Titanoboa: Monster Snake

Slithering in at 48 feet long and weighing an estimated one-and-a-half tons, this realistic replica of the world’s largest snake is sure to send chills down any visitor’s spine.

Opens May 19 at Dinosaur Journey Museum

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Southwest Pottery

The Philip and Gail Holstein Collection

Philip and Gail Holstein have long studied, collected, and loved the art of Native Americans. Portions of their extensive collections have found homes in the Chicago Field Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Colorado Museum, and the Museums of Western Colorado’s Museum of the West. Together they curated the exhibition “Enduring Visions: 1,000 Years of Southwest Indian Art” which opened at the Aspen Art Museum and traveled to other major museums.

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Passport to Adventure Trips and Tours Program

People don’t take trips, trips take people. ~ John Steinbeck

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Midnight at the Oasis

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Take a look at our events!

We are proud to offer various events, trips, dinosaur expeditions, exhibits, and much much more! Check them all out on our Things to Do page.

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Welcome to the Museums of Western Colorado

The Museums of Western Colorado is the largest multi-disciplinary museum complex between Salt Lake City and Denver. Over the past fifty years we have grown to include three major museum facilities, three active outdoor paleontology sites, an educational center and a respected research library.

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Terry Nash, Peggy Malone, and Nona Kelley Carver at our Cross Orchards Summer Concert! ... See MoreSee Less

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Our Summer Concert Cowboy Poetry and Music is tonight! We're out of the rain having a toe-tapping time. Come join us at Cross Orchards Historic Site! ... See MoreSee Less

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This Black Bear came to say hi to our boat tour. ... See MoreSee Less

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Fun day on the Point Morrow Boat Tour with the Museum! ... See MoreSee Less

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We have tickets available for our Cross Orchards Summer Concert with Nona Kelley Carver, Peggy Malone, and Terry Nash! Friday, July 21! ... See MoreSee Less

Cross Orchards Summer Concert Series - Cowboy Poetry and Music

July 21, 2017, 7:00pm - July 21, 2017, 9:00pm

Cowboy Poetry and Music! with Nona Kelley Carver, Peggy Malone, and Terry Nash Nona Kelley Carver is a native Coloradan, now ranching at Mesa. Her ranching experience shows in her work that she refers to as “fiction with a few facts thrown in.” Believing that reciting makes an author’s work come alive for the audience, Nona gives her best whether it is to a small group or at The National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration where she is a repeat performer. Her work has been published in magazines, newspapers and anthologies, as well as in two recently produced CDs of poetry. Peggy Malone was given the honor of 2013 Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame Entertainer of The Year. Her song “Singin’ A Cowboy Song” won an Emmy for Performer/Songwriter in 2001, and is featured in the PBS Special, “A Night at The Rodeo.” She was inducted into the Colorado Country Music Association Hall of Fame on August 20, 2006 and was named the Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame Legend of Legends Female Vocalist in 2015. She is nominated 2017 CCMHOF Female Vocalist of the year. Terry Nash has been a top five finalist for the last four years for Western Music Association Male Cowboy Poet of the Year. He was raised on a farm/ranch cow/calf operation on the High Plains of Colorado, near Idalia. After a thirty-five year career trucking, Terry drifted to a small ranch near Loma, Colorado. He and his wife have cut back to a semi-retired forty hours a week that keeps their horses and cattle in feed. Recently, Terry has lassoed a new career: songwriting.

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