by Mark Dodge | Sep 18, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits, Golden Informer
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...
by Mark Dodge | Sep 5, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits, Golden Informer, Memoirs
Golden Colorado: Small Town with a Big Heart Recollections of the late 1950s by ChristiLee LaDuke WELCOME TO GOLDEN The last time I visited Golden was in 2015. We were greeted by the same arch I remember as a child, “Howdy Folks -Welcome to Golden – Where...
by Nathan Richie | Jul 7, 2018 | Collections and Exhibits, Golden History Museum, Golden Informer
As the City’s historian, one of the museum’s most important responsibilities is to preserve and share the story of our community. But, with more than 16,000 objects in its collection and more than 150 years of history to tell, there’s far more content than can ever be...
by Annika Firn | Feb 1, 2018 | Golden Informer, Hands-on History
This article originally appeared in the March 2018 Golden Informer. Golden History Museum & Park’s Hands-on History summer camp will feature a new full-day theme this year for 9- to 12-year-old campers entitled Silent Stars. The camp explores the history and...
by Doug Skiba | Jan 1, 2018 | Golden Informer
This article originally appeared in the January 2018 Golden Informer. Golden History Museum, in celebration of its forthcoming 80th anniversary in 2018, is embarking on a full renovation of the museum’s public spaces. The initiative called Discovery Awaits will...
by Mark Dodge | Dec 1, 2017 | Golden Informer
15,548. That’s the number of artifacts currently recorded in the museum database. As the year ends, we have accepted close to 70 donations since January. The year 2018 promises an entirely new experience at the museum—one that includes dozens of new artifacts in four...
