Open Weekend at Centennial Village Museum: Traveling to the Past: Colorado or Bust

Event Details

Department

Culture

Event Type

Museums & History

Description

From horses to trains to cars, Greeley has always had the drive to go! Learn about what it takes to get from one place to another. Visitors will have the chance to climb into a historic stagecoach, sit in a streetcar and find out more about horse transportation! While time travel isn’t possible (yet), visitors come close by exploring the history of transportation.

August 15: Rumble over to Centennial Village to travel around the world of early travel to Colorado.

August 16: Follow your nose to the chuckwagon as we trace the path taken by the hundreds of cattle drives. Listen to the sounds of a blacksmith while you sew necessity bags to take home with you!

As part of Centennial Village Museum's "Open Weekend" series, Fridays will focus on village tours and craft demonstrations, while Saturdays will offer exploration stations and hands-on crafts with museum staff and volunteers. Open Weekends for 2025 are:

• May 23, 24: Kids Like You: Discover History
• May 30, 31: Moving to Greeley: Spanish Immigration
• June 6, 7: Traveling to the Past: Shake, Rattle and Roll
• June 13, 14: Moving to Greeley: European Immigrants
• June 20, 21: Make Good Noise: World Music Day 2025 and Rattlesnake Kate Celebration/A Western Woman performance
• June 28, 29: Local Legend Series: Entrepreneurs
• July 4-6: Traveling to the Past: Ready, Set, Stampede
• July 11, 12: Kids Like You: Hard at Work
• July 18, 19: Make Good Noise: Making Your Voice Heard
• July 25, 26: Local Legends Series: Rattlesnake Kate and Women of Greeley
• August 1, 2: Local Legends Series: Famous and Infamous
• August 8, 9: Kids Like You: Weekend Fun!
• August 15, 16: Traveling to the Past: Colorado or Bust
• August 22, 23: Make Good Noise: Sounds of the Future
• August 29, 30: Moving to Greeley: Natives and Newcomers