WISHING YOU CONTINUED HEALTH AND SAFETY! From the PresidentA Special Thanks to Two Special VolunteersVolunteering is the essential for the Salida Museum. As an all-volunteer organization, we depend on our volunteers to keep the museum operational. Over the years we have had many volunteers, and we would like to recognize two very special volunteers, Judith …
WISHING YOU CONTINUED HEALTH AND SAFETY! Museum Open HouseThe Salida Museum will be presenting our 2024 Open House on Saturday, May 25, from 10am. to 4pm. Admission will be free and refreshments will be served. Of course, all the exhibits will be available for your inspection. Steve Chapman, local Salida historian, will be giving presentations …
WISHING YOU CONTINUED HEALTH AND SAFETY! A Note from the Museum Board Celebrating its 69th year, Salida museum continues to be a vital repository of our cultural heritage. Thanks for being a friend of the museum. Your support means everything. Your willingness to volunteer, we welcome with open arms! COVID is still with us, but …
WISHING YOU CONTINUED HEALTH AND SAFETY! A Note from the Museum Board After what seems to have been an especially long winter, with limited opening hours and three years of dealing with COVID – 19, your Salida Museum Board and volunteers are looking forward to a busy summer. With the help of some new volunteers, …
WISHING YOU CONTINUED HEALTH AND SAFETY! A Note from the Museum Board The worst of COVID appears to be over, and visitors are coming back to the museum. Slowly at first, but we had a good summer, and the trend is up. We have continued to correspond with friends who contact the website, and we …
WISHING YOU CONTINUED HEALTH AND SAFETY! A Note from the President I would like to personally thank all the volunteers and all the friends of the museum for keeping the Salida Museum viable and an ongoing part of Salida and the Upper Arkansas River Valley. Without your help and support it would not have been …
WISHING YOU HEALTH AND SAFETY! From the Board of Directors The Salida Museum has been closed to the public for more than a year now, but that doesn’t mean it’s been quiet inside. Volunteers and board members have been busy setting up displays, accepting “new” old items, answering inquiries and researching various topics.While COVID-19 has …
WISHING YOU HEALTH AND SAFETY! From the Board of Directors Dear Salida Museum Friends and Family, At this time, the Salida Museum has been closed for about seven months, unfortunately during our busy summer season. We are currently experiencing the predicted increase in COVID-19 cases in Chaffee County, and therefore we have no definite plan …
June, 2020 WISHING YOU HEALTH AND SAFETY! From the President Dear Salida Museum Friends and Family, Weeks have past since the Salida Museum, along with many businesses and other institutions in our town, state, country and worldwide, closed its doors temporarily with the COVID-19 stay-at home order. Normally we would be welcoming guests and giving tours …
A Sales Record of Pistols and Revolvers for a Salida sporting goods store just turned up and was donated to the museum. The names of people who purchased firearms in Colorado had to be recorded by law after 1911.