Museums and Collections in Colorado

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.

This eclectic collection documents the wild legacies of "America's Wickedest Street."

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

The world's largest washing machine collection has more than 1,400 antique items in its exhibit.

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

Explore some of the most unique vehicles in history along with a cast of unsettling mannequins.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.