Black history is Colorado Springs history at the Pioneers Museum
Pieces of Black history can now be seen at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, but museum staff told News5, they want people to pay a visit to learn that Black history is Colorado Springs History.
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COLORADO SPRINGS â Pieces of Black history can now be seen at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, but museum staff told News5 they want people to pay a visit to learn that Black history is Colorado Springs history.
One hundred and fifty objects make up the newest exhibit at the Pioneers Museum, celebrating 150 years or the city s sesquicentennial. Among them are several displays that tell the story of African-American figures who helped shaped this community.
Pioneers Museum celebrates 150 years of resilience in the Springs
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
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COLORADO SPRINGS â 150 years of greatness is now on display at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum.
This year marks a major milestone for the city. July 21, 2021 will be 150Th anniversary of it s founding. Instead of opening this exhibit on the anniversary date, museum staff thought the community needed a reminder, of the people who make The Pikes Peak region great. We think these anniversaries are really important to look backwards, but also what is to come, and our role in making that community what it will be, said Matt Mayberry, Director of the Pioneers Museum.
A night view of the Burns Theater, decorated with lights and bunting. The buildings on both sides are decorated with strings of lights. A lit sign “Have you read The Gazette” is on top of the building at the right. The Burns Theater opened May 8, 1912. The theater, west of Pikes Peak Avenue and Tejon Street, represented everything grand about Colorado Springs. Jimmy Burns, a plumber-turned-gold-miner, financed its construction. On opening night, a Russian symphony played to an audience of 1,500. Patrons sat in seats upholstered in olive-green velvet, and sweeping balconies floated across the main room, supporting the exterior walls without pillars. The ceilings were impossibly high and painted with cherubs. But the Burns became the Chief movie theater, and the Chief fell into disrepair. When the Exchange National Bank bought it in the early 1970s, Vice President Karl Ross said it would cost as much as $3.5 million to repair. So Exchange National tore it down to create a drive-up
Pioneers Museum opening new exhibit celebrating Colorado Springs’ sesquicentennial
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) The Pioneer Museum has a unique exhibit opening this weekend, celebrating the 150th birthday of Colorado Springs along with part of KRDO s past.
“There are artifacts of all different sizes from all different eras, said Leah Davis Witherow, curator at the Pioneers Museum.
“The selection process was very difficult, she told KRDO.
The exhibit, which opens Saturday at 10 a.m., displays 150 objects stories, really celebrating 150 years of Colorado Springs. Among the pieces of Colorado Springs history on display, you can also see the early beginnings of KRDO.
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AdAmAn club members ascend Pikes Peak along the Pikes Peak Cog Railway tracks, circa 1925. The new exhibit âCOS@150,â a timeline of the cityâs history told through 150 objects, opened Saturday at Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. Itâs part of the cityâs yearlong string of events celebrating the sesquicentennial.