Littleton Museum — Attraction in Littleton

I was a lucky chaperone for my child’s kindergarten field trip. We were all so excited to visit this living farm. When we arrived Ms Angela gathered us into a room to provide information. She proceeded to say where things were on the farm by pointing, however we were inside the building and not familiar with “over to the right” or “all the way to the left”! I took my group out to the farms. We had no idea where we could and couldn’t go, and they must have been short staffed because we only saw 2other staff members, who seemed to busy to answer any of the curious kindergarten questions. As we gathered near the entrance to leave, the woman in the front told us several times, this wasn’t the entrance or exit for field trips. It was for “the public”. She did not even attempt to hide her irritation with our group. They had a stack of one page maps on a table. My group (4 kids) asked me if they can have one to show their parents where they had gone. I thought that was a great idea and said yes. Well, Ms Unfriendly gate keeper of maps was beyond irritated huffing and puffing. Ms Angela comes up and they proceed to whisper to each other and roll their eyes. They told the kids, “why do you need a map, those are for the public when they arrive”. Well, Ms Angela, we were never offered a map. We paid to visit this place and if you are not comfortable with kindergarteners please do not allow this age group. You successfully made my group...

Hi,

My name is Glenys van Aswegen and I am from South Africa. I am here visiting my daughter in Denver and we visited the museum yesterday.

My first impression of the museum was great. The facility is clean and the displays are informative and very interesting.

However, I was a little saddened when I walked through the farm section of the museum.

It was a very hot day and the sheep were all fighting for a little shade created by the fence enclosure. There is no natural shade for these poor animals. Also their water was filthy and standing in the baking sun!!!

The ram's enclosure was even more distressing. He was just lying in the baking sun and his water was so contaminated with mosquito lava that I can't imagine when last it was actually cleaned.

The turkeys were walking around in their very uninteresting enclosure, panting from the heat and there was no water in sight!!!

The pig looked comfortable enough but even his enclosure was extremely poor and dirty.

I think the "Littleton Museum" should take a good look at the image they are wanting to create - especially in the farmyard area.

The basic requirements for keeping animals is very basic - a good enclosure, protection from the elements, fresh water and clean food.

I think the museum has failed to conform with these basic requirements and feel that an animal inspection should be made to your facility.

Kind...

I have been going to The Littleton Museum and Farm for years now and I have always had a great experience there. I think it is a blessing to have such a good museum and farm free of charge. My two year old son absolutely loves going to the farm because farm animals are his favorite animals. Today I had a great time with my son at the farm and upon entering the museum I decided to go into the gift shop to buy some farm toys and books for my son. The gift shop is small so I made sure to have my son close to my side the entire time. There were a lot of toys and books so I took a few stuffed animals from a shelf to show him and I also showed my son a couple of books. Each time I would place the item back exactly where it came from. I also read the first two pages of about three books when the younger of the two ladies from the front desk stated in a very condescending manner to “refrain from reading the books” because “there is a reading area with plenty of books and really comfy chairs.” I have never heard that a person should not look through a book before purchasing it. I was very confused by her comment towards me and unfortunately her comment really made the experience a bit negative. I was the only person in the gift shop with every intention to spend my money on a few items, but due to her condescending comment, I decided to...