The mine tour was an amazing!, educational, well-organized, and really fun. Our guide was really…read moreknowledgeable and took the time to answer all our questions . Would highly recommend!!

What a blast lol The place is rich in history, it is crazy to see the reality of how hard people…read morework before $15 an hour became a government requirement.

We came here to see Young Frankenstein. The show was hilarious and the performance superb. The…read morequality of the acting and singing was far better than we expected. We will return next season!

I hope that Creede remains an undiscovered gem. We've been to the reporatory theater many times,…read moreand always, they put on an excellent production. Their Little Shop of Horrors was a standout - even better than the production that we saw at the Denver Center. You need to book early to get a good seat and a place to stay in Creede.

Interesting displays, including audio features and a rotating special exhibit; broad range of…read morecultural, environmental, and economic stages touched on in a short time; and a very reasonable admission fee. If you can visit on a walking tour day, it's well worth the time (1.5 hours), and you are able to go inside some of the most historic buildings, like the opera house, and the "New" Sheridan Hotel and connected bar. Ours was by Ashley, and he was engaging, friendly, fielded every question with aplomb. It may be hard to engage small, active children but older kids and adults will find plenty of interest.

I'm glad my friends who visit Telluride each year recommended I stop in this museum. It was the…read moreinitial hospital during the mining days, which was later converted into a museum. It had so many interesting displays and pieces of history, from the Native American Indians times, through the boom-and-bust mining days, to the present-day ski resort revitalization of this charming town. The exhibits are strategically placed to allow you to experience how the area evolved. It is easy to walk around, taking your time examining specific items that are of interest to you. The small gift shop is charming and has a number of books and periodicals of the town's history that may be difficult to find elsewhere. For a nominal entrance fee, you can easily spend an enjoyable hour or two learning the history of this great town. There is also a museum donation canister at the entrance way, which I gladly deposited additional money in as I finished my tour as it was definitely worth it!

This place was very interesting. We were on a girls trip to Colorado and went on a drive from…read moreDurango to Silverton to see the trees changing colors. We stumbled upon this museum and we were interested in seeing what they had to offer. It was a mining museum that had collections of rocks and minerals, uniforms and tools used by the miners and other items that were interesting. For those folks that need it, they do have a small elevator. This is also next to the restroom on the lower floor. Besides the rock/mineral room, I found the assay section interesting, where they had scales and weights used to weight the gold or minerals mined. In the gift shop I found two rocks I liked and bought them and a few postcards. Included in the tour is a visit to the jail and the quarters for the acting sherriff. The sherriff quarters had glimpses of a typical bedroom and kitchen for the late 1800's. My sister went to the jail and she said it was an open room with an iron ball with lots of chains to connect the prisoners to. Outside the jail is caboose used to haul minerals from the mines.

Tried to visit the museum but it was closed. The only small indication was a small notice on one of…read morethe building's doors. We tried to call the museum's number to see if they had an outgoing recorded message with more information, but no answering machine and no-one answered. While restaurants and shops in Silverton were open post COVID, doing business carefully with social distancing, mandatory masks, limited capacity and so forth, this museum is closed :(( I think it's a huge miss because tourists could bring some much needed funds, if they were only given a chance. While perusing around the museum's grounds we witnessed other 3 cars stopping by and trying to visit to no avail. I wish I could give them more stars, but I am literally giving them one star each for the two things we were able to visit...the train car from the Durango & Silverton railroad and the grounds we strolled upon.

If you like going through an old attic this is the place for you. I don't think the curator has…read moreever turned down a donation. It wasn't really organized in a way to tell you much about the area

My wife and I spent the weekend in Gunnison so we decided to go try some new exiting things, and…read morethen we see this wonderful gem on Apple Maps! We had an absolute blast. My favorite part was the antique cars, the train/train exhibit, and the military showroom. The staff was very friendly, and greeted us from the beginning.

Hours listed are not accurate. We drove to check out this museum buy to find it closed despite it…read moreshowing open on Yelp. Business is closed unless you pay a $20/person fee for a tour.

Bottom Line: A unique and quirky museum featuring a carefully curated collection of pharmacy…read morememorabilia and artifacts. I love American history, Americana, weird history and local museums so I was eager to check out the Ouray Alchemist. The Ouray Alchemist is a small museum that only offers private tours and storytelling about Wild West pharmacies. To visit the museum you must call or email ahead to schedule your visit. The admission fee is $12. The tour duration can range from an hour or more but if you have limited time you can let the museum know. Curt, the owner and a retired pharmacist, has spent his lifetime collecting, and restoring where appropriate and necessary, artifacts related to pharmacies in the 1800s Wild West and particularly Colorado. His collection is incredible! My jaw dropped multiple times. I was impressed with the entrance to the museum which is from an c. 1888 Aspen drugstore but I was also impressed with the volume of artifacts and the many antique mercantile displays. Two things that really caught my eye were two sets of antique drawers for selling spools of thread and two soda fountains. The one soda fountain in particular was incredible . . . it had been fully restored to working condition. The marble and chrome (presumably) front of the soda fountain was like a work of art. As a lover of history and museums I really enjoyed this visit as did my husband. But for those who aren't into guided tours or lengthy museum visits, this might not be the best choice in Ouray. Also, I wouldn't recommend it for kids because its almost like a lengthy show-and-tell but don't touch type of experience. The museum also has a small gift shop and they sell products for high altitude adjustment.

This was an awesome quick stop on our trip. The part that made our day was that the owner took us…read morearound on a personal tour and history lesson of each of the train cars and the surrounding equipment. Our 4-year-old daughter and the kid in me loved every minute of this tour. Totally recommend this stop.

Very sweet little stop-off! We stopped here on our way from Ouray to Montrose Airport to eat our…read morelunch with 2, 5, 8 yr old at the picnic table adjacent to the rail cars. Kids were able to get on and explore a few of them (the others are just in restoration stage at the moment, that's all). Adjacent museum has a few great dioramas, plus many books about the area and railroading. Plus it's FREE! Give a lil' donation though, it's how all the restorations are funded :-)

Shelly is amazing and I had a great conversation with Kathleen. I love these employees. They were…read moreso helpful and even gave me more tips and places to drive to and things to see. I WOULD recommend.

The visitor center is fairly new and such a great addition to Creede! I'm glad they are here. We…read morehad stopped in a couple of times to use their free wifi and leave donations but I overheard many conversations and have to say there is a great staff here! They are very helpful and have lots of literature on the area to hand out. Whether people are asking about lodging or hiking trails or fishing or shopping, the ladies at the front counter always had some great tips to give. I also loved that they were able to use the space to display a fantastic and huge Creede model-very cool! I will definitely continue to stop by as any of the nearby ranches you can rent cabins at have no signal and no internet access. Also, you never know what questions may pop up! Please remember to leave donations for use of the wifi!

Tried to visit the museum but it was closed. The only small indication was a small notice on the…read moredoors stating "closed for end of season". This seems rather strange as we paid for HIGH season for our hotel room. So we do not feel like mid August should be end of season. While restaurants and shops in Ouray were open post COVID, doing business carefully with social distancing, mandatory masks, limited capacity and so forth, this museum is closed :(( I think it's a huge miss because tourists could bring some much needed funds, if they were only given a chance. Undeterred by the closure we tried to make the best of our visit by perusing the museum's grounds. There are 2 old cabins which have been transported from the surrounding areas and preserved on the museums grounds. I wish I could give them more stars, but I am literally giving them one star each for the two things we were able to visit...the two little cabins (and what we could peek of the insides from the dusty windows) and the small grounds they sat on.

What an adorable county museum…read more It's in an old miners' hospital, so I'm assuming there's a few ghosts in that building. But the volunteers are nice, and there's lots of area-artifacts and a child-friendly exhibit in the basement on the history of underground mining in the area. There's also a decent gift shop with relevant books on local history. I loved how they restored some rooms such as the basement's hospital kitchen, just like walking into the 1930's. The other rooms which would have been patients' rooms, house certain themes like "a day in the life of sewing" or "Native American History of the area" or "history of railroading." One room morbidly exhibits some freaky mannequins, one of which is getting a surgery done without anesthesia. In the same freaky room, is a stuffed half-way grown brown bear who was allegedly a pet then killed because he was getting too rowdy with people. So a strange mix of politically and non-politically correct items. Well worth the $5 smack down to get in.