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Legacy Inventory Project Reveals Unusual Artifact from North Table Mountain
By Vanya Scott, Curatorial Assistant A unique artifact “rediscovery” recently reminded me that not all early 1900s residents of this area were paragons of virtue. While working in our offsite artifact storage area, I found an object tucked away in a nondescript box,...
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Newly digitized Golden Transcript issues now online
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. [button...
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Salon Exhibit: Colorado Boom & Bust
Golden History Museum & Park has a long tradition of blending history and arts-education to engage audiences. Beginning with its founding in 1938 under the Works Progress Administration, the Museum’s first employees were artists who were commissioned to paint...
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How do you move a 3,800-pound safe? Very carefully!
Making the move At least one professional safe mover said we were crazy and that it couldn’t be done. “Old safes were not built to be moved,” he said. But a team from the City of Golden’s Streets Department proved otherwise, when on May 13, we safely transported a...
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Commenting on Redlining in Sunshine Park Addition
Addendum to spring 2021 Discover magazine Golden resident and local historian Richard Gardner recently commented on Chris Thiry's article in that issue: By Richard Gardner Now that I've read over the magazine article on the redlining subdivisions, I believe there is...
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May 2021 collection deaccession
Golden History Museum & Park piloted a Legacy Collection Inventory Project in winter 2019 designed to reappraise the existing collection on hand when the City of Golden commenced museum management in 2010. Now a museum priority, project goals include conducting a...
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Rediscovering Virginia Mallen Chauvenet’s c. 1895 Battenberg Lace Coat
The Golden History Museum’s ongoing Legacy Inventory Project continues to bring to light forgotten pieces of Golden history. A particularly charming artifact was rediscovered recently, a unique Battenberg Lace coat handmade by Virginia Mallen Chauvenet, wife of the...
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Organized Labor at the Coors Brewery
Labor strife at the Coors Brewery reached its pinnacle in 1977, the year that brought an end to 100 years of organized labor at the brewery. Conflicts between workers and owners over wages and working conditions are nothing new, but the story of Coors’ labor practices...
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