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Aug
24
Thu
Golden High School 150th Anniversary Exhibit Opening
Aug 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Reminisce about your high school years by joining us for this fun exhibit opening! Hands-on activities will include viewing GHS yearbooks (both paper and electronic) and making your own themed photo with our unique props. Finally, see items from the collection which highlight alumni, clubs, and fashions, including rare relief maps which once hung on the school walls in Golden.

Event features:

  • make your own graduation cap
  • make a corsage with crepe paper flowers
  • make a memory at the unique selfie station
  • leaf through old yearbooks
  • chat with the curator about the new exhibit
  • listen to live music by Alibi
  • purchase delicious eats from the “Truck Eddy BBQ & Milkshakes” food truck
  • relax at the cash bar provided by Coda Brewing

Oct
1
Sun
Autumn Fest 2023 @ Golden History Museum
Oct 1 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Autumn Fest 2023

AUtumn Fest

Autumn Fest is a free celebration of Golden featuring hands-on activities for the whole family, including crafts, big trucks, and even farm animals. Join us to welcome the fall season at Golden History Museum (923 10th St.), proudly sponsored by:

ZenBusiness

Lamber Goodnow

O’Sullivan Personal Injury Law Firm

Fuicelli & Lee

Purvis Gray Thomson

Dolan + Zimmerman LLP

Golden Downtown Development Authority

Sign Gypsies Foothills

Free and Low-Cost Family Activities

  • make-your-own thaumatrope station and lawn games (hoop toss, ladder ball, and cornhole)
  • 4-H petting zoo
  • craft stations
  • BIG TRUCKS (Streets, Fire, and Police Departments)
  • costumed Civil War interpretation
  • karate demonstration

2023 Partners

  • Colorado Volunteer Infantry Group
  • 4-H
  • Jeffco Open Space
  • Boulder Apple Tree Project
  • Mines Museum of Earth Science
  • Golden Library
  • Foothills Art Center
  • Golden Street, Police, and Fire Departments
  • Golden Public Art Commission

Sponsors

   
 
 
 
 

Autumn Fest Gallery

Location and Pricing

Golden History Museum and Golden History Park

Free

Registration

Unlike most GHM&P programs, there is no registration for Autumn Fest.

Membership

Membership pays for itself with just a few programs for your family. Join us.

More Golden history

Check out the Golden History Museum & Park blog for the latest behind the scenes videos and stories, personal memoirs, and history tidbits about Golden.