Frontier History Museum — Attraction in Glenwood Springs

Great little local history museum for the Glenwood Springs area. We got to see Baby Doe Tabors bedroom set, a saddle President Teddy Roosevelt once rode, and many other objects from the area. Back when the wild west was just another day in the life.

The staff members we meet were extremely friendly, inviting and very knowledgeable. The museum is in a small house that's been around since the early 1900's. The tours are self guided so you don't have to feel rushed to read everything. A great way to spend some time learning about a time that you only see in the movies. Speaking of movies, there was a rather popular movie filmed in the area. The gift shop sells copies of it. Stop by an check it out.

I would recommend this little museum to anyone passing...

I feel like this museum sums up the entire experience of spending the night in Glenwood: all hype. If your entire claim to fame is Doc Holliday and how you have a collection of his personal items and I then pay the price of admission to see that collection only to be told the rest of the museum is open but the Doc Holliday section is closed....that's so shady!! No, I don't recommend the visit. Yes, the other part of the collection is interesting (hence the 2 stars) but I went to this museum for Doc Holliday. I...

As a history buff, this friendly staffed museum tucked into an old house donated to the society really is one of the better museums of its size I have seen. It is packed with a lot of displays and local history as well as period history overall. Interesting ties between Glenwood Springs and Leadville, but I will let you discover that. A great historical addition of knowledge to your brain if you like things such as this, as I do. Take the time to walk through and see...