Kendall and I had been to the Boulder History Museum when it was housed in the historic Harbeck-Bergheim House. However, the Museum moved to its current location in 2018 and slightly rebranded itself to now be known as the Museum of Boulder. We figured a visit to this new incarnation would most certainly count toward our quest of 70 new adventures in this our 70th years. It proved to be an excellent visit!
A bit of background first: The Boulder Historical Society was founded in 1944 by A.A. ‘Gov’ Paddock, then publisher of the Boulder Daily Camera, to collect, document, preserve and interpret the history of the Boulder area. The Boulder Historical Society was officially organized on October 10th, 1944, when the “Territorial Pioneers” and other interested citizens convened with the intent to establish an organization and a facility to collect, preserve and display the history of the area. Today, the Boulder Historical Society operates as the Museum of Boulder.
On the day of our visit, exhibits included “Voces Vivas: Stories from the Latino Community in Boulder County, Past and Present”, “Boulder Strong: Still Strong, Remembering March 2021” – an exhibit in remembrance of the March 22, 2021 King Soopers mass shooting, and the “Boulder Experience Gallery” which includes displays of everything from Boulder’s origins to entrepreneurs of Boulder’s food industry to Boulder’s athletic endeavors to Boulder scientists and their involvement with a variety of technologies. Each exhibit unique unto itself - an impressive combination of powerful, moving, fascinating and enlightening.
Kendall the museologist at the Museum of Boulder
A few photos from the Voces Vivas exhibit - a very extensive exhibit, teeming with culture and information:
The Boulder Strong exhibit is so very moving - with stories from people who were involved with the incident (employees, neighbors, first responders, dispatchers...) and a sampling of the collection of memorial artifacts left along the fence put up around the store after the shooting.
The Boulder Experience Gallery is loaded with photos and memorabilia from Boulder's history throughout recorded time. These photos illustrate just wee snippets of the fascinating exhibits in this section of the museum. Naturally the photos I've selected here have to do with food (Boulder seems to be a hotbed of natural food entrepreneurship - I was particularly impressed with the display of the Very First carton produced for Horizon milk), and athletics (Boulder being a mecca of athletic endeavors).
A dandy visit - so dandy, I am sure we will return!
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