Share Your Holiday Traditions

As a part of the "Fort Collins Winter Traditions: Celebrations of Light" exhibit, the Fort Collins Museum is asking the community to share their stories of holiday tradition. The Fort Collins Celebration Project gives community members the opportunity to leave a recorded message in response to the question, "What part of your holiday tradition is most important to you?" Messages will become part of the project's website, www.ftcollinscelebration.wordpress.com, for all to enjoy. Share your story! Call 1-641-715-3900, ext. 94285.

Fort Collins Winter Traditions: Celebrations of Light

Please stop by to enjoy the "Celebrations of Light" exhibit, part of the City's Holiday Display. The exhibit features five outdoor interactive panels highlighting winter traditions in Fort Collins and throughout the world, including audio of community members talking about their own traditions. Inside the Museum, traditional holiday artifacts on loan from local residents are displayed. The exhibit closes February 1st, 2008.

Poor of Me, Good of Dog: The May Wilkins Collection

If, as we say, a picture is worth a thousand words, what stories does an 80 year old snapshot have to tell us about the moment captured within it? What personal and historical details are reflected in objects saved over an individual's lifetime? Explore these questions and more in the Fort Collins Museum exhibit, Poor of Me, Good of Dog: The May Wilkins Collection.

Soapstone Prairie Natural Area

The Fort Collins Museum, in conjunction with the Natural Areas Department, is working on an Oral History Project to capture the stories of the many people who have used the Soapstone Prairie land. Supported by a Preserve America grant from the National Park Service, this project will tell the stories of the Natives, ranchers, homesteaders and others who have used the land. Watch the video, and call the Museum at 221-6738 for more information.

Local History Archive Celebrates with "Snapshots of Sandstone" Exhibition

The Local History Archive is celebrating the one-year anniversary in its new home at the Fort Collins Museum with a new exhibit entitled Snapshots of Sandstone: A Pictorial History of the Fort Collins Museum Building. Featuring over 40 archival images dating from the 1880s to the 1970s, the exhibit traces the rich history of the 104-year old Carnegie building from its roots as the public library building to the present day as the Fort Collins Museum. Call the Museum at 221-6738 for more information. Image: 1944 Magic Show in Carnegie Library Building auditorium, where Fort Collins Museum is today