South of Denver is the Denver University Anthropology Museum. It is small but has the redeeming benefit of being free and very interesting to those with some interest in Anthropology. West of Denver, in Golden, you will find the Colorado Railroad Museum. It is located at 17155 W. 44th Avenue and can be reached by driving west from Denver on Interstate 70 and following the signs. If you would rather not drive, you can take RTD bus #44 West from the downtown terminal (at 16th and Larimer) and transfer to route 17 at Applewood. The one-way cost is $1.25 for adults and $.25 for seniors (65 and over) and children.
Another popular museum in Denver is the "Wings over the Rockies" air museum. It is located on the former air force base at 7711 East Academy Parkway. Featuring a number of military aircraft from the 1930's to the 1990's and is open from 10 to 4 every day but Sunday when it is open from 12 to 4. The cost is $4 for adults, $2 for children and $1 for seniors.
Four miles west of downtown is the Four Mile Historic Park. A former stage stop, it has Denver's oldest standing building, a "soddy". They offer stage coach rides on weekends only. It is open on Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $3.50 for adults and $2 for
children and seniors. Also in Denver, you might want to visit the Mizel Museum of Judaica. It is located at 560 South Monaco Parkway, not far east of Downtown. It is open from 10 to 4 weekdays and from 12 to 4 on Sundays and is closed on Saturday. (South Monaco Parkway is not too far from the Denver Zoo, and The Natural History Museum) There are a number of other museums in the Denver metropolitan area. Most of them are devoted to local history or certain specialty crafts such as quilting (the
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, 10-4 Tues.-Sat, 1111 Washington Ave, Golden, northwest of the city of Denver) Also northwest of Denver are the mining and city history museums of Golden, Lafayette and Louisville. The last two cities can be reached off the Boulder-Denver turnpike, U.S. 36. If you exit from 36 at Broomfield and go North on U.S. 287 you will reach Lafayette. The museum is just East of the old U.S. 287 (now superceded by a bypass just West of town) at 106 East Simpson St. The Louisville History Museum is located on Main Street just north of downtown Louisville. Both museums have rather restricted hours so you should call before driving up. Both cities are easily reached by local bus from Boulder (route #227.) To get to Golden from downtown Denver, go north to Interstate 70 then West on I-70 to the Golden exit. Washington Avenue is the main north-south street in Golden. Also located in Golden is the Golden History Museum. The best view of Denver is the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave located on Lookout Mountain just off I-70; only 30 minutes from downtown Denver. The view of Denver is fantastic with viewers available for getting a better look. The air is fresh, brisk and smells of pines! South of Denver, in the old town of Littleton, now a thriving city, is The Littleton Historical Museum. The Littleton Historical Museum is a 14 acre site encompassing an 1860's farm and 1890's farm with costumed interpreters portraying the lives of residents from Littleton's past. |
