Location: Pueblo
Top Things to do in Pueblo
Things to do in Pueblo, Colorado (CO): The Best Specialty Museums
Pueblo /ˈpwɛbloʊ/ is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The population was 106,595 in 2010 census, making it the 267th most populous city in the United States and the 9th largest in Colorado. Pueblo is the heart of the Pueblo Metropolitan Statistical Area totaling over 160,000 people and an important part of the Front Range Urban Corridor. As of 2014, Pueblo is the primary city of the Pueblo–Cañon City combined statistical area (CSA) totaling approximately 208,000 people, making it the 134th largest in the nation.
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1. Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 192 reviews
Reviewed By ransom007 - Anaheim, United States
The museum has free parking. You enter and pay the admission fee in the gift shop. There are 2 hangars and an outdoor display area. The docent gave me a thorough tour of the first hangar which is primarily about World War I and World War II. There are several aircraft on display and much other in the way of exhibits and information. There are also videos playing. I was then allowed to tour the outdoor exhibits (almost exclusively aircraft) and the second hangar. Hangar 2 had more modern aircraft and includes a great deal of memorabilia from NASA. COVID-19: masks and social distancing are required for visitors and the staff members were masked.
2. Center for American Values
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 78 reviews
Come for a serene visit, walk hallowed ground, and leave inspired. We invite you to visit the Center for American Values, located on the Historic Pueblo Riverwalk in Pueblo, Colorado. Pueblo is the “Home of Heroes” and proud host of the 2017 Medal of Honor Convention. The Center is open daily from 10:00am to 4:00pm and is free. The Center is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization formed in 2010 for charitable and educational purposes. The Center’s visionary and Co-founder is Pueblo native, and Medal of Honor recipient Drew Dix. Along with its education focus, the Center hosts the “Portraits of Valor” gallery, an extraordinary collection of more than 150 portraits of our countries living Medal of Honor Recipients. The exhibit is one of two permanent displays in the country; the other is displayed in the Pentagon. The exhibit is a powerful example of the self-sacrifice of ordinary individuals who have served in harm’s way to protect the freedoms we all enjoy. Some guests choose to sit and reflect at the immense power of the portraits while others enjoy reading the inspiring quotes that accompany each portrait. The Center also includes a World Trade Center (WTC) Steel Memorial located at the Center’s entrance. In 2012 members of the New York City Fire Department visited the Center to dedicate the WTC Steel Memorial. Visitors are reminded of how vital the Center’s core values of honor, integrity and patriotism are to the freedoms we enjoy and to the future of our great country.
Reviewed By colorado71 - Colorado Springs, United States
My wife and I recently visited the Medal of Honor Gallery at the Center for American Values along the Pueblo River Walk. Very educational, very inspirational, very humbling. Pictures with quotes from 150 living Medal of Honor recipients -- WWII to today. What rung so true: their words were not about themselves or their actions; rather they were about their love of this country, their belief in the principles of the Constitution, and their dedication to their comrades in arms. Give yourself an hour+ to watch the opening video, read every quote, see every picture, and listen to the docents update you on the lives of the American heroes. For 1st time visitors: free parking 1 block away & no admission charge. Do yourself a favor: visit this Gallery!
3. Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 68 reviews
The Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center creates artistic learning experiences for everyone. One-of-a-kind, educational, inspirational, inclusive…the Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center fits all these descriptions and more. Pledging art for all, this beautiful facility has held hands with arts education in Southern Colorado since 1972 and never let go. This multi-disciplinary center for the arts is located in Pueblo and serves 17 surrounding counties. As an organization, the Arts Center encourages people to bring out the best in others through high-quality art exhibitions, performing arts, dance arts, an award-winning children’s museum, comprehensive arts educational programming, and an artistic space for meetings, performances and events. The Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center and Buell Children's Museum are accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
Reviewed By Storyteller812030 - Barcelona, Spain
If you are in Pueblo do not miss this Arts Center. They have moving collections and worth seeing. The structure is from 1972. It’s at the end of mid century expansion and modernism. It has three floors with a lift if needed. It’s very affordable with a cute gift shop.
4. Rosemount Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 186 reviews
The grandeur of a bygone era awaits you at Rosemount, a Victorian house museum built in 1893 by prominent businessman John A. Thatcher. The 24,000 sq. foot mansion was designed by noted New York architect Henry Hudson Holly. Nearly all furnishings, accessories, decorative arts, paintings, custom paneling, wall and window treatments are original to the home. Guided tours take an hour to an hour an half and guests learn about the house, the family, Victorian culture and early Pueblo history. See why Rosemount has been called "Colorado's Crown Jewel." Visit Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm.
Reviewed By tank1050 - Wescosville, United States
This is a must see 1888 Victorian style mansion in Pueblo. We found plenty of parking on the streets around the mansion which with its land covers an entire square city block. As seniors our guided tour cost us $12. The lovely volunteers that run the house are so wonderful and loaded with knowledge and a genuine desire to make your experience an enjoyable. Our docent was Carol and she was fabulous. She was a wealth of knowledge about the house and the Thatcher family. We only had 2 other folks on our tour so she made it very personal and showed us lots of details they can't always take time to go over with larger groups. So much is original in the house and that enhances the tour. The grounds are also so beautiful as is the outside of the house. Please note, no photos inside of the house.
5. Steelworks Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 55 reviews
Reviewed By 1HappyCamper12345 - Colorado Springs, United States
I had never heard of this museum before, but once I did I knew that I had to go and visit there. My teenage son and I got a tour by the museum curator who was very nice and very knowable about the collection that was on display. We found the exhibits to be very informative and nicely done. It talked about everything and anything that was related to the steel industry in the area, including their interactions with the town. If you like statistics they even have some brake downs of costs and nationality of their workers which I also found fascinating. The displays were scattered about the old CF&I Medical Dispensary building. You can even request that they play one of their many movies about the subject, all you have to do is ask at the front and see what title(s) you would like to watch. The museum also has the original old turn-styles out in the parking lot where the steel workers would go through to go under the street (now I-25) to get to work. They had an old rail road car outside the back of the building that also had a display in it. They even restored one of the old playground equipment that the workers kids would play on. They have a tiny gift shop that has several books on steel factories, steel makers, coal people, post cards, drinking glasses, etc... They even had a few things for the kids.
6. Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo Museum
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By kaylamT4434ZB - San Antonio, United States
This place was so neat to check out. It really felt like we were taken back in time through our tour. If you are thinking about going, make sure you plan to spend a while there because the museum may be small but is stocked full with history and interesting artifacts! Nell gave us a tour and showed us her wonderful presentation that her and her husband put together on the history of the mental health institute.
7. El Pueblo History Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 38 reviews
El Pueblo History Museum showcases the region’s many cultural and ethnic groups through innovative exhibits including the Borderlands of Southern Colorado and the award-winning Children of Ludlow. The property includes a re-created 1840s adobe trading post and plaza, and the archaeological excavation site of the original 1842 El Pueblo trading post. The river and the landscape of this site encompass a grand history: from a place of meeting between indigenous tribes to a physical border between nations, from the boundary between mountains and plains to everyday convergences of cultural and ethnic borders. The Borderlands exhibit illuminates the site’s specific geopolitical border history, as well as the region’s historic and ongoing borders of cultures, ethnicities, landscapes, industries, religions and identities.
