The Museum is open to the public on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 10am until 4pm and on Wednesdays and Fridays from 1pm until 4pm.

Save the Date!

We'll be taking a break in May, so no Second Saturday Seminar Series. Instead, visit our YouTube channel and enjoy many of our past webinars. Like and subscribe to our channel here.

For our Second Saturday Seminar Series on June 14th at 1 p.m., Local historian Patty Joy will be talking about the history of our local chapter of the DAR. Patty will be speaking live in the Classroom at the Animas Museum and on Zoom. There is no charge for this program which will be recorded. To join on Zoom, register for a link here.

Oral Histories and Documentaries

It's live, Buffalo Soldiers: Return to Animas City The Video! If you missed the event or want to hear the story of the Buffalo Soldiers again, you can watch it now on our Youtube channel here.

We are absolutely thrilled to release this oral history "I Lived in the Rico Depot" presented by life-long Colorado resident, Joanne Branson Smith. Joanne's earliest memories of childhood are of her adventures in and around the Denver Rio Grande Southern (RGS) railroad depot in Rico, CO. Joanne gave this talk at the Museum in November, 2022 and volunteer Larry Bollinger has done an amazing job to preserve her memories. You can watch it on our Youtube channel here.

Learn about the Great Fire of 1889

Download a device friendly copy of the walking tour here or a printable version of the pdf here.