Western Museum of Mining & Industry

The tour guide was very knowledgeable of the progression of machines and the operation of each machine. All of the machines were in working order and were demonstrated during the tour.

Very fun and interesting place to visit! Enjoyed seeing all the old machinery being run and the grounds as well.

Super cool museum! They offer 2 tours everyday starting at 10 and 2pm (I think it's 2pm). I definitely recommend that you come during one of the tours. The tour lasted about 45 minutes and it was full of information. It was really nice to see all the large machinery in operation. The gentleman that gave the tour did a great job, you can tell he is really passionate about mining. They also offer a 15 minute video that talks about mining. The video was interesting because it really opens your eyes to how much we need mining in our lives.

I see so many five star reviews on here, I don't know what to say. Everyone else had a much different tour than we did. Apparently we got there late and instead of the man who took our money at the door telling us when the next tour was, he almost insisted we join the current tour. We never did see the intro video and had no idea how significant it was to understanding the rest of the tour.There was no sign posting when the tours took place. I asked how long the tour had been going on, and I got a very vague answer. We joined the existing tour and it lasted maybe 20 minutes longer. From most of these reviews I see that it takes about an hour and a half, so basically we felt like we were gyped. We had no idea what they were talking about as far as what the use of any of the machines were for. We walked through after the fact, but without a tour guide we didn't really know the significance of what we were looking at. My suggestion is if you go here make sure you start at the beginning of the tour to get educated as well as getting your moneys worth. Overall, I feel like I learned nothing from the tour from something I was looking forward to going on.

We came for the 10am tour. What an educational and neat tour of some amazing machinery used to produce our everyday products. Did not ever think as to how much mining plays a major role in our everyday process of manufacturing our most important daily products. We had Chip as our tour guy with another young gentleman handling the machinery. The mining machinery from small to large was amazing to see them in motion. They go through the daily life of a young and older miner in the late 1800's. They live demonstrate of the machinery was very neat to see along with the panning for gold! The kids loved panning for gold. Thanks for a great tour of what the importance of mining is to us in our everyday life. After the tour we had a small short video talking about the mining process which was very good and educational. Thanks again.

The tour was great! My young kids had a good time and we will be coming back. Ryan did an outstanding job with the tour.

My review is more for the tour guide than the museum, which is completely adequate and tells the story of mining quite well. Our guide, however, made the tour last at least twice as long as it should have with all his many pauses and pointed looks designed to deliver a message about government interference in mining. Evidently, to this guy, safety mandates had no point other than to make mining cost more. And don't get this guy started on the uselessness of the EPA or that the donkeys that worked in the mines at Cripple Creek didn't need to be brought to the surface twice a month (that cost the mine some money). After all, "pack animals aren't pets." It was just embarrassing how he thought we would all agree with him. Good grief, man, leave your political opinions outside and just give us the facts.

This is an incredible collection of mining tools and early engines. The docents are knowledgeable and add a lot to the experience; we took one of the scheduled tours and got to see the engines run, heard great information and learned a lot. We had three generations and we all loved it. This is a true Colorado Springs gem! You get to pan for gold! Go now!

Decided to pop in on a quiet Wednesday with nothing to do. What a great decision! We happened to come in time for the 1 o'clock tour of the museum and are so glad we made it in time. Ray was our tour guide and between his in-depth knowledge of all the different stuff and his funny sense of humor, we left with a smile on our faces and lots of new knowledge on different ores, mining history and machinery. The large machines were so interesting to look at, but then to find out that they all run was the cherry on top. A fun day for all ages! Thank you Ray for the amazing tour.

Great experience. Tour guide was extremely well versed on mining. I learned so much about the evolution of the industry, not to mention the admission charge was ridiculously inexpensive. Self guided tour of the grounds was also wonderful. I highly recommend taking 2 hours to experience the museum.