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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
museum@victorcolorado.com.
Victor Lowell Thomas Museum
POB 238
Victor, CO 80860
museum@victorcolorado.com. |
2008 Museum Events
July 26 -
You are Invited to a
Historical Dramatization
of the 1903-04 Gold Camp
Labor War
and How It Affected the
Family of
John Harper, a Deported
Miner
6 PM, Victor Elks Lodge
Victor and Cripple Creek were sites of one of
the most dramatic strikes in labor union history—the Western Federation of
Miners Strike of 1903-04. One of the amazing stories is that of John
Harper, manager of the Gold Coin Mine and a union leader who was
imprisoned, tortured, beaten, kidnapped, deported, and blacklisted for his
activism. Stories of one family’s experiences in Victor bring to life
those tumultuous times and the importance of preserving the structures
where such people worshipped, attended school, raised families, toiled,
conducted business, suffered injustice, and even dodged bullets and a
lynching noose.
John Harper’s great-granddaughter, Katherine
Scott Sturdevant, History Professor at Pikes Peak Community College, will
present a colorful narrative and slide show of his life, documented and
illustrated with a combination of family and archival sources and
pictures. She will be speaking in the second floor ballroom of the Victor
Elks Lodge (originally the armory for the militia) where her
great-grandfather was held prisoner, tried, and deported.
The public is invited to attend this free
event sponsored by the Victor Heritage Society in cooperation with the
Victor/Lowell Thomas Museum on Saturday, July 26th at the
Victor Elks lodge on the corner of N 3rd Street and Diamond
Avenue. Join us for coffee and dessert at 6 PM with the historic
dramatization beginning at 6:30 PM. Donations earmarked for the
Victor/Lowell Thomas Museum restoration fund will be gratefully accepted.
Come early and join a walking tour of
Victor sites associated with the 1903-04 Labor War
leaving from the Victor/Lowell Thomas Museum (corner of 3rd and
Victor Avenue) at 2 PM Saturday, July 26th. For more
information, contact Doug McNiel (719) 689-9722 or Ruth Zalewski (719)
689-2675.
Thru Sept. 1 - Try your hand at finding
Cripple Creek turquoise, topaz and other gems as well as real gold. The
museum will host gem panning May 24-Sept. 1 and panning for real gold over
Gold Rush Days July 19 and 20. Ask museum staff for price and procedures.
June 1-Aug. 29 - Modern Mine Tours. See
giant trucks hauling ore, boulders mashed into pebbles in the crusher, the
depths of the largest gold mine in Colorado. Tours of the CC& Gold Mining
Operations are offered June-August leaving from the Museum. $5 pp.
Reservations are suggested. Starting June 4; Wednesdays and Fridays at 10
a.m. If the morning tour fills, there will be a 1 p.m. tour on those days. More
info...
Aug. 22 & 23 - Victor Celebrates the
Arts artists registration during museum hours.
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