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, A Visit to the Wild West, Adversary to Advocate, Legacy on Lookout Mountain
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
(through Summer 2026)The winners of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art’s 2025 John E. Gruber Creative Photography Contest have been announced, and these award-winning images are now on display at the Museum.
LOWER GALLERY
Traqueros: Mexican Trackworkers and the American Railroad
(through August 2026)
This powerful display explores the invaluable—yet often overlooked—contributions of Mexican and Mexican American laborers who built and maintained America’s railroads.
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
Rocky Mountain Muses: Rob Bell
(through June 28, 2026)
As a painter Rob uses his choices of color, deft rendering and unique backdrops to elevate the humble nude into dramatic contemporary portraits of his models.
Aiming to Miss: Tom Sarmo
(through July 12, 2026)
Tom Sarmo returns to the pure joy of exploration and experimentation in his latest imaginative works.
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.
Discovery Awaits: Indigenous Connections, Epic Events, Glimpses of Golden, Legendary People, and the Touch Gallery.
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
Medallion Quilts by Cindy Vermillion Hamilton
(through July 18)
Cindy is a self-taught folk artist bringing new life to traditional quilt design using unique arrangements of color and pattern. Her specialties are hand-pieced and hand-quilted medallion, sunflower and sunburst designs.
NORTHEAST GALLERY
It’s All About…the Face, the Place, the Story by Phyllis Cullen
(through July 18)
A retrospective collection of quilts by an artist with her own diverse set of voices, of portraits, animals, landscapes, messages and stories.
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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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Golden Sports
When: All day
Check out the sports schedules for our local teams:
Colorado School of Mines
Golden High School
Bell Middle School
Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk
When: 8AM
Where: Golden History Park, Arapahoe and 11th Streets, Golden, CO
Join the Foothills Running and Cycling Club for a morning run and social walk every week!
For more info, visit our website: www.memberplanet.com/foothillsrunningandcyclingclub
Brunch at the Rose
When: 9AM-2PM
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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Blacksmithing
When: 9AM-12PM
Where: Golden History Park, 1020 11th Street, Golden, CO
Have you always wanted to learn about blacksmithing but you’ve had trouble finding a good option? Join our volunteer every third Saturday at Golden History Park for a fun morning of observation and learning about blacksmithing. Our recreated blacksmith shop, complete with historic tools and coal-fired forge, will transport you to the 1800s. Bring your technical questions and your camera and we’ll take care of the rest.
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Colorado Crossings
When: 9AM-5PM
Where: Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 W. 44th Avenue, Golden, CO
The Colorado Railroad Museum is excited to bring back the Denver Metro's largest and most colorful festival of operating trains on May 16–17, 2026. This year's theme centers around a Florence & Cripple Creek Reunion, celebrating the storied history of Colorado's Florence & Cripple Creek (F&CC) railroad, bringing together several rail vehicles that once ran its tracks.
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Saturday Train Rides
When: 10AM-3PM
Where: Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 W. 44th Avenue, Golden, CO
Ride on-board a passenger car pulled by a powerful locomotive.
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Family Time - Registration Required
When: 10:15-10:45AM
Where: Golden Library, 1019 10th Street, Golden, CO
It’s reading fun for everyone! Gather the whole family for engaging stories, dancing, singing and rhyming.
Registration required
Sewing Bee
When: 10:30AM-3PM
Where: First Presbyterian Church of Golden, 17707 W. 16th Avenue, Golden, CO
Once a month the church hosts a sewing bee where people can bring whatever project they're working on to get help or just hang out. This is also an opportunity for get help troubleshooting problems you may be having.
Feel free to bring lunch and snacks.
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Salute to Our Heroes Open House
When: 11AM-4PM
Where: Avalanche Harley Davidson, 18425 W. Colfax Avenue, Golden, CO
We're having an open house party! Food, Drinks, Music, & Great Times! Join Us For a Rumbling Great Weekend!
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Quick Class: Smoothie Bowls
When: 12-12:30PM
Where: Natural Grocers, 2401 Ford Street, Golden, CO
Smoothie bowls are what they sound like, but much more fun than you would think. You can create pretty much any combo of flavors that you want and top it with your favorite goodies. Come experience the easiest and healthiest way to turn a smoothie into a meal!
Presented by: Christina Berg, MBWP
Sponsored by: Natural Grocers
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Golden Silent Book Group
When: 1-2:30PM
Where: Golden Library, 1019 10th Street, Golden, CO
Join the Silent Golden Book Group—a cozy series held on the 3rd Saturday of each month from January through March. Adults gather to read in peaceful silence for one hour, followed by 30 minutes of optional conversation and mingling. Refreshments are served at the start, so settle in with your current read. No deadlines, no prep—just reading and connecting at your own pace.
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Paper Flower Sculpture: Therapeutic Art Workshop
When: 1-3:30PM
Where: Foothills Art Center - Creative Campus, 809 15th Street, Golden, CO
Take a pause from the busy world and let your creativity bloom. This workshop begins with gentle breathwork and a calming meditation to ease stress and bring you fully into the moment. Once grounded, you’ll be guided step by step in crafting your own paper wildflower—a piece of art inspired by the beauty of nature.
You’ll learn how to sculpt individual flowers out of paper, shaping petals and assembling blossoms step by step. Once your flowers are formed, you’ll decorate them with colors and details that reflect your personal style, making each piece truly your own.
By the end, you’ll leave with more than a handmade flower—you’ll carry home a reminder to slow down, nurture your creativity, and stay rooted in the present.
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Cinderella - MAPAC Children's Theater
When: 1PM
Where: Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, 1103 Arapahoe Street, Golden, CO
A peachy keen update on a classic tale! By day, Ella toils at her stepmother’s gas station, but she dreams of attending the shindig of the year at the diner next door. With help from her buddies and a dash of magic, she just might get her wish. Come join Cinderella and her friends for a rockin’ good time!
Resistance Singing in the Park
When: 2-4PM
Where: Parfet Park, 10th Street and Washington Avenue, Golden, CO
Come sing with us at Parfet Park…meet by “the dragon.” Bring an instrument? Your voice? Hands for clapping? A song to share?
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Artist Talk with Tom Sarmo
When: 2-3PM
Where: Foothills Art Center - Astor House, 1133 Arapahoe Street, Golden, CO
Embracing the Blessing and Breaking the Curse
My aim is/was to disintegrate the chains of “aiming to please” the real and imagined critical audience of my artworks, and to neutralize my efforts to reach artistry through the quest for perfection.
For me, as well as many artists, art has always been both a blessing and a curse; bringing the joy of creating along with the curse of striving for some unreachable pinnacle of precision/perfection. My belief is that true creativity is stifled by the curse, and that the blessing is only found in releasing the imagination and letting the innate imagination flow without the restriction of fear.
The effort and task of two years was to try to let go and allow the pleasure of creation to flow in a relaxed manner. Silencing the internal voices–my own and the imagined or real voices of critics–took effort. It’s been a slow process; at times very successful and at others, honestly still a task-in-process.
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Golden American Legion Dinner
When: 5-6:30PM
Where: American Legion Post 21, 500 9th Street, Golden, CO
Every Saturday the Post has a home cooked meal at 5:00 p.m. and Queen of Hearts progressive raffle at 6:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome as guests of American Legion Post 21. Please sign our guest registry located to the left as you enter through the door. www.goldenpost21.org /*Events*/
Pump Boys and Dinettes
When: 7:30PM
Where: Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, 1100 Miners Alley, Golden, CO
Set on Highway 57, PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES is a toe-tapping, crowd-pleasing musical packed with country charm, catchy tunes, and down-home humor. Join the grease monkeys at the gas station and the sassy waitresses at the Double Cupp Diner for a night of unforgettable songs and feel-good fun!
