Wheeler/Stallard Museum. This elegant Queen Anne style Victorian house was originally built by Jerome B. Wheeler in 1888. It has served as the headquarters and house-museum for the Aspen Historical Society since 1968. In March of 2001, following a year of renovation, the house has re-opened as a state-of-the-art exhibit space. Please visit us to see the our new exhibits and learn about Aspen's fascinating history.

The First Floor has been recently refurbished to represent how it would have looked in the early 1890s and will be available to rent in the near future. The Second Floor Gallery is currently showing Thomas W. Benton: Politics, Prose and Poetry, an exhibit on the life and art of one of Aspen’s most accomplished and acclaimed artists, the late Tom Benton. This exhibit features over 45 of the artist’s works as well as artifacts from Benton’s life including his Sheriff Deputy’s badge, an actual silkscreen from his iconic Hunter Thompson for Sheriff poster, and a video clip of the artist at work. A guide will lead you through the Wheeler/Stallard House and talk about aspects of Victorian Life in Aspen from 1880s to the early 1900s.

Victorian House Tours: by special arrangement. A guide will lead you through the Wheeler/Stallard House and talk about aspects of Victorian Life in Aspen from 1880s to the early 1900s.

Location: 620 West Bleeker Street, Aspen
Time: Tues. – Sat. | 1 – 5pm
Fee: $6 adults | $5 seniors (admission fee also includes the Holden/Marolt Museum) Children under 12 FREE.

Wheeler/Stallard Museum house history | pre-renovation e-tour > —on line only

Renovation Progress History >

Location: Wheeler/Stallard Carriage House | 620 W. Bleeker
Time: by appointment only. Call 925-3721, ext. 103 or contact archives@aspenhistory.org

In conjunction with and in part funded by Colorado Humanities

Thursdays, July – August, 2007 | 5:30pm | FREE at the Wheeler/Stallard Musuem | 620 W. Bleeker
Call 925-3721 for further information.

July 19: Mary Jane Bradbury performs Martha Maxwell
July 26: Mary Jane Bradbury performs Augusta Tabor
August 2: Opalanga Pugh performs Aunt Clara Brown
August 9: Dick Osur performs Jerome B. Wheeler

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Location: Wheeler/Stallard Carriage House | 620 W. Bleeker
Time: TBA

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

Location: Wheeler/Stallard Museum Gardens
Time: Tuesday through Saturday from 1 – 5pm.

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. 

Location: Wheeler/Stallard Museum Gardens
Time: Tuesday through Saturday from 1 – 5pm.

Aspen's 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.

Location: Tours start at the Wheeler/Stallard Museum
Time: Call ahead to schedule a tour—925-3721
Tickets: $10/person | Private tours $250

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.

Location: just over the pedestrian bridge off Music School Lane
Time: Call ahead to schedule a tour—925-3721
Fee: $6 Adults | $5 seniors (admission fee also includes the Wheeler/Stallard Museum) Children under 12 FREE. | Group and family rates available

West End Victorian Architecture e-tour >

Walking Tour Volunteer Profiles >

Would you like to become an Aspen Historical Society walking tour guide or volunteer?

Location: Tours start at the Wheeler/Stallard Museum
Time: Guided tours by appointment only
Tickets: $10/person | Private tours $250

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

Take a Downtown Walking e-tour >

	Aspen: Then & Now —online Flash movie
	Aspen & Aspen Mt. Panoramas: 1887 – 2005 —online Flash movie
	Aspen: Then & Now—Downtown —on-line slide show

For more information on Walking Tours contact us at 970-925-3254 or info@aspenhistory.org

Ashcroft Ghost Town Tours
Experience the magic of Ashcroft’s historic ghost town located in the pristine Castle Creek Valley. Learn about the history of the Castle Creek Valley, from the early Ute settlements to the populated mining era.

Location: 10 miles south of Aspen on the Castle Creek Road.
Time: Guided tours available in summer. Self-guided tours anytime. Call 925-5756 to confirm tour times.
Fee: $3 Adults | Children under 10 free

Learn about Ashcroft Ghost Town >
Ashcroft Ghost Town e-tour >

Location: Independence Pass
Time: Self guided tours until Independence Pass closes for the winter season
Fee: Donations welcome

Learn about Independence Ghost Town >
Independence Ghost Town e-tour >

Location: 40180 Highway 82, Aspen, CO
Time: Summer: Tues. – Sat., 1 – 5pm / Oct. – May: tours by appointment only. Call 544-0820.
Fee: $6 Adults | $3 Children 12 and under | $5 Seniors | Group and family rates available

Learn about the Holden/Marolt Mining & Ranching Museum >

	on-line Flash movie —online Flash movie
	Hard-Rock Mining —on-line slide show

Private Slide Shows:
$250/guide (Mon – Fri)
$300/guide (Fri evening – Sat)

The Aspen Historical Society offers several unique slide shows including:
Postcards from the Past
Hard Rock Mining: A Million a Month at Three Bucks a Day
Myths, Tall Tales and Legends: Romance and Reality of Aspen’s History
Then and Now
The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same
Job Fair 1890
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
How to Aspen: A History of Skiing and America’s Premier Resort

	Postcards from the Past —on-line slide show
	Hard-Rock Mining —on-line slide show
	How to Aspen II: A History of Skiing in Aspen —on-line slide show (A longer verion of this slide show is available on this site as an on-line Flash Movie, see below)
	Aspen: Then & Now—Downtown —on-line slide show
	Myths, Legends & Tales of Aspen —on-line slide show