Who doesn't like free? The Greeley History Museum and Centennial Village have partnered with Smithsonian magazines Museum Day Live! event to offer up to two free admission tickets per household good for Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. For free admission, participants...
Year: 2014
Greeley Museums Heritage Foundation Starts Fall Membership Drive
Support the effort to preserve local history and consider joining the Greeley Museums Heritage Foundation (GMHF). GMHF started its fall membership drive this week and aims to provide funding and volunteer support for the Greeley History Museums. According to GMHF...
Potato Day Festival Scheduled for Saturday, September 13, 2014
Celebrate old time fun and historic activities at Potato Day, sponsored by the Greeley Museums Heritage Foundation, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Centennial Village Museum, 1475 A St. A baked potato with a choice of toppings is included with...
Fall Hours Begin at the City of Greeley’s Centennial Village
The City of Greeleys Centennial Village shifts into its fall hours starting this week. Hours are Fridays and Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays, 12 to 5 p.m., and will continue until Centennial Villages last day of the season on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014....
Thanks for the Maps Cases!
The City of Greeley History Museums Exhibits and Collections teams recently had the pleasure of relocated several map cases and a large shelving unit. The inspiration for all this moving was a donation of map cases from the USDA Weld County Farm Service Agency...
Making Manny the Mannequin: Week 4
Over the course of the last three weeks, Manny has gone from being an Ethafoam rectangle to a realistic (and appropriately dirty) beet laborer. After all that hard work, he waited patiently in the museums Exhibits Office before being relocated to his new home. By...
Enjoy Pets n Popsicles at Centennial Village
FOR RELEASE: August 1, 2014 The Greeley Museums Pets n Popsicles event has a new venue this year (2014). Previously held at Plumb Farm, Pets n Popsicles is now at Centennial Village, 1475 A St. The event runs through August 17, from 10 to 2 p.m. Admission is $2...
Internship: 3 Months
Recently as part of my internship with Greeley Museums I had the opportunity to assist moving three of the Meeker letters, currently on display at the Greeley History Museum. The letters are part of a collection long ago saved from the dumpster by a little boy who was...
Making Manny the Mannequin: Week 3
Over the last two weeks, I have been making a mannequin to represent the story of the sugar beet laborers that lived in Greeleys Spanish Colony neighborhood. My goal has been to allow the museums visitors to understand and appreciate the story of the laborers with...
Making Manny the Mannequin: Week 2
Last week, I completed the first phase of making a mannequin to be displayed in the Greeley History Museums upcoming exhibit about Greeleys Spanish Colony. My goal was to tell the story of the Spanish Colony sugar beet laborers without words or pictures. Every...