Sights in Breckenridge & Around
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Edwin Carter Museum
An award-winning museum that sheds light on a pioneer lured west by the Pike's Peak Gold Rush in 1858-9. He reached the blue river valley in 1860. An original environmentalist he noticed the impact of mining on wildlife early on, documenting genetic deformities (such as two-headed animals) he suspected were linked to leaching toxins.
He must have seen the handwriting on the wall because he became a taxidermist to preserve the wildlife he encountered in the area. At its height he had a collection of 3000 pieces, and displayed them in his house, which is now a museum. The 12ft ceilings, an anomaly in his day, were there to display his collection. What you'll see here is the…
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Rotary Snowplow Park
Not much of a park but notable for its display of a vintage narrow-gauge rotary plow and the locomotives that powered it up the famed, rugged, gut-wrenching Boreas Pass railroad (that track is one of the last remaining swatches) to keep gold-mining production open. This rail was a lifeline to miners, indie and corporate alike. Kids will dig it here.
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Lomax Placer Gulch
Here's a chance to pan for gold, learn how old mining-town chemists assayed the valuable claims and check out the actual sluices and flumes they used, as well as sniff around a miner's cabin, complete with wood-burning stove, musical instruments, snowshoes, pack saddles and anything else they might need to temper boredom and support their survival.
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Blue River Plaza
A beautifully landscaped riverside plaza with ample seating looking out onto the numbered peaks. There is sculpture, an old 19th century wagon, a small toddler sandbox and a murmuring stretch of the Blue River; the Breckinridge Welcome Center and bike path are just off the plaza. It's a fine place to sip coffee in the sun.
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Barney Ford Museum
Barney Ford was an escaped slave who became a prominent entrepeneur and Colorado civil-rights pioneer, and made two stops in Breckenridge over the course of his incredibly rich, tragic and triumphant life. The museum is set in his old home, which he built behind the boarding house. It's a can't-miss site.
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Tin Shop
Set in a historic home and part of the Breckenridge Arts District, this live-work studio space is offered to working artists to live, work and share their art for a week, two weeks or a month. Resident artists open their studio doors to the public and may sell their work here too.
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Summit Ski Museum
A relatively new addition to town, this small museum celebrates the first ski town in Colorado - that would be Breck - and the first century of Summit County skiing. There's a documentary video, vintage skis and gear, and the obligatory exhibit on the 10th Mountain Division.
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Quandary Antiques Cabin & Ceramic Studio
Part of the Breckenridge Arts District, this small ceramics studio is set in an old log cabin. It's open to the public three days a week. Out front are a gathering of excellent lodgpole, multi-media totems created by artist Harriet Hoffman and her students.
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Breckenridge Arts District
A block-long stretch of historic Breckenridge where you'll find the blossoming of a bouregoning arts scene. There's a live-work art space for visiting artists, a ceramic studio open to the public and a yoga studio. It's not much, but it's a start.
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