Golden, Colorado
303-279-4591
coloradorailroadmuseum.org
There's something amazing about trains. The familiar whistle has always promised adventure. The gentle rock of the rails has set the rhythm of our lives. Experience it all again at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Stroll the Museum’s 15-acre railyard with over 100 narrow and standard gauge steam and diesel locomotives, passenger cars, cabooses, and G-scale garden railway. Watch as Colorado railroad history is brought back to life in our Roundhouse restoration facility with a working turntable.
Loveland Museum
Loveland, Colorado
970-962-2410
lovelandmuseumgallery.org
The Loveland Museum is an accredited art and history museum that was founded in 1937 by local author, collector, curator, and mountain guide Harold Dunning. Dunning began collecting pioneer artifacts and stories as early as 1919. Today, the Loveland Museum is home to a variety of historical exhibits, hosts world-class art exhibitions, and provides family events, adult and youth classes; lectures; poetry readings, and other programming opportunities for the Loveland community and visitors from around the world and agencies.
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Museum of North Idaho
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
208-664-3448
www.museumni.org
Discover the rich history of the Coeur d’Alene Region. The Museum showcases the history of Kootenai, Benewah and Shoshone counties. The history of logging, steamboats, roads, railroads, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Spokane Flood, Forest Service, military, mining, labor, and communities is presented. In the theatre room watch a 20-minute presentation Portraits of Coeur d’Alene. A feature exhibit is presented every season.
Colorado Railroad Museum