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Exhibits
The Museum presents about four temporary exhibits per year in
addition to its permanent exhibit, Tracks in Time, which details the Estes Park
area's history. See the schedule below for current and upcoming temporary
exhibits.
Current Exhibits
Tracks in Time
The Museum's award-winning permanent exhibit on the history of the Estes Park area,
from the Ice Age to today.
Rocky Mountain Elk: A Local History
In the main gallery October 2 through April 10, 2010. Rocky Mountain
Elk: A Local History explores how elk came to live in the Estes valley and their
tremendous impact here. Objects on display include historic photographs,
artwork, and collectible souvenirs. Interactive stations encourage
learning about the animal throughout the exhibit.
Patchwork Storytellers
Through January 3, 2010 in the National Park Service
Headquarters Building at the Museum.
| Have you ever taken time to get to know a quilt? These
intricate works of art speak to us through fabrics, colors and detailed
patterns. Many quilts are much more than patchwork -- they are
imaginative storytellers. The Estes Park Museum invites you to get to
know some historic quilts by visiting a new temporary exhibit, Patchwork
Storytellers. The Community Quilting Bee will give everyone, children
and adults, a chance to make a quilt together. After designing and
decorating personalized paper quilt patches, visitors can place them in
the community quilt for display throughout the exhibit. |
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Estes Park in the '60s
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New!
Remember the days of shag carpeting, wide ties, Andy Griffith and console
television sets? For baby boomers, their Generation X offspring and everyone
beyond, the Estes Park Museum introduces a new addition to Tracks in
Time, the permanent exhibit that describes the history of Estes Park.
The 1960s exhibit includes objects from the Museum’s permanent collection.
Important contributions to community history of the era are included such as
textiles, a variety of community records including yearbooks, business
advertisements, photos and popular entertainment. |
Future
Exhibits
Artists-In-Residence II
A second exhibit featuring works from Rocky
Mountain National Park's Artist-In-Residence program. See the
many facets of this successful program that the National Park has hosted every
year since1984. Works on display include literature, paintings,
sculptures, photography and music celebrating the holistic influence the National Park can have on the visitor. The first exhibit of this
kind took place in 2002 and 2003. Artists-In-Residence II will be
in the National Park Service Building at the Museum and runs from
January 29, 2010 through July 3, 2010.
The Stirling
Legacy
Delve into the artistic legacy left behind by Dave
and Jack Stirling of Estes Park. This father and son artistic duo is
often remembered for their personalities, artistic representations, and
created characters. The exhibit will be featured in the Main
Gallery of the Museum and will run from May 7, 2010 through April 10,
2011.
In the Footsteps
of Isabella Bird: Adventures in Twin Time Travel
Kyoto University professor, Kiyonori Kanasaka,
brings his long-time interest in Isabella Bird’s world travels to the
Estes Park Museum. After retracing her journeys, Kanasaka has produced
a photographic compilation of what the lands spanning the continents
look like today. Explore these incredible photographs that bring the
words of Bird’s voyages alive and compare what has happened to her
destinations well over a hundred years later. Kanasaka's work has
been displayed in Kyoto, Edinburgh, London, and Shanghai. His
first show in the United States will be on display in the National Park Service Headquarters at the
Estes Park Museum from
July 16, 2010 to January 17, 2011.
Isabella Bird's photograph of the
south gate of South Korea and Kiyonori Kanasaka's modern photo of the
east gate.
Bird's photo was duplicated from her
book Korea and her Neighbours (London, 1898).
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