El Pueblo History Museum, Pueblo, CO - Reviews, Ratings, Tips and Why You Should Go – Wanderlog (2024)

(719) 583-0453

https://www.historycolorado.org/el-pueblo-history-museum?utm_source=GoogleBusinessListing

Review score

4.4

out of 5

Excellent

343 reviews

5/5Sara Beth Wade

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Great small museum of local history, inexpensive and free for all kids. It's a series of galleries - one on the defunt Mineral Palace, one on the shifting borderlands between the US & Mexico (I hadn't realized it reached this far up), and another one about the Steel industry and the historic strike of the 80-90's. A Tipi is set up at the end of the hall and there are plaques about buffalo hunting and one about City Park, which I found interesting since I was there the day before. But almost worth the price of admission is the community gallery featuring art by Gregg Deal (which you might be able to visit for free - and you should.)During the summer, an outside trading post is open and there are lots of activities for kids, like a dress-up area & crafts. It took me about an hour to do a very thorough read-everything tour. Across the plaza is a shelter with a real archeological dig for the history of the town.

4/5Sari

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Small museum about the history of El Pueblo. Nice to visit, we walked through it under 1 hour and read almost everything. Some nice things for kids to do, but could be more interactive. It was a bit boring for my school kid, 10. Staff was very sweet. There is also a little museum shop with some regional craft works and a small art gallery. We liked the time.

1/5Alexis Romero

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Really disappointed with my experience. I wanted to rent out one of their creative spaces(open room) for my baby shower. I submitted the online form, didn’t hear anything so 2 days later I called. They told me they thought they had responded, asked about the date I wanted and said they would be in touch with me. A few days went by and still nothing so I called again, this time they told me they had the date available they just didn’t know if they would have a staff member available to unlock the door that day and needed time to figure it out. Fair enough. After another week goes by and I haven’t heard anything I call again, still being told the same thing. At this point I’m a month away from the date that I was looking to do the baby shower and had been in contact with the facility for 2 weeks. Another day goes by and I call again asking to speak with the director or manager, I was told they were in a meeting but my message would be delivered to them. Here I am 2 days later and still have not received a call from anyone. Absolutely ridiculous, and a waste of my time.

5/5Les Shankland

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My wife and I visited this very nice history museum and we were quite impressed with the quality of the exhibits and the modern facility. This tells an important story of the local history. I recommend you visit when you have an hour or two. Great free parking in a parking garage across the street.

2/5Kenneth Judd

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Not worth the $14 entrance fee for two. The trading post is closed after 1 PM, which wasn't mentioned, and the rest of the exhibits are mostly photos and signs. Very few artifacts. The staff is nice, though.