Exhibit Opening: A Great Frontier Odyssey: Sketching the American West
Time
Thursday, December 18, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location
714 8th St
Greeley, CO 80631
Cost
$8 Adult $6 Seniors (60+) $5 Youth (3-17) $25 Family Rate (max. 2 adults and 4 youth) $3 SNAP & EBT Card Holders Members receive free admission. Join today!
Event Details
Department
Culture
Event Type
Museums & History
Description
Step back into the 1870s with “A Great Frontier Odyssey: Sketching the American West,” a new traveling exhibition at the Greeley History Museum. Follow artists Jules Tavernier and Paul Frenzeny on their 1873 cross-country journey, capturing life and landscapes of the American West through detailed wood engravings. The pair documented frontier towns, settlers, and the expanding West so that Americans could see images of life on the frontier.
The exhibition traces their travels from East Coast printshops to the Pacific. Experience 19th-century America through the eyes of two remarkable illustrators whose work shaped how the nation envisioned its frontier.
Exhibit open Thursdays-Saturdays. Last day: May 23, 2026.