Category: Collections and Exhibits
Clear Creek: The Heart of Golden
Clear Creek: The Heart of Golden By Stephanie Gilmore Clear Creek Canyon…The grandest scenery in the mountains, as it twists and turns marvellously (sic), and its stupendous sides are nearly perpendicular, while farther progress is to all appearance continually...
Summer 2024 Discover Magazine
Top Stories in Summer 2024 Discover The current issue of Discover magazine features an update on two exciting new exhibitions which will open in August. The Clear Creek Room is the museum’s newest exhibition and program space that explores the unique history of...
Arapahoe City: Jefferson County’s First City
Arapahoe City was located north of Clear Creek, west of present-day McIntyre Street approximately two miles east of Golden. Initially, a mining district, and the earliest city in Jefferson County, it was founded on November 28, 1858. Members of the Arapahoe Town...
Rare Tax Revenue Stamp Acquired by Museum
State of Colorado Half Barrel of Beer Tax Revenue Stamp By Vanya Scott, Curatorial Assistant The Museum recently acquired a fine example of a 1935 State of Colorado Half Barrel of Beer Tax Revenue Stamp. This tax stamp was among the first of the liquor tax stamps...