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Art Galleries

Showcase Art Center, LLC
1335 8th Avenue, Greeley, 970-356-8593
www.colettepitcher.com

A diverse selection of fine art is presented including original paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, and art to wear. Artist supplies, framing and matting, classes in music and art, and a full range of greeting cards and prints are available. Open Monday - Friday 10:00 to 6:00 and Saturday 10:00 to 3:00 PM.

Thunderbird Art Gallery
1309 E. 16th Street, Greeley, 970-352-4397
www.thunderbirdartgallery.com

This distinctive gallery features Native American, southwestern and western original art, and limited edition prints. Also featured are jewelry, kachinas, pottery, "storyteller" pottery dolls, artifacts, and weavings. Custom preservation framing of all types is also available. Approximate hours, Monday-Saturday, 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. or by appointment.

Tointon Gallery for the Visual Arts
Union Colony Civic Center, 651 10th Avenue, Greeley, 970-350-9491
www.ci.greeley.co.us

The Tointon Gallery offers changing exhibits that showcase the diversity of local, regional, and national artists in a variety of media. The Gallery also schedules historical, educational, and informational exhibits. Hours are Monday - Saturday from 9:00 to 5:00 and Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Daily access is available from the Greeley Recreation Center. Admission is free.

The University of Northern Colorado
Mariani Gallery, and Oak Room Gallery and Mari Michener Gallery
Greeley, 970-351-2515

Mariani Gallery
Guggenheim Hall, Room 204
8th Avenue & 18th Street
information@arts.unco.edu

This gallery displays the artwork of UNC faculty, national and regional artists and traveling exhibits. The Mariani Gallery holds six to eight exhibitions each year.

Oak Room Gallery
Crabbe Hall, south of Guggenheim Hall

The exhibition schedule for the 2007-2008 academic year will focus on the artwork of UNC undergraduate and graduate students.

Mari Michener Gallery
Michnener Library, University of Northern Colorado
970-351-2601, www.unco.edu/library/about/michgallery.htm

A gallery sponsored by the Friends of Michener Library, featuring changing exhibitions during the year. Open during library hours.

The Piece able Friends
Quilts and fibers
April 4th - May 9th, 2007
Reception: April 13th, 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.

Museums

A.J. Eaton House Museum
207 Elm Avenue, Eaton, 970-454-3660

Eaton's distinctive museum is a home over 100 years old, that was at one time owned by A.J. Eaton. The town recently purchased the home and created a historical museum.

Antique Washing Machine Museum
35901 Weld County Rd. 31, Eaton
970-454-1856 (open by appointment only)
Web Site

Lee Maxwell's museum has grown to 978 washing machines at last count, which he has restored to their original glory: rich woods, gleaming copper and shiny enamels. He is in the Guinness Book of Records and has written his own book entitled "Save Women's Lives, History of Washing Machines." Call for your personal tour or group and enjoy some "good clean fun."

Centennial Village Museum
1475 "A" Street, Greeley, 970-350-9220
Web Site

The Village contains 45 structures depicting the architecture, lifestyle, and people of northeastern Colorado between 1860 and 1920. It also contains lush gardens and walkways. There are various programs, classes, living history demonstrations, and several festivals throughout the season, which highlight life on the Colorado high plains. Open mid-April to mid-October, Tuesday - Saturday. Hours are from 10:00 to 4:00. Admission is $5.00 for ages 12-59, $4.00 age 60 and above, and $3.00 for ages 6-11. Ages 5 and under are free. The Village is open free to the public one Saturday each month.

Greeley History Museum
714 8th Street, Greeley, 970-350-9220
www.greeleymuseums.com

Greeley’s newest museum occupies a beautiful 1929 building that formerly housed the Greeley Tribune newspaper offices. This 34,000 square-foot award-winning museum opened in 2005. Utopia: Adaptation on the Great American Desert is the permanent exhibit on Greeley’s history, ranging from fossils and the earliest human inhabitants through the Union Colony’s beginnings to contributions of its “water buffaloes,” mavericks and mentors. There are several galleries featuring changing exhibits, the vast Hazel E. Johnson Research Center, Community Room, museum store and staff offices. Open 8:30-4:30 Monday-Friday; 10-4 Saturday; 12-4 Sunday year-round.

Evans Historical Museum
3720 Golden Street, Evans, 970-506-2721

The Evans Museum, which chronicles the city's interesting and important past and the contributions of its citizens, is housed in a two-story Victorian house built in 1887. The museum's motto is: "Preserving the past for future generations." Summer hours are 1:00 to 5:00, Monday - Friday. Winter hours are 1:00 to 4:00, Monday - Friday. Reservations for other days and times may be made by calling the museum office. Admission is free; however, donations are gratefully accepted.

Fort Lupton Museum
453 First Street, Fort Lupton, 303-857-1634
www.spvhs.org

The museum presents a unique exhibit chronicling Ft. Lupton's history from 1860 to the present, including artifacts from the south Weld County area. Admission is free; however, donations are gratefully accepted. Open year round Monday - Friday, 9:00 to 12:00 and 1:00 to 4:00.

Fort Vasquez Museum
13412 Highway 85, South of Platteville, 970-785-2832
www.coloradohistory.org

Step back into the early history of Colorado with a visit to the site of an 1835 fur-trading fort and follow the paths of founders Louis Vasquez and Andrew Sublette. The traders employed many of their mountain-man friends, including Baptiste Charbonneau and Jim Beckwourth, at their adobe outpost on the South Platte River. The museum is located one mile south of Platteville. Summer hours (Memorial Day to Labor Day) are 9:30 to 4:30, Monday - Saturday and 1:00 to 4:30 on Sunday. Winter hours (Labor Day to Memorial Day) are 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday and 1:00 to 4:30 on Sunday.

Gladiolus Hall of Fame
James A. Michener Library Archives, University of Northern Colorado Campus, Greeley, 970-351-2854


The Hall of Fame is a repository for gladiolus literature from throughout the world and honors both outstanding gladiolus varieties and persons who have notably contributed to the gladiolus culture. Materials in the International Gladiolus Hall of Fame Special Collection are available in the University Archives, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. or by appointment with the University Archivist.

Grover Depot Museum
East end of Chatoga Avenue, Grover, 970-895-2344

The Grover Depot was built in 1887 by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad when it laid track connecting Sterling with Cheyenne for a cost of $7,000. The architecture of the plain two-story frame depot is more like the American Midwest than Colorado's high plains. The depot may be the only surviving example of this style of railroad depot in Colorado. Today the local historical society maintains the upstairs as the living quarters and the main floor with numerous collections, scrapbooks, and antique items. Open Sundays in June, July and August from 1:00 to 4:00. Please call for special tour requests.

High Plains Historical Society
755 Third Street, Nunn, 970-897-2301 or 970-897-2215

The Northern Dry Land Museum, housed in the old municipal hall, was constructed in 1933-34 by the Works Project Administration. The old hall was transformed by the Historical Society into the museum in 2000. The museum chronicles the high plains area of northern Colorado beginning in 1870 and includes exhibits on farming, ranching, and the Native Americans who made their homes on the high plains. Open Sundays, 1:00 to 5:00 PM or by appointment through the museum curator.

Meeker Home Museum
1324 9th Avenue, Greeley, 970-350-9220
www.greeleymuseums.com

This stately adobe home, built in 1870 for Nathan C. Meeker, the founder of the Union Colony and the City of Greeley, contains original family home furnishings and objects from the period. Open May - September, Wednesday - Friday 1:00 to 4:00. The Meeker Home is free to individuals, group rates available. Call to arrange group tours.

Pioneer Museum
502 Marion Avenue, Platteville, 970-785-6285

The museum houses artifacts, family histories, photographs, old newspapers, and memorabilia of the people who settled, lived and worked in the Platteville area. Platteville was founded in 1871; however, some families can trace their roots back to 1859 when some ancestors, possibly heading to the gold fields, stayed and took up farming and ranching. Open Wednesday only from 9:00 to 4:00 and the 4th Saturday of each month from 1:00 to 4:00.

Plumb Farm Learning Center
955 39th Avenue, Greeley, 970-350-9220
www.greeleymuseums.com

Civil War veteran Charles White acquired 160 acres of land in 1881 as a tree claim. The farm sits on 2 1/2 acres of the original claim. The Plumb family moved to the farm in 1923 and lived there until 1997. A variety of agricultural programs and classes are available. Open April through December for special events.

Windsor's Historic Pioneer Village
116 N. 5th Street, Windsor, 970-674-2439
www.ci.windsor.co.us/index.html

The Village features a train depot dating from 1886, a caboose, a beet shanty, a general store, a pioneer schoolhouse, a pioneer church, and a German summer kitchen. Step back into Windsor's exciting past with a visit to the Pioneer Village. The Village is open April 1 - September 30, Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 to 5:00. Admission is free; however, donations are gratefully accepted.