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Aspen Historical Society Aspen Historical Society enriches the community through preserving and communicating our remarkable history. Self-guided admission outside of open hours.

Visit Aspen Historical Society's four sites:


Wheeler / Stallard Museum
Location:
620 West Bleeker Street
Time:
Open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 1 pm to 5 pm. Fee:*
Free for AHS members and active military personnel
$10 adults / $8 seniors / children 18 and under free (must be accompanied by an adult)
Admission is free for all guests on the first Saturday of each month
*Admission fee includes access to the Holden/Marolt Museum during the summer. Holden / Marolt Mining and Ranching Museum
Location:
40180 HWY 82 (adjacent to the public bike path, on the Marolt Open Space across the pedestrian bridge at 7th Street)
Open mid-June through October
1 - 5 pm Tuesday through Saturday
Winter Hours - By Appointment Only
Fee:*
Free for car-free visitors, AHS members, and active military personnel
$10 adults / $8 seniors / children 18 and under free (must be accompanied by an adult)
Free for all visitors on the first Saturday of each month
*Admission fee includes access to the Wheeler/Stallard Museum during the summer (does not apply for free entries)


Independence Ghost Town
Location:
16 miles east of Aspen on Highway 82
Time:
Open with a docent on-site mid-June through Labor Day, 10 am - 6 pm. Fee:
Suggested donation $5 adult / children 18 and under free (must be accompanied by an adult) / free for active military personnel


Ashcroft Ghost Town
Location:
11 miles south of Aspen on the Castle Creek Road
Time:
Mid-June through mid-September, open 9AM – 5PM with docent onsite
Self-guided and honor system admission during “closed” hours and during the fall, winter & spring
Fee:
$5 adult / children 18 and under free (must be accompanied by an adult) / free for active military personnel

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It’s happening! A few weeks ago, the historical Skiers Chalet lodge and restaurant buildings took their first “run” down...
10/28/2026

It’s happening! A few weeks ago, the historical Skiers Chalet lodge and restaurant buildings took their first “run” downhill when Bailey House Movers moved both structures to a staging area before their permanent relocation closer to Dean St. as part of the Lift One Corridor redevelopment project. This is the first step to converting the beloved Skiers Chalet lodge building into Aspen’s next community space, the forthcoming Aspen Snowsports History Museum at Skier’s Chalet! Aspen voters saved the two buildings and together we’re saving the stories; we can’t wait to celebrate the past at the place where it all began. Aspen, you’re getting your ski museum!
Visit aspensnowsportshistorymuseum.org for more info, project updates, and ways to get involved.

A small patch of snow on Little Nell, 1967. A related image is in the Aspen Illustrated News on October 26, 1967, with a...
10/26/2026

A small patch of snow on Little Nell, 1967. A related image is in the Aspen Illustrated News on October 26, 1967, with a caption reading "The white patch of snow you see on Little these days is the work of a snow-making machine from the Sugar Hill Ski Area, Grand Rapids, Minn. The area is owned by Chuck Skinner and managed by Gene Coyer. The machine is here to prepare the hill for skiing for the U.S. Olympic Team. Little Nell was chosen because it resembles the steepness of the hills at Grenoble."
(Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Illustrated News Collection)

from the 1960s- featuring images from the Aspen Illustrated News and Aspen Flyer collections. Explore more online!

The chorus line for an Elks Minstrel Show at the Wheeler Opera House, circa 1900. The woman fourth from the right is Mar...
10/22/2026

The chorus line for an Elks Minstrel Show at the Wheeler Opera House, circa 1900. The woman fourth from the right is Mary Ella Stallard. Mary Ella Stallard (nee Pattison) was born in New York in 1866. She travelled to Aspen by train in 1890. Ella was a talented seamstress and by 1892 she had opened “Pattison’s Dress Shop” in a rented frame house near Fifth and Main. In 1895, Ella married her neighbor, Edgar Stallard. Edgar sold insurance, acted as Clerk and Recorder for a period, and was employed to manage the Wheeler Opera house and the Hotel Jerome. In 1905, the Stallard family was invited to rent an unoccupied home on an entire block on West Bleeker Street (now known as the Wheeler/Stallard House, and the current headquarters of the Aspen Historical Society). The Stallards rented and ultimately purchased the house, where Ella lived with her family from 1905 to the early 1940s.
(Aspen Historical Society, Bowman Collection / Photographer: John Bowman)

showcases regional history with curated selections from the tens of thousands of historical images preserved in the Aspen Historical Society Archives.

The overgrown playground at the Red Brick, 1967. A related image is in the Aspen Illustrated News on October 12, 1967, w...
10/19/2026

The overgrown playground at the Red Brick, 1967. A related image is in the Aspen Illustrated News on October 12, 1967, with a caption reading "This is the back of the Middle School. The City Council promised to pave this last year, according to Joseph Lapchick, School Superintendent, at the October 9 School Board meeting. The Middle School Advisory Board cannot act on a proposal to keep students on the school grounds until enough playground space is available. One idea was to use the street as a playground for basketball, placing hoops and backboards facing the street."
(Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Illustrated News Collection)

from the 1960s- featuring images from the Aspen Illustrated News and Aspen Flyer collections. Explore more online!

S. Galena Street, fall 1963. On the left side of the street, Guido's Swiss Inn is partially visible, as well as the Tomk...
10/05/2026

S. Galena Street, fall 1963. On the left side of the street, Guido's Swiss Inn is partially visible, as well as the Tomkin's Hardware building, and the Aspen Block. On the right side is the Independence building (with a sign for the Prince Albert on the side), the Sinclair gas station, the Andre's Building, and the Elk's building. A related image of the Independence building is in the Aspen Times on October 4, 1963 (page 11), with a caption reading "Sparkling with a new exterior paint job, the former Prince Albert building will begin a new life soon. Built in 1890 and originally called the Independence building, the structure will take back its former name. In addition to a flower shop, a cobbler's shop and storage area for a to***co distributing company which now occupy the ground floor, a large drug store is scheduled to take up most of the space on the street floor. The upper two stories will become a rooming house and there's a possibility that the basement will be turned into a bar-restaurant in the old-time tradition."
(Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Flyer Collection)

from the 1960s- featuring images from the Aspen Illustrated News and Aspen Flyer collections. Explore more online at archiveaspen.org!

10/02/2026

Hello history fans from Aspen’s City Market, on curbing plastic pollution.

This series showcases historical sites around town and local “moments that made us” to celebrate America’s 250th and Colorado’s 150th birthdays this year.

A group of people in front of the residence at 303 E. Main Street, circa 1890. It was located at the corner of Main and ...
10/01/2026

A group of people in front of the residence at 303 E. Main Street, circa 1890. It was located at the corner of Main and Monarch. At various times the house was owned by J. William Huff, Frank Crawley, and the Van Loon family.
(Aspen Historical Society, Bowman Collection / Photographer: John Bowman)

showcases regional history with curated selections from the tens of thousands of historical images preserved in the Aspen Historical Society Archives.

https://archiveaspen.catalogaccess.com/photos/100321?searchtype=AdvancedSearch&position=1

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620 W Bleeker Street
Aspen, CO
81611

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

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+19709253721

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