Cripple Creek District Museum

This was a fabulous museum tour we took while in the incredible and very old city of Cripple Creek. This is a beautiful gold rush era mountain town up around 10k feet. This museum used to be a working train station and as such has some very interesting stories and artifacts. It's like stepping in time 150 years and seeing how people once lived and conducted themselves. I could damn near feel the ghosts in this city and this museum. The price was extremely reasonable and worth every cent. There several floors to explore and I left was a better understanding of the lives of my great great grand parents. If you find yourself in Cripple Creek, I highly recommend visiting this museum.

This is a fabulous museum, consisting of the Midland Terminal Railway Depot, the Colorado Trading and Transfer, the Assay Office, as well as (2) Miner's Cabins. You can really take as long as you want to your all the buildings and the grounds, which are all grouped together within about a one square block area. Wife and I just loved the place. It was a bit on the quiet side, so we felt like we weren't rushed, and employees explained things as we went along. For instance, I didn't know prior who Ralph Carr was, and how important he was to the area (Cripple Creek) and it's developement.Yep, there are restrooms on site, and the were even clean! I know you get tired or hearing me speak of restrooms in my reviews, but travelers find this an important issue!

We did the Escape Room with our two 16 yo kids. SO FUN!! Highly recommend! The intermediate is challenging (and, um, educational...shhh!). We will never forget the name of the Bank President! Lol!

It looked like a pretty amazing museum that included several different buildings and lots of different displays (I got there late in the day and did not go in this time)

Such a wonderful historic perspective of this amazing town. Friendly hosts and lots of information. Plan to spend at least an hour or two to enjoy all the different room. And don't skip the gift shop. Reasonable with so many wonderful books and souvenirs

I was more than a little bit heartbroken when the jail museum was closed on the day we were in Cripple Creek due to a broken heating system. I'm sure it would have been a wonderful experience, but the District Museum more than made up for it, in my mind.The museum itself is an impressive and comprehensive collection of everything that ever was Cripple Creek. From century-old slot machines, to small pieces of memorabilia, to photographs and stories of the town's notable residents, and more and more and more ad infinitum, I could have spent HOURS here, if I'd had them to spend. The place is built inside an old railroad station and the top floor, which once served as housing for the station's staff, is furnished to look like a Victorian apartment. In addition, there are several attached buildings (two cabins, a blacksmith shop, and another museum building) that you can wander around.Of note here was the museum's docent who was absolutely exceptional. He had a wealth of knowledge about the history of Cripple Creek and the surrounding areas, which he was eager and happy to share and called our attention to some fascinating pieces in the exhibit that we would never have noticed, filling us in on their juicy and sometimes bizarre back stories.Go here!

This museum is full of interesting artifacts but we didn't stay long enough to see it all because one of the workers was so rude that I left and didn't want to finish. I later found out the same lady was rude to the rest of my party. We were all so turned off by our experience that we didn't stay longer than 10 min.