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Cripple Creek District Museum
Cripple Creek District Museum in Cripple Creek.

Cripple Creek District Museum – Cripple Creek

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The Cripple Creek District Museum is located at the edge of downtown in the former Midland-Terminal Railroad Depot. The museum is housed in three historic buildings, each filled with Cripple Creek history. It’s been welcoming guests since 1953.

Exhibits include gold rush artifacts, Victorian rooms, mining relics, maps, Indian artifacts, children’s items, a photograph gallery and a turn-of-the-century Assay Office. There are a total of six floors at the museum.

There is also a gift shop featuring Old West memorabilia. Items include mineral samples, reproduction Victorian china, costume jewelry, old-fashioned kitchenware, toys, cookbooks, Victorian dolls, oil lamps, postcards, and a vast book collection.

Two other places to learn about the area’s colorful past is at the Heritage Center and the Mollie Kathleen Mine.​

Museum Gift Shop.
Assay Office.
Old West exhibit.
Information center for Cripple Creek and the railroad.

Details

Address: 510 Bennett Dr, Cripple Creek, CO

Phone: 719-689-2634

Season: Year round

Hours:

  • mid May-mid October: Daily 10am-5pm
  • Winter: Saturday & Sunday 10am-4pm

Website: cripplecreekmuseum.com

 

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