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Fund-raising Efforts
City of Cripple Creek
grants our project $25,000!
The Cripple Creek District Museum and the City
of Cripple Creek has granted the Victor Improvement Association $25,000
from the historic preservation funds allotted for the Cripple Creek
museum's matching funds budget. This cooperative effort is greatly
appreciated!
Auction Benefited Museum March - $5000
Challenge Grant Met!
On Saturday, March 8 the Victor Elks Club
No. 367 sponsored a spaghetti dinner and live auction to benefit the
Victor Lowell Thomas Museum. Over $15,000 was raised to help the museum.
Victor Lowell Thomas Museum
POB 238
Victor, CO 80860
museum@victorcolorado.com.
Museum Hours
9:30-5:30 p.m.
May 24- Sept. 1
Wednesday thru Sunday
September & October through Oct. 12
Saturday & Sunday
Closed October 13 until Memorial Day Weekend
2009
2008 Admission Prices
$4 Adults
$3 Seniors
$2 Children
12 & Under
$3 Group Rate for 20 or more.
Call 719-689-5509 for group tours or email
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Saving the Reynolds
Block - Raising Funds
In 1900, the Thomkins Hardware Supply Company and a confectionery store
occupied the Reynolds Block. It was also once home to the Hackley Store
and Hotel. At one time the Victor Mining Stock Exchange set up its office
here. Since 1960 the building has housed the Victor/Lowell Thomas Museum.
It features displays highlighting the mining heritage of Victor and the
surrounding gold camp, as well as memorabilia honoring one of Victor's
most famous former residents. To the rear of the building, outside, is an
exhibit of mining machinery.
The Victor Improvement Association, the
non-profit organization that owns the museum collection and Reynolds
Block, has begun efforts to stabilize the building. Grants are being
sought to help fund this massive effort.
Need More Info?
For more information or to make a donation, call Nancy
Hanks at 719-689-3522, Jane Mannon at 689-4044 or Ruth Zalewski at
719-689-2675 or email
museum@victorcolorado.com.
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Watch us grow our matching funds...
The VIA recently was awarded a $208,177 grant
from the State Historical Fund and now needs to raise $70,000 in matching
funds to accept the grant.
The Victor Elks generously agreed to hold a
benefit dinner and auction March 8.
From that effort we raised over $15,000.
CC&V Mining Company granted the museum $10,000
toward the match. CC&V also assists with funding the summer staffing,
emergency building repairs and other fund-raising needs and activities.
The Edmund T. and Eleanor Quick Foundation
awarded the museum a $10,000 grant for the stabilization work.
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