Where history comes alive...

Breaking News: April 25th, 2009, The
MMW will host a flea market from
8:00--noon. Reserve your space now
for best location. Spaces are only $10.

Follow this link to read a news article
on the San Juan Model RR Club and
Historical Society coming to the MMW!

2008 MMW ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Received Approval of our “Special Use Permit"
    from Montrose County

  • Completed restoration of the Church Interior
    with the help of many volunteers & began
    renting to raise funds for more MMW
    restoration
  • John Adams Concert
  • 1st wedding in November
  • Colorado Archaeological Society Banquet
  • 3+ Weddings scheduled for 2009 (spread the
    word!!)

  • Accepted & Moved these structures:
  • Billy Creek Cabin
  • Parlin Cabin
  • Lee Wung Laundry Cabin
  • General Store Log Building
  • “2 Seater” Outhouse

  • Received many, many artifacts as donations
  • 1877 piano
  • More guns…
  • $25,000 donation of Olathe Drugstore Cabinets

  • Furnished 3 Buildings for Tours
  • School
  • Teacherage
  • Portland Cabin

  • Received donations of Equipment
  • Industrial tools valued at $4900
  • Industrial lawn mower valued at $1500

  • Received over $7000 for Tours & Annual
    Memberships

  • Completed an artifact inventory update &
    sorting of stored artifacts with support of
    volunteers

  • Received 4--14 ton truckloads of Montrose
    manufactured bricks from the First Methodist
    Church (to be used for a jail & land grant office)

  • Received major volunteer help in cleanup of
    grounds, mowing & weed-eating

  • Erected new major MMW wood sign + donation
    of routing for sign

  • Received landscape plans for future grant
    requests

  • Submitted 3 grant applications

  • Received Major Donation of Services
  • Extensive underground electrical service to exhibit
    buildings plus floodlights on major buildings &
    parking
  • Water & gas line installation & new sewer system
    installation (in progress)
  • Heating & cooling installation for the church
    (2009)
  • Plumbing installation for church—2009

  • Received many hours of volunteer time as
    docents, grounds keepers, painters,
    bartenders, parking attendants & on & on &
    on…

  • Received a Jobs in Progress part time worker
    to restore artifacts and complete sewing
    projects (Federal Grant Program)

  • Received many prayers, best wishes, and
    support from all of you!!!!!
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Welcome... The
Museum of the
Mountain West
is located in beautiful
Montrose, Colorado.

Call 970.249.4162 or email
to schedule a guided tour.

"The present disappears
into the past with one step
inside the building."
Beverly Corbell, GJ Daily Sentinel

View 500,000 artifacts
from the mountain west
displayed in store and
office displays
circa 1880-1930.


Testimonial:

I was so impressed with
the authenticity of the
museum "town". When I
walked through the drug
store, doctor's offices, dry
goods store, and
saloon--just to name a
few--I felt like I had
walked back into time.
These are not replicas of
artifacts from days gone
by--this is the real thing!

What a wonderful
experience to see a
museum in action. The
careful attention to detail
that reflected the
mountain west between
1880 & 1930 was evident
at every turn. I found
recently retrieved historic
buildings that were being
carefully restored--an old
school house, a
teacherage, a livery &
blacksmith, a church--in
addition to a museum
"town" that made me feel
like I had walked back into
time. I can't wait to go
back!
        Sarah Armstrong,
Charlottesville, Virginia


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