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.
Based on a true Story – Maureen Scance
(June 7 – August 24)
The title of my show reflects the narrative nature of these nineteen
new narrative works on paper. Each piece tells a story rich in detail,
giving mystery and drama — meant to pique your interest or remind you
of a moment.
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.
See all events from the Live Workouts with Community Center ProsWhen: All day
Our very own Group Fitness Instructors will be doing LIVE WORKOUTS!
In addition to our LIVE WORKOUTS with your Golden Community Center Fitness Instructors, We have added a YouTube Channel! If you can't make the LIVE workout you can still have your favorite instructor in your own home! We add previously recorded workouts everyday to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrni5jjFr8ip4eNUB63KIvA
If you are a Silver Sneaker Member you can also go to SilverSneakers FaceBook page and see live classes or their web page https://tools.silversneakers.com/ to sign in for On-Demand Classes!
Don't forget to check the LIVE Fitness Schedule for updates and links. https://groupexpro.com/schedule/726/?view=calendar
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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DeLong Park Weedbusters
When: 8-10AM
Where: DeLong Park, 395 23rd Street, Golden, CO
Golden Parks and Recreation is using DeLong Park as a pilot project for the City’s first organic park location. This means that they will be using only natural, organic products for all plants and grasses. No synthetic chemicals will be used in our maintenance practices.
A group of weed-busting volunteers meets weekly at DeLong Park on Thursday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to noon to weed out invasive species. Interested community members can join the group.
The DeLong Park Weed Busters are always happy to bring in new members, and training on weed identification is provided!
Baby Time - Registration Required
When: 9:15-9:45AM
Where: Golden Library, 1019 10th Street, Golden, CO
Help the littlest minds develop and grow. Bounce, sing, rhyme and read with your baby!
Registration required
Preschool Time - Registration Required
When: 10:15-10:45AM
Where: Golden Library, 1019 10th Street, Golden, CO
Create a lifelong love of reading with interactive Story Time. Sing, rhyme and dance together for added fun!
Keep the fun going with 1000 Books Before Kindergarten! Get your child ready to read by sharing books together. Read anything, even the same story over and over!
Lunch 'n Learn - Business Safety & Crime Prevention
When: 12-1PM
Where: On Tap Credit Union, 816 Washington Avenue, Golden, CO
Join the Chamber and City of Golden Police Officer Nicoo Fanelli-Poole for an information session about shoplifting, break-ins, and crime prevention at your business. Also covered will be information about ways businesses can better prepare on the front end, if they become victims of crime, which can help law enforcement in recovering stolen property and identifying suspects. (ie. inventory /serial number tracking, video cameras, etc).
Join us with your questions as we head into another busy summer season!
Please feel free to bring in your own lunch.
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Triad - Senior Safety
When: 1:30PM
Where: Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, 500 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO
Today's Topic: What to Know With a Hospital Stay
Julie Freshman and Kay Dugan, representatives of the Colorado Physician Partners Community Outreach program, will be presenting on the various things you should consider: (i) when you are going into the hospital, (ii) while you are in the hospital, and (iii) when you are discharged from the hospital. This should be an informative session that should help you and your loved ones prepare for any hospital stay.
TRIAD of Jefferson County is an organization built on cooperation between senior community members, the District Attorney, law enforcement agencies, and senior service providers. Each are concerned about the safety and security of seniors living in Jefferson County.
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The Golden Bicycle Cruise
When: 5:30-9PM
Where: Armory Parking Garage, 14th and Arapahoe, Golden, CO
A family-friendly Bicycle Cruise that takes place on the last Tuesday of the month from May to September. Beer, Bands and Bikes!
May 27 - Disney
June 24 - Disco
July 29 - Wild West
August 26 - My Favorite Sitcom
September 30 - Zombie Apocalypse
Hope to see you cruisin' this summer!!
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Exploring the Elements of Art
When: 5:30-7:30PM
Where: Foothills Art Center, 809 15th Street, Golden, CO
Meeting on Tuesday evenings 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., our group of artists takes on advanced explorations in the elements of art, with an emphasis on refining skills, building on strengths, and supporting areas for improvement. Experienced artists working in any medium, including drawing mediums, are welcome as we meet and support one another in a spirit of fellowship with the intent of finding and/or enhancing our own personal voice.
Explorer & Creator Members $40 / Catalyst Members $80 / Non Members $110
Golden Comprehensive Plan Public Meeting
When: 6-7:30PM
Where: Summit View Village Apartments, 17600 W. 14th Avenue, Golden, CO
Join the Planning Department at the Summit View Village Apartment's Clubhouse to discuss the Comprehensive Plan. For more information visit the project page for Golden's Comprehensive Plan.
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Books & Benders
When: 6-8PM
Where: Cannonball Creek Brewing Company, 303 N. Washington Avenue, Golden, CO
Tonight's Book: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Team Trivia Tuesday
When: 6:30-8:30PM
Where: Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Avenue, Golden, CO
Where: Buffalo Rose Restaurant Sky Bar
Who: The Rose’s own lovely and talented Kelsey Doran hosting
When: Every Tuesday 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Prizes? Yes! Gift cards for 1st and 2nd + SWAG for 3rd
Movies * TV * Sports * Music * Science
Waterwise Yard Seminar - Insect Visitors in Your Garden: Friend or Foe? (Virtual)
When: 6:30-8PM
How many aphids can a ladybug eat? Colorado gardens have a wide diversity of insect and arthropod visitors, each playing a key role in the garden ecosystem – yes, even wasps have their purpose! This seminar will go over a broad range of garden insects and arthropods, their role in the ecosystem, and if they are a friend or foe. We will cover the benefits insects and arthropods provide, as well as management options for some of the common pests and invasive species we find in the garden. Great for all levels of gardeners.
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Trivia Tuesdays
When: 6:30-8:30PM
Where: Golden Mill, 1012 Ford Street, Golden, CO
Whiskey on Washington
When: 6:30PM
Where: Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Avenue, Golden, CO
Please join us upstairs in the State Room at Buffalo Rose for a relaxing and informative evening where we creatively pair up some of the finest food in Colorado with the very best whiskeys produced by Breckenridge Distillery, four time winner of Colorado's Whiskey Distillery of the Year.
Each guest receives a craft whiskey-based cocktail upon arrival. Once the program starts, you will be treated to five (5) tasting-sized expressions of Breckenridge's finest spirits thoughtfully accompanied by a delicious array of small-plates created by Executive Chef Chris Zekos and the Buffalo Rose's culinary team.
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Bar Bingo Night
When: 6:30-8:30PM
Where: VFW Post 4171, 15625 W. 10th Avenue, Golden, CO
Bar Bingo tonight @ 6:30 and is open to the public. It’s every Tuesday @ 6:30. Not only can you have a great time, but you’ll be helping veterans and veteran program as well!Come for the food and even some FUNds!
Pub Trivia
When: 7PM
Where: Atomic Cowboy, 1100 Washington Avenue, Suite 102, Golden, CO
Trickster Tuesday - All Ages Show
When: 7PM
Where: Gnarly's, 1224 Washington Avenue, Suite 200, Golden, CO
Get ready for a magical experience that will leave you in awe! Join us for the Weekly Magic Showcase, hosted by the Mile High Magicians Society. This all-ages show is perfect for families, friends, and magic lovers of all kinds!
Come witness amazing illusions, mind-blowing tricks, and unbelievable feats of magic performed by some of the best magicians around. With each show packed with surprises, you're in for a night full of mystery, laughter, and wonder—all in a fun and family-friendly environment.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m., so arrive early to enjoy the freeplay arcade, grab a drink from the full bar, and soak in the retro vibes of Gnarly’s.
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