Starting June 14 Wednesday & Saturday mornings, 7:30 am-Noon Cross Orchards Historic Site, 3073 F Road A farm and ranch market run by farmers and ranchers to bring high quality, local produce […]
Auto Fest 2017
May 20 • 9 am-4 pm $5 per person This is a fun family event for everyone to come and enjoy. We are inviting all types of vehicles including hot […]
Forced Cuts at the Museums of Western Colorado
Recently, the Mesa County Commissioners had to reduce the budgets of all County departments and community partners by 5%; this included the annual County investment in Museums of Western Colorado […]
Thousands of Local Oral History Files Saved for Posterity
Erin Schmitz, Curator Collections and Archives at Museums of Western Colorado, is looking forward to the time when she can hear the stories of the Grand Valley, actually told by […]
Opening a Quarry
At the end of spring, on the eve of summer, each year the Museums of Western Colorado prepares to open the Mygatt-Moore Quarry in Rabbit Valley for dig season. It’s […]
The Value of NEH to Museums
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) are critical to museums’ ability to serve their communities as economic and educational assets. They […]