PHOTO: Pikes Peak Automobile Company on the Pikes Peak Toll Road in 1910

The Pikes Peak Museum is a collection of exhibits in several locations around Woodland Park. Groups of any size or age are welcome, including school field trips, family and church groups, and scout troops. If you would like to bring a large group, please give us as much advance notice as possible so we can schedule our volunteer docents to help you. Please contact us at our office to schedule your visit. Small groups and individuals are welcome to stop by our office to request an impromptu tour at any time.

The Ute Pass Historical Society is a volunteer, non-profit organization. We appreciate your donations to support our museum. For adult groups of ten people or more we request a donation of $2.00 per person. For youth groups of ten or more we ask for $3.00 per child. This includes a museum tour and the activity book "People of Ute Pass". Chaperones are free. For a youth tour without the activity book, we ask for $1.00 per child.

UTE PASS HISTORY PARK

Ute Pass History Park holds most of our collection. It is a group of five historic buildings located behind the Woodland Park Library near the intersection of Laurel and Henrietta streets. The Immer Cabin has displays on the history of public life in Ute Pass communities, including exhibits about churches and schools, rodeo and dude ranches, the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, and more. The Museum Center houses our historic photographs and archives, which are available for research, and our meeting space for events. The Brockhurst Cabin is set up as a family home to show what life was like during the settlement of Ute Pass in the late 1800’s. The Calaboose was Woodland Park’s original jail and is currently being restored. The Carroll Den has exhibits on the Colorado Midland Railway and its impact on the lives of people in Ute Pass.

Ute Pass History Park is open on the second Saturdays of May through September from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. or by appointment any time of the year. Please contact us at our office to schedule a visit.

UPHS MUSEUM, OFFICE & GIFT SHOP

Our Gift Shop can be found at the corner of Laurel and East Midland Streets in front of the Woodland Park Library. Our collection of Ute artifacts is exhibited here, and includes a boy’s cradleboard and examples of Ute beadwork. It can easily be included in a visit to History Park.

The new phone in the Gift Shop is 719-686-0171. The Gift Shop hours are now Monday through Saturday from 10:00 to 2:30.

Our office is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. We are closed for most federal holidays, the last week of November, and the last two weeks of December.  Office phone is 719-686-7512

WOODLAND  PARK LIBRARY

The Woodland Park Library has a local history display with items from the UPHS collections outside of the Colorado Resource Room on the third floor.  The current display includes Native American artifacts, many from the Ute people.  This exhibit can be seen during Woodland Park Library hours. Inside the Colorado Room, many books from the UPHS collection are available for research. Contact the library at (719) 687-9281 or www.rampart.colibraries.org for their hours of operation.

CENTENNIAL TRAILHEAD

Located at 710 West Midland Avenue in Woodland Park, the Centennial Trailhead has exhibits on the early economic development of Ute Pass. The displays introduce you to the Native Americans, ranchers, ice-cutters, lumbermen, tourists, and miners who helped develop the area. This facility also has maps and public restrooms, and is the trailhead for the paved foot and bike trail to Manitou Lake. It is open every day from approximately dawn until dusk. Docent-led tours are available by contacting the UPHS office.

OTHER DISPLAYS

UPHS has items on loan for public display at other sites around the Pikes Peak Region. These include:

·  A Pikes Peak Hill Climb race car, owned and driven by Gene Pacheco.  It is on display during business hours at the Gemini Goodyear Auto Service Center, 125 S. Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO.
·  A Pikes Peak Hill Climb race car, owned and driven by Bobby Donner.  It is on display during museum hours in the lobby of the Pioneers Museum, 217 S. Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO.
·   Two restored 1890’s buggies, on display at Cascade Resort Communities, PPC, located at 4455 Fountain Avenue, Cascade, CO during business hours.
·   An ice saw and a potato hauling wagon, on outdoor display at the Pikes Peak Community Club, located at  11122 US Hwy 24, Divide, CO.
·   A restored ranch wagon, on outdoor display, on the lawn at City of Woodland Park’s City Hall, at 220 W. South Avenue in Woodland Park, CO.