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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?...

The following is a note from the Telluride Historical Museum, with a September update. Consider supporting the Museum here. In August, Telluride Academy's Thunder Theater program used the Museum as inspiration (and location) for its most recent performance, which took place at the beginning of the...