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  • Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park®
  • Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin
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  • Ute Indian Museum

1835 fur-trading fort

What to See

Museum Exhibits

The museum's permanent exhibits feature Plains Indian, mountain man, and fur trade objects, dioramas, and a display about the archaeological excavations of the 1960s. A Cheyenne tipi, museum store, information center, and roadside marker are also part of the complex.

Tribal Paths Online

This online exhibit looks at major events in the history of American Indians in Colorado over the past five centuries—trade networks; encounters with newcomers; the removal of tribes to reservations; the children’s experience with boarding schools; and the American Indian civil rights movement.