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Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum

Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum
331 Elk Ave
Crested Butte, Colorado 81224

970-349-1880
Open Daily: Summer, 10-8 p.m & Winter, Noon-6 p.m Admission is $3
museum@crestedbutte.cc
www.crestedbutteheritagemuseum.info
The Museum is home to a number of exhibits with something to interest almost anyone. When you step into the front doors of the building you step into the past. The front of the building, which served as a hardware store from 1883-1996, features the famous coal stove and all the original cases filled with a sampling of the merchandise sold in the building historically. The front section of the building also houses a gallery of black and white portraits taken by Sandra Cortner of townsfolk who stayed to see Crested Butte through the thin times of the 1950-60s after the mine closed. The rear of the building originally was a working garage built in the 1930s. Exhibits there include a functioning model railroad, a life sized mining diorama, one of Crested Buttes original gondolas, and sections on domestic life in Crested Butte, local geology, the history of skiing and the ski area, and a childrens exhibit. The Museum also houses the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.