Category: Music

How Hillbilly Music Came to Golden

How Hillbilly Music Came to Golden

The following article appeared in the June issue of The Golden Informer. Around the turn of the twentieth century, in the rural American southeast, it was common for families to entertain themselves and their neighbors by playing folksongs and gospel tunes in...

Theremins, Boomwhackers and Internet Radio, Oh My!

This Saturday, Nov. 5 is Night at the Museums in Golden. From 5 – 8 p.m., folks can visit museums in town for free. Golden History Museums will be participating and presenting some unique experiences to correspond with the Turn it Up!: Golden’s Musical...

A Real One of a Kind

Upright pianos became popular in America during the late 1800s. We, however, have a real one-of-a-kind, and not just because it’s covered in orange velvet. Last December Michael and Nancy Mason, of Golden donated this beauty to the museum. Like all of our...

A beautiful day to move a piano or two

Three big guys from Keyboard Carriers arrived at 1:30 on Thursday to prep our J. M. Pelton square grand piano for a move from the Astor House Museum to the Golden History Center. Dating from 1860-1880, this 1600-pound mass of cherry and gumwood was one of the first...