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...
by Nathan Richie | Jul 7, 2021 | Collections and Exhibits, Golden History Museum
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...
by Mark Dodge | Jun 17, 2021 | City of Golden, Collections and Exhibits
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...
by Mark Dodge | May 14, 2021 | Collections and Exhibits, Discover Magazine
Golden resident and local historian Richard Gardner recently commented on Chris Thiry’s article in the spring 2021 Discover magazine. Now that I’ve read over the magazine article on the redlining subdivisions, I believe there is additional information...
by Mark Dodge | May 5, 2021 | Collections and Exhibits
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...
by Mark Dodge | Apr 1, 2021 | Collections and Exhibits
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...
