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19 Aug Telluride Historical Museum and ONE Telluride: final Fireside Chat, 8/19

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As a school girl, Telluride local Barbel Hacke received only F’s in English class. It was only heartache, of Berlin Wall proportions, that sent her packing for America to find refuge with her friend, and fellow German, Elizabeth Gick. Throughout Telluride’s history, this remote box...

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14 Jul Telluride Historical Museum announces first Fireside Chat, 7-15

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[click “Play”; the Legendary Ladies speak with Susan] The 6th season of the Telluride Historical Museum’s popular (and FREE) Fireside Chats opens Thursday, July 15, 5:30 p.m. Mountain Village fire pit at the base of the Gondola with “The Legendary Ladies”. (Head to The Peaks...

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10 Jun Ridgway Railroad Museum at Telluride Heritage Fest

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[click “Play” for Karl Schaeffer’s conversation with Clint] The Ridgway Railroad Museum will help Telluride celebrate a chronologically short but rich cultural history this weekend, June 12-13, during the second annual Heritage Fest.  The Railroad Museum is an active participant in the festival: they are...

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12 May Telluride Historical Museum & Pinhead Institute Feature Crow Canyon speaker

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On Thursday, May 20, the Telluride Historical Museum and the Pinhead Institute present "Archaeology, Oral Tradition and the Mesa Verde Migration," featuring guest speaker Dr. Scott Ortman of Crow Canyon Archaeological Center. The event takes place 6 p.m. at the Museum. Celebrate Archaeology and Historic Preservation...

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10 Mar “Who Killed Jim Clark?” Murder Mystery Theatre at Telluride’s Museum

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It’s a night at the museum – but not that town, not that actor, and not that movie. In 1895, Jim Clark,”the toughest man in Telluride,” was murdered on Colorado Ave. Who offed him? What events led to Jim’s dramatic demise? The Telluride Historical Museum...

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11 Jan Coming soon at the Telluride Historical Museum

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Telluride is not a town to rest on its laurels. We keep reinventing ourselves and our local institutions. Case in point, the Telluride Historical Museum, with a packed calendar for the winter season, starting later this month. Mark your calendars for the following no-miss events:

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08 Dec Hysterical at Telluride’s Historical Museum

Posted at 04:30h in Around Telluride, Old Events, Performing Arts by Susan Viebrock 0 Comments

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[click “Play” to hear Susan’s conversation with Beth Roberts and Sasha Cuciniello] In the early 1870s, miners first came to the Telluride region in search of silver and gold,  but the settlement wasn’t called “Telluride.” It was named Columbia. But Columbia’s post office application was...

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06 Dec Telluride Unearthed continues at Museum December 8

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[click “Play” to hear Susan’s conversation with Dr. Scott Ortman] On Tuesday, December 8, 6 – 8 p.m., the lecture series, Telluride Unearthed, continues at the Telluride Historical Museum. The speaker is Dr. Scott Ortman on the subject of “Archaeology, Oral Tradition, and the Mesa...

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30 Nov Museum’s “Telluride Unearthed” lecture series starts December 1

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[click “Play” to listen to Dr. Mark Varien speak about Crow Canyon] The Telluride Historical Museum, 201 West Gregory Avenue, has arranged an early holiday treat for the community. “Telluride Unearthed” is a series of lectures about way back when, when cultures lived sustainably without...

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19 Oct Telluriders in Pittsburgh: Katz at Carnegie and a Warhol at Warhol Museum

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Cold, snow and wind are pre-empting fall in Telluride and elsewhere in America. Telluride Inside…and Out is in Pittsburgh, where rain washed out plans for grandkids' soccer games. On Friday, however, we visited the extraordinary Carnegie Museum, whose must-see permanent collection – two Van Goghs...

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