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Let's Make History
Who makes history? You do! Join the Colorado History Museum for Let's Make History, a weekend program just for families. Activities for all ages are offered each Saturday from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Touch the past with artifacts and objects, try your hand at various crafts and activities, watch an expert demonstrate a skill, and feel the rhythm of song and dance. Each week's activities celebrate a different theme. Free with museum admission, and Saturday admission is free for children 12 and under. Sponsored by US Bank, the Schramm Foundation and the Kenneth King Foundation.
May 3 - Colorado Crops: Spring Planting
It is time for sowing seeds. Farmers across Colorado are preparing fields for planting, crops like sugar beets and wheat. Make your own plant markers, decorate a pot, and take home your own packet of sunflower seeds to plant.
May 10 - Unearthing the Past
Piecing together the distant past can be like putting a puzzle together. Sift through time to uncover artifacts from three different Colorado cultures, explore the objects in our touch carts, and draw your own conclusions.
May 17 - Home, Sweet Western Home
How have people lived in Colorado throughout time? Explore a cliff dwelling, Comanche tipi, and sod house. You can also make your own version of the museum’s 1859 planked house.
May 24 - Sodbusters
How did High Plains pioneers build houses without trees? They used what they had: lots of prairie sod. Join us in the sodbuster classroom and experience life on the prairie frontier. Churn butter, wash clothes on a washboard, put together a quilt pattern, and make your own candles.
May 31 - Soldiers on Skis
Learn about the 10th Mountain Division and Colorado’s role in World War II. See some of the equipment they used, explore the 10th Mountain Division touch cart, tour the exhibit, and create your own division emblem.
June 7 - Italiano Colorado!
Celebrate the legacy of Italians in Colorado with the new Italians of Denver exhibit. Learn about Italian American traditions, home life, religious beliefs, entertainment, and contributions of the Italian immigrants from the 1800s until the present to Colorado's history.
June 14 - Pueblo Pottery
The Ancient Puebloans were masters of pottery beginning over 1000 years ago. Examine some of their patterns and techniques, put together a pot puzzle, and make you own pot to take home.
June 21 - Things that go!
Getting there has always been half the fun. Make a bull-boat, covered wagon, or travois and visit our electric car, Conestoga wagon, and chuck wagon.
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