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
Tom van der Sloot
(through October 26)
Creating vibrant neon-on-black scenes inspired by mythology and folk tales, Tom’s work evokes classic black light posters.
The Psychology of Adornment: Wearable Sculpture by Jesse Mathes
(through November 2)
This exhibit explores the impact dramatic large-scale jewelry plays in interactions between the wearer and the viewer.
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:
(through October 5)
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.
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
Timestamps - A Solo Exhibit of Ricky Tims
(through October 18, 2025)
Ricky Tims has enjoyed a rich and exciting career in quilting, winning numerous awards at national and international exhibitions. Ricky has shared his skill through patterns and teaching his methods, but has been fortunate to keep a large collection of his creations and the time has come to display this amazing journey of creativity in a single exhibit.
NORTHEAST GALLERY
Voices of Wildlife - A Solo Exhibit by Sue Sherman
(through October 18, 2025)
Sue Sherman is a fibre artist living in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada (close to Toronto). Building upon a lifelong passion for all the fibre arts, and following a career in engineering, Sue emerged as a full-time fibre artist in 2017. As an avid traveler and nature photographer, Sue works with her own photos to create lifelike imagery in quilted textile art.
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Day Out With Thomas at the Colorado Railroad Museum
When: All day
Where: Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 W. 44th Avenue, Golden, CO
Day Out With Thomas™ offers families and friends the opportunity to hang out with one of The Biggest Friends of All, Thomas the Tank Engine! Every ticket includes an interactive train ride with a life-sized Thomas the Tank Engine. You’ll also enjoy access to hands-free activities including live entertainment, scavenger hunt, hay bale maze, stage shows, sing-a-longs, and plenty of colorful fun and photo opportunities!
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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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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.
Community Clean-up Days
When: 8AM-3PM
Where: 1300 Catamount Drive, Golden
Also known as Community Pride Days, Golden's Community Clean-up Days provide a once-a-year opportunity for city residents to collect and bring non-hazardous, unwanted junk for free disposal by the City!
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Keg Conditioning Outdoor Fitness Series
When: 9:30-10:30AM
Where: Golden Mill, 1012 Ford Street, Golden, CO
Join Unite Fitness for a FUN all levels interval workout Sunday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. through October 5th.
Workout is appropriate for everyone! Workouts will vary every week and use resistance bands, gliders, medicine balls, kettlebells, bodyweight, and empty kegs!
Your instructor will guide you every step of the way and will be there to provide modifications.
Come and join for a fun series of outdoor fitness classes in Golden!
Sign up for classes here: Keg Conditioning at The Golden Mill
Fall Fitness with Unite
When: 9:30-10:30AM
Where: Golden Mill, 1012 Ford Street, Golden, CO
Join Unite Fitness for a FUN all levels interval workout Sunday mornings from 9:30am - 10:30am Starting September 7th and running though October 5th
Workout is appropriate for everyone! Workouts will vary every week and use resistance bands, gliders, medicine balls, kettlebells, bodyweight, and empty kegs!
Your instructor will guide you every step of the way and will be there to provide modifications.
Come and join for a fun series of outdoor fitness classes in Golden!
Sign up for classes here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/mainclass
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/
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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SOGO (South Golden) Brewery Bike Crawl
When: 11AM-3PM
Where: Mad Macks Brewing, Barrels & Bottles Brewery, Coda Brewing Co.
Mark your calendars: SOGO Brewery Bike Crawl is back! Join us for a guided ride through South Golden’s craft breweries every other Sunday this fall! Four chances to ride, sip, and celebrate with Mad Macks, Barrels & Bottles, and CODA. Good beer, good food, good times.
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Sunday at the Museum - Legendary Ladies
When: 1-3PM
Where: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, 200 Violet Street, Suite 150, Golden, CO
We will be visited by Nellie Tayloe Ross: 1876-1977 One of the best-known American politicians of the first half of the 20th century, Mrs. Ross was the first woman in the United States elected and inaugurated as a governor. She served in the State of Wyoming. She was a nationwide lecturer, and appointed as the first female Director of the U.S. Mint by President Franklin Roosevelt.
Also stopping in, will be Olga Little: 1910 – 1997. Olga was Colorado’s only female Jack whacker: a woman doing a man’s job that provided a lifeline to mines and miners with her string of pack mules. She has a mountain named after her in the La Plata Mountains.
Join us as these two character actors provide some history and entertainment of time periods so important to the beginnings of our state and THE WEST.
Free to members / $15 for non-members
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Assassins
When: 2PM
Where: Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, 1100 Miners Alley, Golden, CO
With music by Stephen Sondheim, Assassins is a bold and provocative musical that explores the minds and motives of history's most infamous figures who attempted to assassinate U.S. presidents. Blending dark humor with compelling narratives, this production examines the darker side of the American Dream. Directed by Warren Sherrill with Music Direction by David Nehls, Assassins promises to be a thought-provoking experience.
Stop Tracking Weight
When: 4:45-5:45PM
Where: Unite Fitness Group Training Golden, 2600 East St, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Unite Fitness is thrilled to host local Golden author and Registered Dietitian, Jennifer Ashley, as she shares insights from her new book Stop Tracking Weight: A 59-Day Journey to Mindful Eating.
FREE community event - everyone welcome!
Enjoy an inspiring talk, Q&A, snacks, Kona Kombucha, plus a special book offer. Stick around for complimentary Yin Yoga at 6:00 p.m. - open to all attendees!
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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!
