Unusual museums in Boulder
Looking for unusual museums & collections in Boulder? These 6 are the genuinely strange ones — Nederland Mining Museum, Dougherty Museum, Eagle Plume's Gallery and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Boulder they'd never find on their own.
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Nederland Mining Museum
Twenty-five Bucyrus 50-B steam shovels were shipped to the Panama Canal; twenty-four got scrapped on site. Th…
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Dougherty Museum
Founded in 1977 by Ray G. Dougherty, a Boulder County farmer who simply refused to stop collecting, this road…
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Eagle Plume's Gallery
At 9,000 feet on Highway 7 in the Tahosa Valley, a hand-built log cabin that has operated as a trading post s…
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Jamestown Mercantile
Built around 1896 as an Elks Lodge and quickly repurposed as the town general store and post office, the Jame…
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Lyons Classic Pinball
Opened in 2003 by pinball devotees Kevin and Carole Carroll, Lyons Classic Pinball has grown into Colorado's…
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Shelby American Collection
Tucked into a nondescript Boulder industrial park next to a heating and cooling company, the Shelby American…