Winter 2011-2012 “Menu of Tours”
Wheeler/Stallard Museum - 620 W. Bleeker (between 5th and 6th)
A unique interpretive museum housed in one of Aspen’s most celebrated Victorian homes.
Exhibit: “Out of Your Mind, Body and Spirit – Voices of Aspen, 1975.”
Hours of Operation: 1:00pm - 5:00pm, Tuesday-Saturday
$6.00 adult, $5.00 seniors, children 12 and under free
(includes admission to Holden/Marolt Museum)
Free admission the first Saturday of each month
Holden/Marolt Mining and Ranching Museum – Marolt Open Space (across the pedestrian bridge at 7th)
Leap back to the late 1800’s when Aspen was the nation’s leading silver producer with equipment and displays of the many facets of the industrial age of mining. Also learn about the agricultural period or “Quiet Years,” all housed in the original “barn” that served both the mining and the Marolt family ranch.
By appointment only Tuesday-Saturday - Weather Dependent
$6.00 adult, $5.00 seniors, children 12 and under free
(includes admission to Wheeler/Stallard Museum)
Free admission the first Saturday of each month
HISTORY COACH – Originates at the Wheeler Opera House – corner of Mill and Hyman
A guided tour of historic downtown Aspen in our unique electric vehicle – complete with a visit to the Wheeler/Stallard Museum and a trip through our Victorian West End, including the Aspen Institute. Aspen visitors and locals alike gain a totally new and entertaining understanding of Aspen’s ties to her past and her transformations from a mining town to ski town to year-round, world class resort!
By appointment only Tuesday-Saturday (2 & ¼ hours in duration)
$25 adult, $20 senior, children 12 and under free (max. 5 people)
West End Walking Tour – Originates at the Wheeler/Stallard Museum – 620 W. Bleeker (between 5th and 6th)
A beautiful stroll through Aspen’s Victorian West End with a focus on history and architecture; learn little-known facts about the homes themselves and the people who lived there.
By appointment Only – Weather Dependent (1 & ½ hours in duration) $15.00 adult, $12.00 senior, children 12 and under free
Hotel Jerome History Tour – corner of Mill and Main
Aspen’s iconic Hotel Jerome has been at the center of Aspen life since the doors opened in 1889.
Tour starts at 1:30pm, Tuesdays (1 hour in duration)
$15.00 adult, $12.00 senior, children 12 and under free
On Mountain Ski Tours – Aspen, Aspen Highlands and Snowmass Mountains
Explore the history of these tremendous mountains and the gifts they behold.
Mondays: Aspen Highlands – 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. (Meet at Merry-Go-Round guest services center)
Tuesdays: Snowmass – 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. (Meet at Sam’s Knob, top of Village Express)
Fridays: Aspen Mountain – 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. (Meet at mountain-top guest services center)
Free with your lift ticket
Meet at the Ambassador hut on top of Ajax, at the Ambassador hut by Merry Go Round on Highlands, and at Gondola Base in Snowmass
(subject to change call for more information)
For appointments or more information contact:
Nina Gabianelli
970-925-3721 ext. 104
nina@aspenhistory.org
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