American Mountaineering Museum — Local services in Golden

We've lived in Denver for 8 years and have been to all the museums we can find. But we always thought that this museum didn't apply to us as we're not involved in mountaineering. But today we thought we'd give it a try and it was great! It's located in the old Golden High School, which in itself is a treat to visit. The front door on the south side is not the entrance - you have to walk around to the door on the west or north side. Their are no employees. You check in at a kiosk, use a tablet to pay with credit card, or put cash in a box - genius! We spent about an hour looking at the exhibits and watching several interesting videos about amazing climbing treks. You can't miss the scale model of Mt Everest! ...

Great experience for any climber or alpinist, but also accessible to someone with no climbing experience. Very comprehensive history of climbing, including coverage of climbing pioneers unfamiliar to most modern climbers.

The model of Everest is incredible, and for the first time I really understood the topography and the various routes to the summit.

The only gripe I had was that some of the information is dated. For example, the Nose speed record is listed as Florine/Hirayama in 2002. Since then, it has been broken multiple times and has come down by...

This place has an incredible rock wall just inside the back entrance. There's alot of little offices but the exhibit is in what I believe is an old auditorium If I have my history right this is the golden high school. I was deeply moved to see the climbers of Yosemite John long, Lynn Hill etc ...I think they might have even had a picture...