Historical Museum
6028 South Gallup Street
Littleton, CO 80120
Ph: 303-795-3950
Fax: 303-730-9818
Hours: Tu-F 8am-5pm;
Sat 10am-5pm;
Sun 1-5pm;
Closed Mondays & holidays
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Events at the Littleton Historical Museum
The Littleton Historical Museum hosts several annual events which are sponsored by Friends of the Library and the museum. Annual events include a free summer concert series; a yearly craft fair held the first Saturday in October; a harvest festival where children can select their own pumpkin on the second Saturday in October; and A Holiday's Eve in early December. For details about individual events, call the Littleton Historical Museum at 303-795-3950.
*Museum hours: Tuesday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm; Saturday, 10 am-5 pm; Sunday 1-5 pm; closed Mondays and holidays.
Upcoming and recent events
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1/14/2009
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7:00 pm –
8:00 pm* |
Book Report - A Time of Our Own: In Celebration of Women |
Free and open to the public |
A Time of Our Own: In Celebration of Women over Sixty
By Elinor Miller Greenberg
A Time of Our Own: In Celebration of Women over Sixty is coauthored by Elinor Miller Greenberg and Fay Wadsworth Whitney and speaks to a generation of women who were the pacesetters in creating new ways to balance family, work, and community activities as they encounter another era in their lives. It is also an essential guide for the baby boomers now turning sixty. Acknowledging that at age sixty a fresh set of life issues begins to appear, Greenberg and Whitney, through extensive interviews, research, and professional and personal experiences, address such subjects as:
The concept of the third third of life
Redefining and reinventing life after sixty
New roles, responsibilities, and relationships after sixty, including the roles of religion and spirituality
Work and volunteerism
Money matters
Health issues
Losses, regrets, and gains at this stage of life
New attitudes and advice to baby boomers
The future
Greenberg will relate how never before have people lived so long with such an abundance of resources at their disposal. There has never been a time in which women, in every phase of life, have had the opportunities that they have today. The book explores and celebrates the lives of contemporary women who are redefining and reinventing the third and final chapter of their lives
Elinor Miller Greenberg is a designer and administrator of innovative higher education programs for adults. She has authored, coauthored, or edited nine books and numerous articles and pamphlets.
Fay Wadsworth Whitney is a career nurse practitioner and nursing faculty member. She is professor emeritus of nursing at the Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing at the University of Wyoming.
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1/30/2009
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3/1/2009
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8:00 am –
8:00 am* |
Littleton Fine Arts Committee's Eye of the Camera Exhibition |
Free and open to the public |
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2/5/2009
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7:00 pm –
8:00 pm* |
First Thursday Lecture - Some Northern Douglas County Ranche |
Tickets on sale now $5 public; $4 FOLM members |
Some Northern Douglas County Ranches
By Wayne and Max Smith
Wayne, Dale and Max Smith were reared on a ranch in north central Oklahoma. Even though they all three ended up in the Denver area, they kept their love of ranch life alive by researching and talking to former ranchers in the Arapahoe and Douglas counties. Wayne lived near several of those ranches and Dale rode his horse on most of them. Max met many of those ranchers through his wife Donna and her father Everett Dawson, long-time Littleton residents.
It is amazing how fast these ranches disappeared in just a couple of decades. What was once open rolling hills are now some of the biggest suburbs in the state. Max will give their research findings, Wayne will answer questions about his experience living next to these ranches and their late brother Dales photographs will be shown.
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2/18/2009
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7:00 pm –
8:00 pm* |
Book Report - Colorado Industries of the Past |
Free and open to the public |
Colorado Industries of the Past by William L. Reich
Come on a trip to the past and follow the progress of the bygone industries of Colorado. Even though all the products once produced locally are still in use today, they're no longer made in our state. Find out how our cities developed into what they are today because of the entrepreneurial efforts of our forebears, and why these industries are no longer here.
The 59ers who came to Colorado for gold were accompanied by entrepreneurs who had learned in California the value of services and products required for a full-fledged gold rush. Businesses flourished as the miners spent their gold dust on the supplies necessary for survival and for what pleasure could be found after a hard day of work. Towns had to be self-sufficient due to the lack of transportation, hence the need for flour mills, breweries, cigar manufacturing, sawmills, spur and saddle making, food canning, dress making, and ice houses, to name a few.
Native Coloradoan Bill Reich grew up along the Front Range of the Rockies. He graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1965 with Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Management and Mechanical Engineering.
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2/26/2009
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7:00 pm –
8:00 pm* |
Classical Concert |
Limited seating, free tickets are necessary and may be obtained at the museum |
TBA |
4/15/2009
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7:00 pm –
8:30 pm* |
Celebrate Jazz! Janney Jareck |
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*Museum hours: Tuesday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm; Saturday, 10 am-5 pm; Sunday 1-5 pm; closed Mondays and holidays.
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