by Mark Dodge | Mar 25, 2022 | Collections and Exhibits, Culinary History
Golden History Museum & Park received several hundred Jolly Rancher items from the Harmsen family in 2020. Most of this noteworthy collection has been stored since then waiting to be cataloged. Recently, museum staff started baseline cataloging and posting records...
by Mark Dodge | Dec 21, 2021 | Collections and Exhibits
With good reason, Golden was abuzz when the announcement came that Miners Alley Playhouse would purchase the old Meyer Hardware building. This exciting opportunity will allow the playhouse to grow and evolve with the rest of downtown Golden, their home since 2003. ...
by Mark Dodge | Nov 5, 2021 | Collections and Exhibits
Exhibit updates and changes were temporarily placed on hold during the height of COVID so we could double down on our Legacy Collection Inventory Project. Looking forward to 2022, the collection inventory will remain a museum priority (we just hired a temporary...
by Mark Dodge | Oct 7, 2021 | Collections and Exhibits
Doing Business in Golden I lost a button on one of my favorite shirts recently, so I went to Carleen of Golden. (I have not sewn anything since home economics in junior high). Carleen of Golden Carleen of Golden was established in 1974 and opened a shop on Washington...
by Mark Dodge | Jul 9, 2021 | Collections and Exhibits
Recently digitized issues of the Golden Transcript from 1977 to 1984 are now live. Grab a cold one and catch up on the past local news. see the latest issues Read more about the years-long digitization...