History

The following is a note about summer plans at the Telluride Museum from the Museum family. Summer hours are Monday-Saturday 11am-5pm. Open until 7pm on Thursdays (Locals' Free Day). For more information on updated visitation policies, please see the “Visit” page on the Museum's website. Happy...

Telluride-based Original Thinkers is a fresh and thoughtful ideas festival regularly scheduled for September 30 – October 3, 2021, in Telluride. The weekend generally features 10 programs, each built around a particular idea explored through a compelling mix of speakers, films, performance, and art. The program typically delves into...

Telluride Theatre presents "High History," a collaboration with the Telluride Museum. Stream online March 17 - 21 @ 7 p.m. Tickets: one viewer on one device - $20; two viewers on one device - $35; three viewers or more on one device - $55. The...

Telluride-based Original Thinkers is a fresh and thoughtful ideas festival regularly scheduled for early October in Telluride. The weekend generally features 10 programs, each built around a particular idea explored through a compelling mix of speakers, films, performance, and art. The program typically delves into the human...

Martin Luther King (MLK) was a rain-maker, perhaps the rainmaker, at the dawn of our nation’s ongoing – and much challenged of late – initiative to right the wrongs of slavery and promote socio-cultural diversity in America. In 1964, the African American baptist minister won...

Seriously? Since we saw how 2020 went, do we really want to do this, again? I know. Any excuse to wear sequins. Comedian John Oliver was once quoted as saying: “New Year’s Eve is like the death of a pet. You know it’s going to...

It's not all about pumpkins, costumes and candy – though more candy is sold for Halloween than any other time of the year. (The estimate from The National Confectioners Association is well over 1/4 of the candy sold each year in the US) Early days of the...

The Telluride Historical Museum offers a chanceto buy a rare piece of history, the result of a partnership with fine art photographer Lindsey Ross, who produce a limited edition series of prints created with a negative from the Museum's collection. Interested in purchasing a print?...