The Montezuma Heritage Museum in Cortez is marking America’s 250th anniversary and Colorado’s 150th with two special exhibits. “Moments That Made Us” explores how local Montezuma County history connects to the themes of the Declaration of Independence and runs through December. “Yesterday’s Stories” is a collaboration with KSJD Radio that brings historical archives to life through community voices and runs through October.
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The Montezuma Heritage Museum opened its doors in October of 2022. We’ve been growing as an organization, basically going from concept and having some collections and folks interested in history into being a full-fledged museum.
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Along with our kind of permanent exhibits, we also have a few special exhibits going on this year, celebrating America’s 250 and Colorado’s 150. And then on top of that here in Cortez, it’s the 140th anniversary. So we have two things going on right now. We have the Moments That Made Us, the stories that shaped Montezuma County, pulling out things that happened here that really tie into those themes so you can see the connection from our national history to our local history. And then the other initiative we have going on is actually with KSJD, our local radio station, and it’s called Yesterday’s Stories. And that is a collaboration where we are taking stories from the archives and from historical material and bringing them to life. The moments that made us will be up through December and we’d love for you to come in and check it out and learn a little bit more about our local community. And then Yesterday’s Stories will run through October, but you can actually listen to those anytime online if you go to our website or check out KSJD’s website.
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