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    5.0 (4 reviews)

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    Telluride Historical Museum - The room where the surgical area existed on the second floor.

    Telluride Historical Museum

    4.3(9 reviews)
    14.6 mi

    Interesting displays, including audio features and a rotating special exhibit; broad range of…read morecultural, environmental, and economic stages touched on in a short time; and a very reasonable admission fee. If you can visit on a walking tour day, it's well worth the time (1.5 hours), and you are able to go inside some of the most historic buildings, like the opera house, and the "New" Sheridan Hotel and connected bar. Ours was by Ashley, and he was engaging, friendly, fielded every question with aplomb. It may be hard to engage small, active children but older kids and adults will find plenty of interest.

    I'm glad my friends who visit Telluride each year recommended I stop in this museum. It was the…read moreinitial hospital during the mining days, which was later converted into a museum. It had so many interesting displays and pieces of history, from the Native American Indians times, through the boom-and-bust mining days, to the present-day ski resort revitalization of this charming town. The exhibits are strategically placed to allow you to experience how the area evolved. It is easy to walk around, taking your time examining specific items that are of interest to you. The small gift shop is charming and has a number of books and periodicals of the town's history that may be difficult to find elsewhere. For a nominal entrance fee, you can easily spend an enjoyable hour or two learning the history of this great town. There is also a museum donation canister at the entrance way, which I gladly deposited additional money in as I finished my tour as it was definitely worth it!

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    Telluride Historical Museum - Outside Front

    Outside Front

    Telluride Historical Museum - A replica of the Tomboy Bride Cabin

    A replica of the Tomboy Bride Cabin

    Telluride Historical Museum - Some of the photos and other historical items within the museum.

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    Some of the photos and other historical items within the museum.

    Ouray Alchemist - Just a few of the amazing pieces he has transported and resurrected....

    Ouray Alchemist

    4.8(16 reviews)
    9.4 mi

    Hours listed are not accurate. We drove to check out this museum buy to find it closed despite it…read moreshowing open on Yelp. Business is closed unless you pay a $20/person fee for a tour.

    Bottom Line: A unique and quirky museum featuring a carefully curated collection of pharmacy…read morememorabilia and artifacts. I love American history, Americana, weird history and local museums so I was eager to check out the Ouray Alchemist. The Ouray Alchemist is a small museum that only offers private tours and storytelling about Wild West pharmacies. To visit the museum you must call or email ahead to schedule your visit. The admission fee is $12. The tour duration can range from an hour or more but if you have limited time you can let the museum know. Curt, the owner and a retired pharmacist, has spent his lifetime collecting, and restoring where appropriate and necessary, artifacts related to pharmacies in the 1800s Wild West and particularly Colorado. His collection is incredible! My jaw dropped multiple times. I was impressed with the entrance to the museum which is from an c. 1888 Aspen drugstore but I was also impressed with the volume of artifacts and the many antique mercantile displays. Two things that really caught my eye were two sets of antique drawers for selling spools of thread and two soda fountains. The one soda fountain in particular was incredible . . . it had been fully restored to working condition. The marble and chrome (presumably) front of the soda fountain was like a work of art. As a lover of history and museums I really enjoyed this visit as did my husband. But for those who aren't into guided tours or lengthy museum visits, this might not be the best choice in Ouray. Also, I wouldn't recommend it for kids because its almost like a lengthy show-and-tell but don't touch type of experience. The museum also has a small gift shop and they sell products for high altitude adjustment.

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    Ouray Alchemist - The front part of the Ouray Alchemist and the entrance into the museum which is from a drugstore in Aspen, CO.

    The front part of the Ouray Alchemist and the entrance into the museum which is from a drugstore in Aspen, CO.

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    Ouray Alchemist - Antique fully restored gorgeous soda fountain! Marble fronts.

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    Antique fully restored gorgeous soda fountain! Marble fronts.

    San Juan County Historical Society - Museum exterior

    San Juan County Historical Society

    4.7(13 reviews)
    23.3 mi

    This place was very interesting. We were on a girls trip to Colorado and went on a drive from…read moreDurango to Silverton to see the trees changing colors. We stumbled upon this museum and we were interested in seeing what they had to offer. It was a mining museum that had collections of rocks and minerals, uniforms and tools used by the miners and other items that were interesting. For those folks that need it, they do have a small elevator. This is also next to the restroom on the lower floor. Besides the rock/mineral room, I found the assay section interesting, where they had scales and weights used to weight the gold or minerals mined. In the gift shop I found two rocks I liked and bought them and a few postcards. Included in the tour is a visit to the jail and the quarters for the acting sherriff. The sherriff quarters had glimpses of a typical bedroom and kitchen for the late 1800's. My sister went to the jail and she said it was an open room with an iron ball with lots of chains to connect the prisoners to. Outside the jail is caboose used to haul minerals from the mines.

    Tried to visit the museum but it was closed. The only small indication was a small notice on one of…read morethe building's doors. We tried to call the museum's number to see if they had an outgoing recorded message with more information, but no answering machine and no-one answered. While restaurants and shops in Silverton were open post COVID, doing business carefully with social distancing, mandatory masks, limited capacity and so forth, this museum is closed :(( I think it's a huge miss because tourists could bring some much needed funds, if they were only given a chance. While perusing around the museum's grounds we witnessed other 3 cars stopping by and trying to visit to no avail. I wish I could give them more stars, but I am literally giving them one star each for the two things we were able to visit...the train car from the Durango & Silverton railroad and the grounds we strolled upon.

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    San Juan County Historical Society - Courtyard/garden

    Courtyard/garden

    San Juan County Historical Society - From the front

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    From the front

    Ouray County Museum - What? A railroad bicycle!?!? Say no more!

    Ouray County Museum

    4.2(6 reviews)
    9.4 mi

    Tried to visit the museum but it was closed. The only small indication was a small notice on the…read moredoors stating "closed for end of season". This seems rather strange as we paid for HIGH season for our hotel room. So we do not feel like mid August should be end of season. While restaurants and shops in Ouray were open post COVID, doing business carefully with social distancing, mandatory masks, limited capacity and so forth, this museum is closed :(( I think it's a huge miss because tourists could bring some much needed funds, if they were only given a chance. Undeterred by the closure we tried to make the best of our visit by perusing the museum's grounds. There are 2 old cabins which have been transported from the surrounding areas and preserved on the museums grounds. I wish I could give them more stars, but I am literally giving them one star each for the two things we were able to visit...the two little cabins (and what we could peek of the insides from the dusty windows) and the small grounds they sat on.

    What an adorable county museum…read more It's in an old miners' hospital, so I'm assuming there's a few ghosts in that building. But the volunteers are nice, and there's lots of area-artifacts and a child-friendly exhibit in the basement on the history of underground mining in the area. There's also a decent gift shop with relevant books on local history. I loved how they restored some rooms such as the basement's hospital kitchen, just like walking into the 1930's. The other rooms which would have been patients' rooms, house certain themes like "a day in the life of sewing" or "Native American History of the area" or "history of railroading." One room morbidly exhibits some freaky mannequins, one of which is getting a surgery done without anesthesia. In the same freaky room, is a stuffed half-way grown brown bear who was allegedly a pet then killed because he was getting too rowdy with people. So a strange mix of politically and non-politically correct items. Well worth the $5 smack down to get in.

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    Ouray County Museum - Grounds exhibit cabin 2

    Grounds exhibit cabin 2

    Ouray County Museum - Ground exhibit cabin 2

    Ground exhibit cabin 2

    Ouray County Museum - Grounds exhibit cabin 1

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    Grounds exhibit cabin 1

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