CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
When: All day
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THE BUFFALO BILL MUSEUM AND GRAVE
987 1/2 Lookout Mountain Road (map)
303-526-0744
CLOSED Monday, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
The Buffalo Bill Story, Buffalo Bill's Death, The Americans, A Visit to the Wild West, Firearms, Kid's Cowboy Corral
COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM
17155 W. 44th Avenue (map)
303-279-4591
CLOSED Monday, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Year's Eve Day
UPPER GALLERY
Center for Railroad Photography & Art Winners
The winners of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art’s 2024 John E. Gruber Creative Photography Contest have been announced, and these award-winning images are now on display at the Museum.
Black Diamonds and Steel Rails
This fascinating exhibit delves into the rich history of coal in Colorado, examining its crucial role in fueling locomotives, driving industrial growth, and shaping the state’s railroads. Learn about the mining industry, the challenges faced by miners, and how this powerful resource connected communities across the Centennial State.
LOWER GALLERY
Hidden from History: A Century of Women in Railroading
This captivating display explores the invaluable contributions of women in the railroad industry over a 100-year period, showcasing their roles in a field traditionally dominated by men.
FOOTHILLS ART CENTER - ASTOR HOUSE
1133 Arapahoe Street (map)
303-279-3922
CLOSED New Year's Day, President's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve Day
Waypoint: From Sketch to Canvas
(through July 6, 2025)
Longtime FAC educator Janet Nunn has shared her quick and rewarding sketchbook techniques with many. This exhibit showcases her travel sketches alongside work from friends and students who have embraced her approach to travel journaling.
Floating World - Russell C. Banks
(through August 3, 2025)
Captures surreal and magical moments of cruise ship vacations through candid photography.
GOLDEN HISTORY MUSEUM & PARK
923 10th Street (map)
303-278-3557
(Museum) CLOSED Sunday, Monday, New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Year's Eve Day
Clear Creek Room: The Heart of Golden
Surrounded by North and South Table Mountains, Clear Creek has drawn people to this area for millennia.
We Are Still Here: The Endurance of Native Jewels
(through August 2025)
In this exhibit, we define jewel as both a precious item as well as a woman of strength and importance. Explore how Indigenous women have persevered through hundreds of years of oppression and numerous attempts to destroy their culture. Featuring modern Native fashions that utilize ancient Indigenous jewels, learn about prominent Native women in contemporary American society. Not only are Native Americans still here; they have endured, and they are thriving.
This is Native Art: This exhibit brings together more than 35 practicing Native American artists from across the United States, each exploring various aesthetics and compositions while challenging the narrative of what Native American art is and what people expect it to be.
Discovery Awaits: Indigenous Connections, Epic Events, Legendary People, and the Touch Gallery. A new Jolly Rancher exhibit is in the works and will open in 2025.
The Salon: Golden High School 150th Anniversary Exhibit
Golden History Park (11th & Arapahoe): The outdoor setting re-creates the look and feel of a late 1800's mountain ranch complete with gardens, a working blacksmith shop, schoolhouse and chicken coop (chickens included).
MINES MUSEUM
Colorado School of Mines
1310 Maple Street (map)
303-273-3815
CLOSED New Year's Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving and Christmas
The main floor exhibits feature specimens from many Colorado mining districts, other global localities and an introductory video on area geology. The Special Exhibit Room hosts prominent precious metal and invited displays. The main gallery also showcases historic mining murals by Irwin Hoffman.
The basement contains numerous exhibits regarding radioactivity, fossils, basic geology, gemstones, meteorites, ultraviolet minerals and underground mining illumination. The outdoor geologic trail features seven outcrops with various geologic and paleontological points of interest, including fossilized dinosaur tracks, logs and leaves.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN QUILT MUSEUM
200 Violet Street, Unit 140 (map)
303-277-0377
CLOSED New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
MAIN GALLERY
SAQA Broad Spectrum: Abundant Palette
(through July 19, 2025)
StudioArt Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) defines an art quilt as ‘a creative visualwork that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitchedlayered structure.’
TheMontana / Idaho region of SAQA artists were invited to explore the variety ofmeanings, images and experiences evoked by the theme Broad Spectrum:Abundant Palette. This exhibit includes 34 works by 28 artists chosen by asingle juror in a blind process. Using only photographs and the artiststatements, the juror selected works that she determined met the theme, andappeared to show mastery of techniques and expert craftsmanship.
NORTHEAST GALLERY
Colorado Japanese American Women's Quilt Project
(through July 19, 2025)
90women created 9 quilts telling stories of 72 families. Through the use of avariety of materials and designs, each quilt represents a culturally richdepiction of heritage, daily life, and family journeys, providing a tangiblestory of the experiences across generations of women of Japanese ancestry inColorado and neighboring states. The quilts reflect the strength and diversityof Japanese women through their life’s journeys as they raised theirfamilies.
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Golden History Tours
When: All day
Golden History Tours offers Wild West Walking Tours, Pub Crawls, Ghost Tours, and more! If you don't see a scheduled tour on a particular date, you can book a tour at a custom time.
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Goldengrass Bluegrass Weekend 2025
When: All day
Where: New Terrain Brewing Company, 16401 Table Mountain Pkwy, Golden, CO
Join us for the 9th year of Goldengrass Bluegrass Weekend here at New Terrain Brewing! Starting back in 2017, this festival has brought bluegrass music and craft beer together here in our beautiful outdoor beer garden backdropped by North Table Mountain.
This year, we will have multiple food trucks, an ice cream truck and face painting on Sat & Sun, plenty of bars to get beer from and the following FREE live acts:
Thursday, May 29:
6:00 - 9:00pm - Arkansauce (Arkansas)
Friday, May 30:
8:00 - 9:30pm - The Fretliners (Colorado)
6:00 - 7:30pm - Easy Tiger (Colorado)
4:00 - 5:30pm - The Milbillies (Wisconsin)
Saturday, May 31: Ice cream truck & face painting - Sat/ Sun only
8:00 - 9:30pm - Tyler Grant’s Bluegrass Farm (Colorado)
6:00 - 7:30pm - Coral Creek String Band (Colorado)
4:00 - 5:30pm - Foggy Memory Boys (New Mexico)
2:00 - 3:30pm - Deer Creek Sharp Shooters (Colorado)
Sunday, June 1: Ice cream truck & face painting - Sat/ Sun only
4:00 - 5:30pm - Pick & Howl (Colorado)
2:00 - 3:30pm - Slay & Stinson (Colorado)
12:00 - 1:30pm - Timber! (Colorado)
Church Services
When: All day
The following Golden churches have information about services on their websites:
Calvary Episcopal Church
Fairmount Bible Church
Faith Lutheran Church
First Baptist Church
First United Methodist Church
Flatirons Community Church
Golden Church of Christ
Golden Church of the Nazarene
Golden Presbyterian Church
Golden Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Hillside Community Church
Jefferson Unitarian Church
Reedemer Golden
Rockland Community Church
St. Joseph Catholic Church
If your Golden church/mosque/temple would like to be listed, please let us know, and we will add you.
Dinosaur Express Train
When: 9AM-5PM
Where: Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 W. 44th Avenue, Golden, CO
The Colorado Railroad Museum’s annual Dinosaur Express Train steam-up returns to make “tracks through pre-history in 2025!” Grounds open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with activities taking place between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., including train rides.
An authentic, coal burning Colorado steam locomotive will pull trains for this event. Hands-on demonstrations and even the Museum’s own mascot, Spike the Railroad Dog will be part of the event! Regular admission and train ride pricing apply. Capacity is limited, so advance ticket purchase is recommended.
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Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
When: 9:30-11:30AM
Where: Dinosaur Ridge, 16831 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, CO
The Full Walking Tour is a guided tour of the East and West sides of Dinosaur Ridge. A volunteer guide will interpret the dinosaur tracks and bone fossils, local history, and geology during the one-way, 1.5-mile tour on a paved trail will take 1.5-2 hours. All walkers require a ticket to be transported via a shuttle bus to their starting point. This tour is designed for participants ages 10 and older.
Tour Specifics:
- $24 per person (All walkers require a ticket to be transported via a shuttle bus to their starting point)
- 1.5-2 hours
- Admission to the Exhibit Hall is included with each ticket
- Masks are required on the shuttle bus (ages 3+).
- Tour may be called off for active precipitation, temps below 32 degrees, or lack of registrations.
- Appropriate attire: comfortable shoes, sun hats, sunglasses, removable clothing (windbreakers, fleeces, etc…)
- Bring drinking water
- Minimum of 2 and maximum of 13 participants
Learn more and to register at:
https://dinoridge.org/visit-dinosaur-ridge/full-walking-tour/
Opening Day for the Country Market
When: 10AM-3PM
Where: Golden Hayride Outpost, 17695 South Golden Road, Golden
Join us for another season of the weekly Country Market at Golden Outpost on Sundays, June through October!
The weekly Country Market features locally grown produce, cottage law food products, and local craft artisans. They have a full bar with indoor and outdoor seating, so you can enjoy a meal and relax with a beverage while shopping the amazing vendors and delicious produce at the Country Market.
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Brunch at the Rose
When: 10AM-3PM
Where: Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Avenue, Golden, CO
The Rose will be hosting brunch every Saturday and Sunday. Come enjoy our delicious brunch menu, along with signature cocktails.
Music from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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Color Our World - Summer Reading Challenge Begins
When: 10AM-12PM
Where: Golden Library, 1019 10th Street, Golden, CO
Discover our colorful world with Jefferson County Public Library's Summer Challenge, where learning is for everyone! Explore the beauty all around you to earn points and win prizes during the Library Summer Challenge.
Register starting May 1 to discover your inner artist, brighten up your community, write colorful stories and embrace a vibrant life!
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11AM-3PM Spring Whale of a Used Book Sale
When: 11AM-3PM
Where: Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 West Sixth Avenue, Golden, CO
Colorado's biggest used book sale is back at the Jeffco Fairgrounds. Adult hardbacks & paperbacks, children's books, DVDs, CDs, movies, fiction, nonfiction, and special antique books at super low prices
Today is Bag Day– a bag of books starting at $10 all day! Excludes Berts Weathered and Treasured and gift baskets.
For more information call 303-403-5076, email friends@jeffcolibrary.org, or visit us on the web. Proceeds benefit children and teen literacy programs.
Spring 2025 Book and Media Prices
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Sandra Dallas Book Signing
When: 1PM
Where: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, 200 Violet Street, Suite 150, Golden, CO
Join us for another book signing with Sandra Dallas. She has a new book out that you will love!
Tough Love is an homage to True Grit. A young woman makes a perilous journey west in 1863 in search of her gold-mining father.
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Let's Get Glazey!
When: 1-3:30PM
Where: Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus, 809 15th Street, Golden, CO
This class will explore reduction firing and glazing. Reduction firing is a ceramic firing technique that uses an oxygen-deprived atmosphere to create unique colors and textures in clay. Students must be 18 years or older. Students will create their own pottery and forms and learn about glaze mixing and application for reduction. They will also learn about the safe operation of gas kilns. Enrolled students are welcome to bring in previously bisqued work made in a high-fire clay to class for glazing and firing.
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Ring of Fire
When: 2PM
Where: Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, 1100 Miners Alley, Golden, CO
A high-energy musical that brings the legendary songs of the legendary Johnny Cash to life. Ring of Fire weaves Cash's iconic hits into a story of love, resilience, and the American spirit. This production is a must-see for fans of timeless country music and the Man in Black's enduring legacy.
Golden Death Cafe
When: 3-4:30PM
Where: Bean Fosters, 720 Golden Ridge Road, Golden, CO
Enjoy deep, rich, compassionate, free and open conversations about death and dying, along with a great cup of coffee or tea & delicious fresh pastry!
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Board Game Night
When: 5-9PM
Where: Mountain Toad Brewing, 900 Washington Avenue, Golden, CO
Sunday Board Game Night 5pm-Close! Bring in your own or play one of ours. $1 pints while you are playing!
