Join us for this annual wine, beer, and spirits tasting event! Tickets include tastings, hors d'ouevres, and access to the entire museum. Read all about it! Features: >> Sandra Mark on Gurjistan wine. Mark, a retired geologist, grows grapes and makes wine with her husband on their small farm near Hotchkiss, Colorado. She recently traveled […]
Join this fun beer-making demonstration by local favorite Periodic Brewing.
Don't miss Lake County's social event of the winter season! Buy tickets today! Sample Colorado crafted wine, beer, and whiskey and enjoy light appetizers throughout the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum. Get an exclusive first look at our new temporary exhibit, Sequencing Through Time & Place: The Carissa Mine. The exhibition is a unique presentation of the physical, […]
Colorado author Tracy Beach presents yet another account of the life of Leadville's infamous Silver Queen, Baby Doe Tabor, in her new book Frozen to the Cabin Floor, The Autobiography of Baby Doe Tabor. Ms. Beach takes on previous portrayals of Elizabeth Bonduel "Baby Doe" Tabor as "crazy" and statements that Mrs. Tabor spent 36 […]
Enjoy a day celebrating Horace, Augusta, and Baby Doe Tabor! Join the event at all three Leadville sites: 11 a.m. - Get your summer on with a cookout at the Matchless Mine, where the Tabors first made their fortune. Enjoy musical act Birds on a Line, readings by best-selling authors Diane Brotemarkle, Ann Parker, and […]
Experience the Matchless Mine at night! Join us for stargazing, ghost stories, music, and s'more cookies around the "campfire." Shiver at ghost stories by storyteller Joan Veilleux, consult psychic Sarah Paige, and enjoy stargazing led by Myles Gallagher. The Matchless Mine has one of the best views of the night sky due to low light […]
Trick or Treat through the museum's hard rock mine (not a haunted house). Children must be accompanied by an adult.
The Miner’s Pick Gift Shop at the National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum Invites you to a LOGO REVEAL PARTY & COMMUNITY APPRECIATION DAY! Come help us celebrate our new name and enjoy getting out of the house ON US! IT’S A FREE DAY!!!! Play What’s In Your Backyard? with Fred Mark. Bring a rock or […]
Kolin Sperle, Lapidarian and Metalsmith, will be visiting the museum this Thursday, Friday & Saturday, July 1, 2nd & 3rd. IF YOU MAKE JEWELRY, THIS IS FOR YOU! Not only will Kolin be talking about his jewelry, but he is bringing BOXES FULL of special stones that he has collected from around the planet! He […]
Join us on Saturday, September 24th from 3-5pm to celebrate Baby Doe's Birthday! Free admission starting at 3pm, free birthday cake, and free gold panning! No RSVP required. We hope to see you at the Matchless Mine to celebrate!