Aspen Historical Society Summer Tours

ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOURS SUMMER 2008

In keeping with "Green" thinking, tour transportation will be by electric car, sponsored by ResortQuest and Coates Reid & Waldron Real Estate.

Guided/Walking Tour Information

The Wheeler/Stallard Museum Tours:
Take a trip back in time through the Wheeler/Stallard Museum’s Victorian Aspen exhibit.
New in the summer of 2007, this exhibit features period furniture and artifacts along with tales of the many storied characters that have owned or occupied this residence since 1889. Docents are available to take visitors through the house, answer questions or provide information of historical significance.

Time: Tuesday through Saturday from 1 – 5 p.m.

Location:
Wheeler/Stallard Museum Gardens
620 West Bleeker Street
Tel: 970.925.3721
info@aspenhistory.org
www.aspenhistory.org

The Wheeler / Stallard Museum Garden Tour
Explore the Wheeler/Stallard Gardens and Ruth Whyte Park throughout the summer and fall months. The gardens feature heirloom vegetation, native trees and unique plantings as well as quiet picnic spots and a variety of board and lawn games for public use.

Time: Tuesday through Saturday from 1 – 5pm.

Location:
Wheeler/Stallard Museum Gardens
620 West Bleeker Street
Tel: 970.925.3721
info@aspenhistory.org
www.aspenhistory.org


Aspen West End Walking Tours
Get the inside scoop on Aspen’s most notable Victorian architecture. Learn little-known facts about the homes themselves, who lived where and what may be buried inside or underneath! Homes include those of H.P. Cowenhoven, Eugene Wilder, John Crosby, Jerome Wheeler and L.A. Brown and others.

Time: To schedule a tour call 970.925.3721

Tickets:
$10/person
Private tours available $250

Location:
Tours start at the Wheeler/Stallard Museum
620 West Bleeker Street
Tel: 970.925.3721
info@aspenhistory.org


The Holden / Marolt Guided Tour
Aspen’s mining boom lasted less than two decades, yet the story of mining in the Roaring Fork Valley lives on at the Holden/Marolt Mining and Ranching Museum. The Museum offers more than 20 exhibits and displays providing a fascinating tale of silver’s boom and bust.

Time: Call ahead to schedule a tour. 925-3721

Tickets:
$6 Adults/$5 seniors (admission fee also includes the Wheeler/Stallard Museum) Children under 12 FREE.
Group and family rates available

Location:
Just over the pedestrian bridge off Music School Lane
Downtown Self-Guided Tours

Self Guided Downtown Walking Tour Maps:
Tour maps of Downtown Aspen are available at the Aspen Historical Society, 620 W. Bleeker St., Aspen and at the Wheeler Opera House Visitor's Center at 320 E. Hyman St., Aspen $2 per map.


This list was compiled by the Aspen Chamber Resort Association.
For more information, visit aspenchamber.org

Aspen Chamber Resort Association
425 Rio Grande Place
Aspen, CO 81611
(970) 925-1940 or toll free at (888) 290-1324

e-mail: info@aspenchamber.org

Posted and edited by R.D.