Author: Anne Gerhard

[caption id="attachment_33632" align="alignright" width="215"] From the archives of the Telluride Historical Museum[/caption] On Tuesday, the Telluride Historical Museum celebrated its designation as an Affiliate Museum of the world-renowned Smithsonisan Institute. But none of us under the roof of the former-hospital-turned-celebrated repository of regional history is resting...

[caption id="attachment_33227" align="alignright" width="300"] Ames Power Plant[/caption] Editor's note: The article in the Huffington Post stated that Nikola Tesla was an great inventor who never made it to the top of the pyramid: "Wednesday (that was 7/10) is inventor Nikola Tesla's 157th birthday. "The Serbian engineer, who moved...

A visit to a ghost towns, an abandoned building, a forsaken mine, or an archaeological site cannot help but spark our curiosity and raise a long list of questions: What was this place like at its peak? Who were the people who lived or worked...

Upcoming Museum field trips delve into regional Native American history. Tickets on sale now here. The Telluride Historical Museum is excited to announce two upcoming family field trips that bring Puebloan Native Americans up close and personal. The first field trip, Saturday, April 20, 8:30...