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Celebrate Colorado Day!

August 1, 2016

The History Colorado Center and Community Museums statewide are celebrating Colorado’s 140th birthday with a Free Day, Monday August 1, 2016!

In addition the History Colorado Center will feature food, music, dancing, and many more activities for everyone. Do not miss this celebration!

Scheduled Activities

Performers

  • 11:30am: Top Hogs, Colorado’s Most Talented Pigs, and the Denver Broncos Junior Cheerleaders Performance
  • 12:30pm: Cherry Creek Dance Performance
  • 1:30pm: Rocky Mountain Children’s Choir

Demonstrators

  • Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
  • Gold Panning with the Georgetown Loop Railroad National Park Service
  • Bent’s Fort
  • Adobe Brick Making Activity

Exhibitors

  • Alpacas
  • Colorado Proud Booth, Colorado Department of Agriculture
  • Colorado History Day Poster Session Ribbon Winners
  • 1-5pm: Mountain Dairy Goats

Activities

  • Colorado State Flag coloring activity

Free Admission Statewide
The celebration will include History Colorado’s Community Museums for a statewide commemoration of Colorado’s wild, colorful, historical, traditional and modern culture.

Free Admission all day at:

  • Byers-Evans House Museum
  • El Pueblo History Museum
  • Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center
  • Fort Vasquez Museum
  • Healy House Museum and Dexter Cabin
  • Trinidad History Museum

More info: http://www.historycolorado.org/event/colorado-day-2016

Details

Date:
August 1, 2016