{"id":1546,"date":"2020-06-11T22:37:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T22:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/?page_id=1546"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:04:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:04:00","slug":"history-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/index.php\/history-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Google tag (gtag.js) --><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=G-SN71BR432F\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n  gtag('js', new Date());<\/p>\n<p>  gtag('config', 'G-SN71BR432F');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Palisade History Museum<\/h1>\n<p>The Elberta Roundabout Construction Project is underway! The roads may be closed, but the Museum is accessible! Here is a general map on how to reach us. This graphic from CDOT superimposed on a Google Map shows where the Roundabout will be.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Elberta-Roadabout-Project-Map-to-Museum.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Elberta-Roadabout-Project-Map-to-Museum.png 469w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Elberta-Roadabout-Project-Map-to-Museum-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>From the Soon-to-be Roundabout, \u201cgo around the block.\u201d Go to 5th Street (however you can get there!) and take it east to Logan, then take Logan south to the frontage road (8th Street) and then come west to the Museum (red pin)! Please be patient as we all navigate these changes!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3504 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APRIL-2026-CALENDAR-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APRIL-2026-CALENDAR-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APRIL-2026-CALENDAR-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APRIL-2026-CALENDAR-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APRIL-2026-CALENDAR-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APRIL-2026-CALENDAR-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APRIL-2026-CALENDAR-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Normal-Business-Hours-v2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2742 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Normal-Business-Hours-v2-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Normal-Business-Hours-v2-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Normal-Business-Hours-v2-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Normal-Business-Hours-v2-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Normal-Business-Hours-v2-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Normal-Business-Hours-v2-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Normal-Business-Hours-v2-1-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #541054;\"><strong>The Palisade History Museum is open four days a week all year round!<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Located at 3740 G Road &#8211; on\u00a0 the north frontage road of U.S. Highway 6 just east of Elberta Avenue in Palisade &#8211;\u00a0 The History Museum is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (or by appointment!)\u00a0 Over 2,000 people have visited Palisade&#8217;s first History Museum in its first three years of operation! Stop in to see interesting&#8211;and ever-changing&#8211;displays and learn about Palisade&#8217;s unique agriculture and coal mining history and more!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Admission is free and donations are appreciated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Have a group of 6 or more? Please let us know you&#8217;re coming, so that we can better accommodate you. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/index.php\/contact-us\/\">Contact us here<\/a> or call 970-812-3064.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/index.php\/contact-us\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2542 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hours-and-contact-e1726174587649-1024x859.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hours-and-contact-e1726174587649-1024x859.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hours-and-contact-e1726174587649-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hours-and-contact-e1726174587649-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hours-and-contact-e1726174587649-1536x1289.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hours-and-contact-e1726174587649-2048x1719.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>See What&#8217;s Inside the History Museum<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The Palisade History Museum packs a lot of interesting history into a small space. For a quick view of what&#8217;s inside, three videos will give you quick summaries of what you can see &amp; how it came to be a museum.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Palisade History Museum 1\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/741995977?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Palisade History Museum 2 - About the Museum\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/742023824?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Palisade History Museum 3 - Old Palisade\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/742023793?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For more information about fun and interesting things to see and do in Palisade go to https:\/\/visitpalisade.com\/<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Palisade Podcast about the Historical Society and what&#8217;s inside the History Museum<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Will McGough talked with Historical Society Chair Priscilla Walker on June 5, 2023 at the Palisade History Museum:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/6-priscilla-walker\/id1685939863?i=1000618151485\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ribbon Cutting and Official Dedication was held August 18, 2021<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Palisade&#8217;s first history museum held an official grand opening week August 16 &#8211; 20, 2021 with the ribbon-cutting and official dedication honoring major donors and volunteers on Wednesday, August 18 at 10 a.m. The ceremony drew about 60 guests who were able to tour the Museum and enjoy snacks and beverages from GJ Fusion Food Truck and pianist James Baird from 4 until 7 p.m. The museum is now open four days a week &#8211; Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays\u00a0 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and we continue to recruit and train additional volunteers to keep the History Museum open more days. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Karla-Ribbon-Cutting-1-xropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1688 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Karla-Ribbon-Cutting-1-xropped-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Karla-Ribbon-Cutting-1-xropped-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Karla-Ribbon-Cutting-1-xropped-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Karla-Ribbon-Cutting-1-xropped-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Karla-Ribbon-Cutting-1-xropped-1536x946.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Karla-Ribbon-Cutting-1-xropped.jpg 1579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1547\" style=\"width: 327px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bunte-Drybrush-v2-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1547\" class=\" wp-image-1547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bunte-Drybrush-v2-002-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bunte-Drybrush-v2-002-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bunte-Drybrush-v2-002-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bunte-Drybrush-v2-002-1024x714.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palisade History Museum -3740 G Road<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This pre-1939 log building, located just east of Elberta Avenue on the north Highway 6 frontage road at 3740 G Road, was formerly George Bunte, Jr&#8217;s office and shop for his Grand Junction-Palisade Freight Hauling business.<\/p>\n<p>We are grateful for our many Legacy Donors who contributed more than $129,000 in cash to renovate the building. These donations are from individuals, families, the Town of Palisade, and grants from local organizations. Several in-kind donations have also made this Museum possible.<\/p>\n<p>Donors who contributed more than $500 have their name &#8211; or someone they wished to remember \u2013 on a permanent donor plaque on the building.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/index.php\/contact-us\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3467 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-102626-300x96.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-102626-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-102626-1024x326.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-102626-768x245.png 768w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-102626.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palisade History Museum The Elberta Roundabout Construction Project is underway! The roads may be closed, but the Museum is accessible! Here is a general map on how to reach us. 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