In 2010 we will be expanding
our hours to 7 days week! We open
Saturday, May 29 and will be open Saturday, Sunday, Monday and the
Wednesday through Sunday until mid-June. Then we will be open 7 days a
week until Sept. 6 and then weekends through Oct. 10.
Modern Mine Tours
Expanded Tours & Hours
This summer we will be expanding our mine
tours and our hours, thanks to the Cripple Creek & Victor Mining Company.
Tours will be held at 10 am. and 1 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday,
Saturday from June 1 to 30 and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday,
Saturday July 1 - Sept. 4. See giant trucks hauling ore, boulders mashed into pebbles in
the crusher, the depths of the largest gold mine in Colorado. Reservations are suggested
for tours.
More info to come...
Gem & Gold Panning
Try your hand at finding Cripple Creek turquoise, topaz and
other gems as well as real gold. The museum hosts panning thru Labor Day and panning for real gold over Gold Rush Days
the third weekend in July.
This activity is made possible by a grant from the El Pomar Youth in
Community Service grant. The cost is $1 over the price of museum
admission. More info...
The State Historical Fund (SHF) awarded the museum 104,196
toward Phase 3 stabilization on Feb. 1, 2010. This means that work on
making the museum safe, more useable and spacious will begin this winter.
We will also have our store front restored. Thanks SHF!!!
Gold Rush Days 2010
A special tour of Victor History will be presented by
Steve Veatch of the Lake George Gem and Mineral Club.
More info to come....
Window Challenge
Your Donations Save
Windows to the Past! Dear
supporter of the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum – We Need You! Reserve a
window in your name – or the name of your choice – and help us restore the
wonderful
Reynolds Block/Museum Building in Downtown Victor. More info...
Capital Plan - 2010
Cripple
Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company in 2009 donated $10,000 toward the
creation of a Master Plan for capital improvements at the museum. We are
currently working with an architectural firm to define needs for the
future.
Phase II To Be Underway
The second phase of stabilization will begin
this winter/spring.
Two floors of artifacts, books, exhibits and
photographs depict the life in Victor from its earlier days to he heyday
of gold mining.
The gift shop offers books, historic maps and
postcards, prints, posters and gold ore rocks, as well as videos of
Thomas's life.
Pan for real gold and gems
open daily outside the museum. Check out a a pan try your luck!
The museum, located at the corner of 3rd St.
and Victor Ave., is open Memorial Day through Labor Day and
Wednesday-Sunday mid-June to mid-August as well as weekends in September
and early October. It is
housed in an 1899 brick structure that once was a hardware store, hotel
and furniture store.
The museum is owned and operated by the Victor
Improvement Association, a 501c3 non profit organized in the 1950s. The
volunteer board of directors of the VIA meets monthly.
