I would have no idea of Colorado’s history by going to this museum.

I love this place! We took the kids for winter break and they had a blast! Best bang for your buck and sooo much history while fun for the whole familia! Love it!

4 stars seems to fit if you look at what they offer and decide if the exhibits are for you before coming here. More family and kids oriented. History for dummies. Not for history majors or serious history buffs.
For those in town it’s worth it for kids. Out of towners– probably better things to do but still a nice afternoon. After aaa discount I’m out only $ 10.

I’ve attended events at the History of Colorado Center but never took the time to tour the museum, I was delighted to enjoy the toy exhibit and was then off to rattle in a mining «tunnel» and tour a turn of the century town. It was amazing, we had so much fun. My favorite part is the year book picture you get to email yourself as a part of the small town! I can’t wait to go back!

Loved this place! I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it had so many interesting exhibits, almost all that allowed you to be interactive! It would be a great place to take kids and is great for adults! We enjoyed it and getting out of the snow! Ticket prices are low and they have a storage area for belongings and coats!

The Toy exhibit was pretty cool! I learned that many of the toys I had back in the 80s/​90s dated back decades prior. Aside from their special exhibits, the History Museum is well laid out going from late 1800s history to present day Denver (and other mountain destinations). If you have guests in town, I strongly suggest a few hour trip here!

Wow! This is a really fun, educational, and highly interactive museum about all things COLORADO!
Very clever really. The steam punk time machine that can be wheeled around to various parts of the parking lot-​sized map of Colorado is like nothing I have ever seen! You get to wheel the time machine around, pull levers, pick your time travel date and then sit back as it tells you a story, rather shows you one! We were all laughing at the campy Baby Doe music that it played, but we all learned that the mining life was hard in 1890!
The visiting exhibitions on «TOYS» and Chicano History in Colorado were both Excellent. One was fun, nostalgic, and playful, the other serious and thought provoking.
Finally, the permanent exhibits are a combination of education (mines of Colorado), painful history (Japanese interment camps in Colorado), and fun (The barrel guy and taking a ride on a ski jump). I have to say our group was impressed!
There is more here than your realize, and we couldn’t do it all in one day.

This is one of the most amazing museums I’ve ever visited (and I’m a museum junkie!!). Amazing and innovative interactives — like a moveable «time machine» with GPS-​tracking that registers different geographic locations and time periods throughout Colorado history. They currently have a temporary exhibit on toys of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Each decade has a mock living room, complete with period furniture and toy commercials, set up to demonstrate the popular toys of that decade. Plus there are tons of toys and a toy trivia game to play with! The docents I encountered were super helpful and enthusiastic. Incredible experience here — I hope to visit again sooner rather than later!

Not to put to fine a point on it, but this «museum» sucks, especially for intelligent adults. Call me old fashioned but I expect a history museum to feature artifacts and an appropriate amount of academic material to inform the viewer about the historical context of what you are seeing. This museum has lots of digital displays with flashy graphics but very little content. There are recreations of mining towns that you might see in an amusement park.
I realize that museums need to appeal to all ages to some degree, but the material here is really dumbed down. Exhibits on the blue bear and the barrel man at Broncos games border on the absurd and are frankly an embarrassment to the state.

Hours of interactive and educational fun! This is a perfect way to entertain kids age 5 and up. Younger may enjoy, but it’s really geared for kids who can read, appreciate history, and will be respectful of the fragile artifacts on display.
We, literally, spent hours here. We shopped at the general store and paid with realistic money and an old fashioned cash register. Wooden eggs dropped from the hen house. We sat in an antique car, learned about mining and agriculture in Colorado, went on a simulated ski jump, visited an old town and looked into the rooms set up just as they would have it.
The museum includes the state’s strong former affiliation with the KKK, so be prepared to answer some questions if your children have not been exposed to racism and hate.
We were fortunate to be visiting when they had the toys exhibit from the past. I was in nostalgia heaven! I don’t know what other visiting exhibits they offer, but it will be on the top level.
I love how dark and calming the museum is. Most children’s museums are screaming with bright colors. Kids are stimulated enough without the extra burst of colors everywhere. Here, the slide was white built around a natural wooden playground. There were cavernous tunnels to walk through. It seemed to have a calming effect on all the kids or I came on a really good day.

A lot of good information about the history of Colorado here. However, there is also a lot of wasted space. You’ll go from a vast and open part of the museum like the atrium and then get cramped up in any of the exhibits they offer. I have been here a number of times and each time has been an OK experience. I would recommend going on a weekday if your schedule lets you. Otherwise, on weekends, get ready to get packed into exhibit rooms like sardines.

This place was free on August 1^st to celebrate the admission of Colorado into the United States. I’ve rarely had free things go terribly, so I decided to see what’s up.
This museum definitely caters to kids, but adults can see quite a bit of Colorado history while the kids play with a ton of cool exhibits. If you’re not into history and don’t have kids, skip this and go to the art museum. Otherwise, enjoy yourself! Make sure you visit the second floor and find the house that simulates dust bowl conditions.

Having always enjoyed the History Colorado Center for its programming, beautiful structure, lectures, and Rendezvous Café that serves pretty delicious food and drink, but I shamefully never planned a trip to History Colorado Center until the TOYS exhibition. So close to my house, and it took toys from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s to pull me out of my curiosity phase and actually force me to take action.
Now that I’ve visited, I plan on supporting awesome historical initiatives, like the History Colorado Center much more now. No, ‘maybe I’ll visit next week’ but to actually make time to submerge myself in not just culture, but Colorado culture, as well.
The exhibit, though not as large as I had imagined, was curated so creatively with living rooms sets reminiscent of each respective decade — complete with a sofa and television set from that era with a running loop of actual toy commercials from that time. The toys that had nostalgia come rushing in for me and my parents, were in great condition and actually either donated or on loan from real Colorado residents — really making that Colorado connection resonate with each visitor. That you were playing with the same toys as kids growing up all over the county. Just as your toys had a story, so did theirs.

Great interactive museum for all ages. When it’s too hot, too cold or too rainy, I like visiting this museum. The permanent exhibits like the barn and mine are fun to come back to see. The temporary exhibits are always educational and fun. Toys of whew 50s, 60s, &70s is fun for or son to play with the toys, and fun for us adults to see the toys we had growing up. Membership is reasonable and comes with tickets to the Georgetown railroad.

The History Colorado Center is a place that immerses you in and allows you to explore the whole history of Colorado and surrounding areas. Its not a dusty old museum, its an active and exciting place to visit. There is so many fun things to see and do. I especially liked the mine shaft elevator simulator and the live dustbowl simulator, it made you feel like you were part of it. This is a great educational place for kids and adults as well.

I’ve been to the History Colorado Center several times since it opened at this location and it has many high points. It is a great museum to take children to as it has many interactive elements throughout the exhibits along with staff members dressed in costume interacting with visitors. As you walk in, they have «time machines» that move around a floor map of Colorado. When you move the machine over a certain area, you have the option to watch video segments about past events in that area of Colorado. The permanent exhibits have many interactive pieces as well: you can «ride» in a mine elevator, practice your jumps on the ski slope, and collect chicken eggs to sell at the country store. The museum has different short-​term exhibits set up ranging from a Legos exhibit to their current exhibit on 1968.
Although the interactive elements are fun, the museum is a bit sparse on historical information. The historical elements also lack cohesion. They touch on segregation, internment camps, the mining industry, and old towns in Colorado, but each section is small and there is really narrative element that leads you through Colorado’s history.
Despite this, I do enjoy going to the museum and will continue to return for their short-​term exhibits.

I was incredibly impressed by this place! If you’re a local or a visitor, the Colorado History Museum is certainly worth a visit.
For starters they have parking, it’s only $ 5 and I think it’s a nice perk considering the location. The fee is $ 12 a person which I thought was reasonable.
There are essentially 3 floors of exhibits. I came for the 1968 exhibit but I was really, really impressed with the A-​Z Denver exhibit. I don’t want to give too much away but this museum is SO interactive and no corners were cut. The museum curators really put a lot of thought into the exhibits and worked really hard.
As I mentioned if you’re a local or a visitor this place is definitely worth a visit. I really enjoyed my visit and I am considering purchasing an annual pass!

The 1968 exhibit here was pretty impressive. Fashion, toys, and a cool area showing clips of 1968 t.v. shows, as well as commercials. Among other things there is also film footage on Martin Luther King, Jr. and a scrolling photo exhibit honoring Robert F. Kennedy. Too many things to list here (and I don’t want to give it all away) but definitely worth a trip to see. Tickets for adults are $ 12.00 and kids under 5 get in free.

Where better to go on a Cold Day? I kept hearing about the Exhibit from 1968. And had to check it out.
The Price of Admission is reasonable.
They have a Coat Check. Its unattended so i was leery about leaving my coat.
But it was safe.
4 Floors of Exhibits makes it worth the money.
And I like how they are more than just look.
Some of them being Interactive is great.
Its a Good time for Kids and Adults as well.
Who knew Colorado had so much history behind it.
Definitely stop in when you have the chance.