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    Will Rogers Shrine

    4.5 (17 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

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    Stephen B.

    This was a pretty decent addition to my trip to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. The inside of the shrine is adorned with pictures of Will Rogers (which wasn't my cup of tea), and the view of Colorado Springs is magnificent (seriously). You can see everything from Garden of the Gods all the way to Fort Carson. The drive up is treacherous in bad weather, so try to head up on a nice day. Honestly I won't go back unless I want to show someone who hasn't been there before. But it was cool.

    D H.

    I had no idea this place existed. The kids thought they were going to a castle. A very cool memorial to Will Rogers with a lightning fast pictorial overview of his life. Free with a zoo admission. Well worth anyone's time to see the shrine and views from it overlooking Colorado Springs.

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    The shrine is pretty and full of interesting murals and photographs of Wiley Post and Will Rogers. The view from up top is great. Love it!

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    To get to it you enter the gate to the left of the ticket booths at the zoo and drive up the road that is in the zoo.

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    Great local museum detailing the history and life of Colorado Springs and its environs…read more The museum has a variety of exhibits which tackle this from a variety of angles -- famous authors, local Native Americans, the Springs as a tuberculosis treatment center, pottery art, women's art, local tattoo art, the history of the city by decade, the history of a lost Latino neighborhood, etc. All is curated and presented in an interesting fashion -- there was some but very little of the "We don't have a lot to say about this person, so here's random biographical detail filler" sort of local museum content. The breadth of presentation extended to a potpourri "A-to-Z" exhibit with bits of info about a wide variety of topics (did you know that Lon Chaney was from Colorado Springs?). We easily spent three hours touring the exhibits, and I count the time well spent. The building is the former El Paso county courthouses and offices, and is truly lovely. One of the courtrooms has been preserved as an exhibit. Staff was friendly. Admission is free (though donations are encouraged).

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