Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Crossing the threshold of History Colorado’s latest exhibit, “Moments That Made US,” my ears detect a weeping strings section that calls to mind shining seas and amber waves of grain. There is a real reverence here, like walking into a church. Historical artifacts everywhere I look, from the 1600s to present day.
Moments from the moon landing, Vietnam War, Great Depression and freedom of the press — long confined to history textbooks and archived news reels — are now on display at a new exhibit at History Colorado called “Moments that Made US.”
The product of more than five years of development and many hours of deep research and collecting of resources, Moments That Made US, showing at History Colorado through October 2026, is a collection of 50 artifacts from various defining moments in U.S. history. From Jackie Robinson’s baseball bat to antique homesteading equipment, senior exhibition developer Gwen Lockman says this experience is once in a generation.
“We have objects here that you would never get to see in Colorado normally,” Dr. Lockman said.
The collection is made up of artifacts from the History Colorado collection, as well as items on loan from collections across the country. Lockman hopes that the exhibit conveys not just the vast reach of American history, but also Colorado’s pivotal role.
Read the complete story at rmpbs.org
Reporting by Sarah Shoen
#historycolorado #coloradohistory #250years
Crossing the threshold of History Colorado’s latest exhibit, “Moments That Made US,” my ears detect a weeping strings section that calls to mind shining seas and amber waves of grain. There is a real reverence here, like walking into a church. Historical artifacts everywhere I look, from the 1600s to present day.
Moments from the moon landing, Vietnam War, Great Depression and freedom of the press — long confined to history textbooks and archived news reels — are now on display at a new exhibit at History Colorado called “Moments that Made US.”
The product of more than five years of development and many hours of deep research and collecting of resources, Moments That Made US, showing at History Colorado through October 2026, is a collection of 50 artifacts from various defining moments in U.S. history. From Jackie Robinson’s baseball bat to antique homesteading equipment, senior exhibition developer Gwen Lockman says this experience is once in a generation.
“We have objects here that you would never get to see in Colorado normally,” Dr. Lockman said.
The collection is made up of artifacts from the History Colorado collection, as well as items on loan from collections across the country. Lockman hopes that the exhibit conveys not just the vast reach of American history, but also Colorado’s pivotal role.
Read the complete story at rmpbs.org
Reporting by Sarah Shoen
#historycolorado #coloradohistory #250years
