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- Wondering what to cook for the holidays? We’ve got you covered. Enjoy these recipes from the CSPM Archives!
- Women’s History Month 2021
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- Van Briggle Pottery in Colorado Springs
- Una Familia Grande: The Conejos Neighborhood Project
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- The Bloomer Girl
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- Table Captain Toolkit
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- September Volunteer of the Month: Pat Lewis
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- Saying Farewell but not Goodbye
- Retrospect: The CSPM Annex
- Report from the CSPM Archives: The Cemetery Ledger Digitization and Transcription Project
- Remembering Joyce Vogel
- Recognizing Our 2024 Fall Interns
- RACE the opera – A real-life American superhero from Colorado Springs
- Purple Mountain Majesty II
- Progress on the Way: Construction Updates From the Collections Team
- Preserving Palmer’s Cassone
- Preserving Local Art: New Donation to the Regional Art Collection
- Preservation Month 2024
- Practicing the Vocation of Clairvoyancy
- Pieces of History: The James F. “Jimmie” Burns Collection
- Pharmacies: On Nearly Every Corner
- October Volunteer of the Month: Timothy Johnson
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- October is Arts Month
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- November Volunteer of the Month: Barbara Knox
- November Volunteer of the Month: Barbara Carpenter
- November Volunteer of the Month: Ana Legg
- New Banners at the CSPM
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- National Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15 – October 15
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month and Blind Awareness Month
- N = New Deal
- Mountaineers Make Great Researchers: AdAmAn Club Prepares for 100th Anniversary
- More Than Just a Number – Celebrating Our Volunteers
- Molly McCandless and Rachel Olas: 2024 Sprague Scholarship Recipients
- Meet Alex Archuleta
- May Volunteer of the Month: Tanja Britton
- Mary Mashburn
- Mars Kelly, CSPM Education Intern
- Marketing The City of Sunshine
- March Volunteer of the Month: Susan Conde
- March Volunteer of the Month: Nancy Bernard
- March Volunteer of the Month: Kassandra Merryfield
- March Volunteer of the Month: Georgia Martinez
- Lunar New Year: From Family Traditions to Statewide Recognition
- Looking Forward to 2026!
- Looking Back at the 2022 Lecture Series
- Lon Chaney
- Local Tuskegee Airman: Randolph Edwards
- Lillian Kerr
- Lessons in Face Painting: 2024 Volunteer of the Year – Sandra Meagher
- Leon Young
- Latvian Freedom Fountain
- Language is Connection- Sprague Scholarship Winner
- Kirches AdAmAn Backpack
- Kimberly Mitchell, Museum Store Volunteer
- June Volunteer of the Month: Lynn Barber
- June Volunteer of the Month: Bob Freeman
- July Volunteer of the Month: Jessie Leach
- July Volunteer of the Month: Fred Morgan
- July Volunteer of the Month: Admin Volunteers
- In Remembrance: Thomiana Davis & Larry Schaefer
- In Memoriam Jo Orsborn
- Igniting Curiosity – 2023 Junior Docents
- HVAC System Update
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- How is the CSPM preparing for the HVAC Renovation?
- History Education in a Virtual World
- History Detective & Museum Discovery Camps
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- Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 – October 15, 2023
- Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 – October 15, 2022
- Harry Gautsche Memorial
- H=Hanna Ranch
- Go See Dr. Webb in Colorado Springs!
- Gift of History 2024
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- Gift of History 2020 Success
- Gift of History 2020 Leaders
- Gazebo Preservation Project
- Food Truck Tuesdays 2025
- February Volunteer of the Month: Jane Flowers
- February Volunteer of the Month: Eric Billig
- Farewell to Dedicated Board and Committee Members
- F=Floyd Lindstrom
- Enjoy History Outdoors
- Emree Lamb, 2023 Sprague Scholarship Recipient
- Ellen Thommesen, Marketing Committee Chair
- Educational Videos
- E = Esther Geoffrey
- Donor Spotlight: The Suthers Family Fund
- Donor Spotlight: The Chapman Foundation
- Donor Spotlight: Sue Laabs- Investing in the Museum’s Past, Present, and Future
- Donor Spotlight: State Historical Fund
- Donor Spotlight: Purple Mountain Group at Morgan Stanley
- Donor Spotlight: Pikes Peak Heritage Series
- Donor Spotlight: Percy Pellerin, Michelle Bourgeois, and Juanita Stroud Martin
- Donor Spotlight: PAYO, Performing Arts for Youth Organization
- Donor Spotlight: Lane Foundation
- Donor Spotlight: Gary Conover
- Donor Spotlight: Dr. Jose Rizal Legacy International Foundation
- Donor Spotlight: D.A. Davidson Companies, MB Legacy Group
- Donor Spotlight: CSNA Architects
- Donor Spotlight: Clock Tower Society 2023
- Donor Spotlight: Clock Tower Society
- Donor Spotlight: Bill and Frankie Tutt
- Donor Spotlight
- Dolores Holler – A Tireless Advocate
- Did you know?– The CSPM cares for Public Art
- Diana Del Valle, CSPM Intern
- December Volunteers of the Month: The Girl Scouts of Colorado
- December Volunteer of the Month: Chrys Fotenos
- December Volunteer of the Month – Joyce Morgan
- Dave Sansone – Volunteer of the Month
- CSPM Volunteer Collections from Home
- CSPM Staff Updates
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- CSPM Staff Updates
- CSPM One Step Closer to Reopening
- CSPM is Open
- CSPM Board Updates
- Creativity & Connection: July Volunteer of the Month
- Conserving the Division III Courtroom Mural
- Congratulations to Leah Davis Witherow
- Completing the Sustainable Preservation Project
- Commemorating the 150th Through Artifacts
- Commemorating Black History Month with the CSPM
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum Foundation Board
- Collections Update: Van Briggle Photography Project
- City’s First Public Art Master Plan
- City of Sunshine Video Tour
- Christmas Memories
- Chester Gore, November Volunteer of the Month
- Charles Smith
- Charles Banks
- Chalktober in Alamo Square Park
- Celebrating Women’s History Month: Inspiring Stories featured at the CSPM
- Celebrating Preservation Month: Selections from the CSPM Archives
- Celebrating Our COS@150 Collaborators
- Celebrating Native American History Month in Colorado Springs
- Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
- Caring for Tubercular Invalids: Florence Standish R.N.
- Campaign for the Cure
- C=Current
- Black Business Month
- Betty Waldron Memorial
- B is for Buffalo Soldiers
- August Volunteers of the Month
- August Volunteer of the Month: Sandra Meagher
- August Volunteer of the Month: Madeleine Panek
- August Volunteer of the Month: Karah Binkowski
- August 2024 Volunteers of the Month – Gallery Attendants
- Attendees tackled trivia questions at History Happy Hour
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2021
- Amy Miller, Museum Education Intern
- America’s Prima Ballerina: Maria Tallchief, Osage
- Agatha Costa Dekker, Collections Volunteer
- Accessibility at the CSPM
- A Summer of Discovery
- A Stroll Through Local History – October Volunteer Recognition
- A New Way to Explore History on the Go
- A Letter from the Museum Director
- A Donation in Three Parts
- A Crane arrives at the 1903 El Paso County Courthouse
- A Brief History of
Colorado Springs - A Beloved Holiday Tradition: Festival of Lights
- 50% of the Story Program Series
- 2024 Reflection
- 2023 Volunteers of the Year – Joyce & Fred Morgan
- 2023 Reflection
- 2023 CSPM Board
- 2022 Sprague Scholarship – Congratulations, Rachel Lewis!
- 2021 Volunteers of the Year: Shirley Kempcke & John Orsborn
- 2021 Sesquicentennial Scholar Series
- 2020 Volunteer of the Year – John Harner
- 2020 Scholar Series
- 2019 Volunteer of the Year
- “Concert for Ukraine” Film Screening
- “A Legacy of Courage and Conviction” – 2025 Sprague Scholarship
- “A Few of My Favorite Things”
COS@ 150
- World War II
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- Women in Colorado Springs
- Winfield Scott Stratton
- William A. Bell
- Waldo Canyon and Black Forest Fires
- Venetucci Pumpkin Farm
- Vatican of the West
- Van Briggle
- Ute Theatre
- Urban Renewal
- United States Olympic Committee
- United States Air Force Academy
- UCCS
- Trails, Open Space and Parks
- Trails and Open Space Coalition
- Thomas MacLaren
- The Sachs Foundation
- The Ochs Brothers
- The Knulls
- The Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
- The City of Sunshine
- The Archuleta Family
- TABOR
- Street Railway
- Street Breakfast
- Space Foundation
- Sky Sox
- Sinton Dairy
- Shan Kive
- Ron Stallworth
- Rodeo
- Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival
- RISE| Southeast
- Reverend Sherman Coolidge
- Reverend Dr. Milton Proby
- Pythian Sisters
- Poor Richard’s
- Polo
- Pikes Peak Signal Station
- Pikes Peak Marathon
- Pikes Peak Hill Climb
- Pikes Peak Community College
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- Papeton
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- New Deal in Colorado Springs
- NAACP
- Myron Stratton Home
- Municipal Utilities
- Mountain Scars
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- Midland Railway
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- Mayors of Colorado Springs
- Maude McFerran Price
- Marshall Sprague
- Manitou Incline
- Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway
- Looart Press & Current
- Lloyd “Pappy” Shaw
- Liquor
- La Fiesta Bonita
- Ku Klux Klan
- KRDO
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- Kelley Dolphus Stroud
- Katharine Lee Bates
- Julie Penrose
- Judy Noyes
- Jefferson Davis Family
- Imagination Celebration
- Homestake Reservoir
- Homelessness
- Holly Sugar
- Hibbard’s
- Hewlett Packard
- Goose Gossage
- Golden Lotus Foundation
- Garden of the Gods Visitor’s Center
- Garden of the Gods
- Franklin Macon
- Flying W Ranch
- Fine Arts Center
- Fannie Mae Duncan
- EPA Lawsuits
- ENT Air Force Base
- El Pomar Foundation
- El Paso Canal
- Downtown Partnership
- Denver & Rio Grande Railway
- Cripple Creek Labor Strikes
- COVID-19
- Corral Bluffs
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- Colorado Springs Philharmonic
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- Colorado Springs Independent
- Colorado Springs High School
- Colorado Springs Gazette
- Colorado Springs for POWs
- Colorado Springs Fire Department
- Colorado Springs Day Nursery
- Colorado Springs Company
- Colorado Springs City Flag
- Colorado College
- Clifford Nakata
- City For Champions
- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
- Cheyenne Cañon
- Charles Tutt and Spencer Penrose
- Charles Aiken
- Carnegie Library
- Care & Share
- Camp Carson
- Burns Theater
- Brown Bombers
- Broadmoor Art Academy
- Broadmoor
- Bristol Brewing
- Boys Club
- Bob Telmosse Christmas Giveaway
- Black Newspapers
- Black Lives Matter
- Bill Boddington
- Beth El Hospital
- Banning Lewis Ranch
- Banks in Colorado Springs
- Balloon Classic
- Automobile Sociability Tour
- Authors & Artists
- Art on the Streets
- Antler’s Hotel
- Annexation of Colorado City
- Amendment 64
- Amendment 2
- Alexander Film Company
- Al Hill
- AdAmAn Club
- 2008 Economic Crisis
- 19th Amendment
- 1935 Memorial Day Flood
- 1918-1919 Influenza Epidemic
- 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry
- “Mama” Susie Perkins
Events
- Young Chautauqua Experience
- Young Chautauqua Experience
- Workshop Performance of RACE the Opera
- VIRTUAL Lunch & Learn: How Does Poetry Heal and Save Lives?
- VIRTUAL Lecture: Sense of Place in Colorado Springs
- Virtual Lecture: Quenching Our Thirst – Population Growth and Water System Development
- Virtual Lecture: Katharine Lee Bates’ Vision of Colorado, America, and Womanhood
- VIRTUAL Lecture: Celebrating the Penrose Legacy on the 80th Anniversary of Penrose Heritage Museum
- Summer Family Fun Day
- Summer Family Fun Day
- Summer Family Fun Day
- Starsmore Center for Local History Closes
- SOLD OUT! Lunch & Learn: Charles Perkins & The Garden of the Gods Park
- SOLD OUT: Making Memories Downtown History Stroll
- SOLD OUT- LECTURE: A Touch of Colorado Springs’ Black History
- Sold Out- History Happy Hour: Trivia Night
- SOLD OUT – Silent Film Soirée
- SOLD OUT – Making Memories Downtown History Stroll
- SOLD OUT – LECTURE: The Paradoxes of Politics in Colorado Springs
- SOLD OUT – LECTURE: Colorado Springs’ Women Everyone Should Know
- SOLD OUT – LECTURE: Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue
- SOLD OUT – Lecture Series: The First Ascent: Ten Thousand Years of Native American Occupation in the Colorado Mountains
- SOLD OUT – Festival of Lights Kit Pick Up
- SOLD OUT – Festival of Lights Kit Pick Up
- Remembering the New Deal in the Pikes Peak Region
- Pikes Peak Pride
- New Volunteer Information Session
- Museum Store Sale
- Museum Closed– Thanksgiving Day
- Museum Closed – Veterans Day
- Museum Closed – Thanksgiving Day
- Museum Closed
- Museum Closed
- Museum Closed
- Museum Closed
- Museum Closed
- Museum Closed
- Museum Closed
- Museum Closed
- Museum Closed
- Middle School Museum Discovery Summer Camp (6th-8th Grade)
- Making Memories Downtown History Stroll
- Lunch and Learn: Major Henry McAllister and Leadership in the Early Fountain Colony
- Lunch & Learn: Lost & Preserved in Colorado Springs
- Lunch & Learn: How Did Space Exploration Shape Colorado Springs?
- Lunch & Learn: Back in the Day
- Little Learners: Whisk, Chop, Sizzle
- Little Learners: What to Wear
- Little Learners: We All Belong
- Little Learners: Toys & Games
- Little Learners: Tinkering with Tools
- Little Learners: The Great Outdoors
- Little Learners: Storing Stuff
- Little Learners: Never Let a Unicorn Scribble!
- Little Learners: Left Foot, Right Foot
- Little Learners: Hats Off to History
- Little Learners: Get Your Game On
- Little Learners: Curious Kids
- Little Learners
- Little Learners
- LECTURE: Walls of Resistance: Placemaking and the Chicana/ o /x Murals of Colorado
- LECTURE: On the Edge of Purgatory: An Archaeology of Place in Hispanic Colorado
- LECTURE: 25 Years of Saving Places in Colorado: State and Local Perspectives
- Lecture Series: The Women Ferry Pilots of WWII
- Lecture Series: The Quiet Impact of Colorado Springs’ Dorothy Kemp Heller
- Lecture Series: Something Like Treason
- Lecture Series: History and Policymaking in Territorial Colorado 1861-1876
- Lecture Series: Gay Pride and Resistance in Colorado Springs
- Lecture Series: Elevating Youth Voices in the Pikes Peak Region
- Lecture Series: Black History Series – Legacy Matters & The Art of History
- Last Food Truck Tuesday
- Last Day to Visit the 1903 El Paso County Courthouse
- In-Person Lunch and Learn: How do you write a book about the place personality of Colorado Springs?
- History Stroll: Women’s Voices, Women’s Lives
- History Stroll: The Great Outdoors & AdAmAn Alley
- History Happy Hour: Trivia Night
- History Detectives: Walk a Mile in Their Shoes
- History Detectives: Toys & Games
- History Detectives: Tools of the Trade
- History Detectives: Pawsitively Pets!
- History Detectives: Hats Off to History
- History Detectives: Green Spaces
- History Detectives: Get Your Game On
- History Detectives: From Tesla to the Moon!
- History Detectives: Cultural Crossroads
- History Detectives: Cook, Eat, Repeat!
- History Detectives: Containing History
- History Detectives: Clothing Talks
- History Detectives Summer Camp (Grades 3rd – 5th)
- History Detectives
- Halloween History Hunt
- Guided Tour
- Guided Tour
- Gift of History Making Memories Downtown History Stroll
- Gift of History Making Memories Downtown History Stroll
- Gift of History Family Fun Day
- Gift of History 2021
- Food Truck Tuesdays Kick Off
- Food Truck Tuesday Season Kick Off
- Food Truck Tuesday
- Food Truck Tuesday
- Food Truck Tuesday
- Food Truck Tuesday
- Food Truck Tuesday
- Food Truck Tuesday
- Film Screening: Concert for Ukraine
- Festival of Lights Kit Pick Up – Kits still available!
- Festival of Lights Family Fun Day
- Family Fall Crawl
- Family Fall Crawl
- Day of Dance Family Fun Day
- CSPM Annex Opens at Plaza of the Rockies
- CANCELLED – Little Learners
- Black History Tour
- Black History Live: Josephine Baker
- Annual Holiday Light Show
- 2023 School Program Volunteer Orientation
- “Evidence” Exhibit Closes
- Food Truck Tuesday
- Summer Family Fun Day
- History Stroll: The Great Outdoors & AdAmAn Alley
- Museum Store Sale
- Little Learners
- History Detectives
- Little Learners
- Guided Tour
- Making Memories Downtown History Stroll
- History Detectives Summer Camp (Grades 3rd – 5th)
- Middle School Museum Discovery Summer Camp (6th-8th Grade)
- Guided Tour