Colorado History Museum, Denver Photos

Near the State Capitol, Denver Public Library, & Art Museum, the Colorado History Museum provides a perspective on the Colorado's history, native cultures, settlement, mining industry, & other aspects of Denver's culture. The unique building combined with that of the Supreme court rises on a slope from the ground & was designed in 1977 by John Rogers of RNL Design.

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Colorado Historical Society Colorado History Museum (1977) (1300 Broadway). Architect: John Rogers of RNL Design.	Lithograph (1880s) of design for State Capitol at Colorado History Museum.	Pueblo III ceramic black-on-white pitcher (1150-1200) at Colorado History Museum.	Pueblo III ceramic black-on-white kiva jar (1200-1300) at Colorado History Museum.

Pueblo ceramic black-on-white mugs (1000-1300) at Colorado History Museum.	Zuni Pueblo terraced bowl with snakes & tadpoles (c1800) at Colorado History Museum.	Pueblo ceramic black-on-white canteen (c1885) at Colorado History Museum.	Acoma Pueblo ceramic jar (1920-50) & Zuni Pueblo owl effigy (1875-80) at Colorado History Museum.

Zia Pueblo polychrome ceramic storage jar (c1890) at Colorado History Museum.	Hopi polychrome ceramic jar (c1915) at Colorado History Museum.	Acoma Pueblo polychrome ceramic jar (c1930) at Colorado History Museum.	Pueblo baskets at Colorado History Museum.

Beaded moccasins at Colorado History Museum.	Hispanic wool blanket (late 1800s) & Ute tortoise shell rattle at Colorado History Museum.	Model of Cheyenne Indian village at Colorado History Museum.	Conestoga-style wagon (1824) by A. Hirsh of Lancaster County Pennsylvania at Colorado History Museum.

Side of Conestoga prairie schooner with brake handle at Colorado History Museum.	Ranch chuck wagon used during cattle driving (c1915) made by Whitewater Materials at Colorado History Museum.	Stoneware liquor crock jug c1905 made for P. Frazinni & Bro. of Denver at Colorado History Museum.	Model of frontier Denver at Colorado History Museum.

Spring driven switch of mining cart direction reverser at Colorado History Museum.	Mining carts & artifacts in mining history section of Colorado History Museum.	Collection of explosion-proof mining lamps at Colorado History Museum.	100-mile Fritchle Electrics automobile (c1913) at Colorado History Museum.

Side view with open door of 100-mile Fritchle Electrics automobile (c1913) at Colorado History Museum.	James K. Polk peace medal (1931) by U.S. Mint at Colorado History Museum.	Andrew Jackson peace medal (1931) by U.S. Mint at Colorado History Museum.	Ulysses S. Grant peace medal (1960) by U.S. Mint at Colorado History Museum.