Join Montrose Center for Arts (MCA), the Montrose County Historical Museum, the Museum of the Mountain West, the Ute Indian Museum, and the Montrose Children’s Museum, for a day of fun with art and history, and help us celebrate Colorado Day, August 1. Colorado Day commemorates the date in 1876 when President Ulysses S. Grant signed the proclamation admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state. Since we are celebrating 150 years of statehood this year, join the arts and historical community on August 1 to mark the occasion and make the event memorable.
Details
Cost: See below for information on each museum and location
Subject: Colorado Day, Fun with History and Art
Date: August 1, 2026
Gallery and Museum Hours: Hours vary by location
Montrose Center for Arts
The MCA will be showcasing Material Matters 2: Colorado Fiber Art in the main gallery, where Colorado fiber artists share their love of fabrics, textiles, fibers, yarn, and threads and revel in their magical creations. In addition, the
Cottonwood and Ponderosa Rooms will have a celebration of America’s 250th anniversary and Colorado’s 150th anniversary with the 250/150 Exhibit, as well as the MCA Marketplace with all kinds of unique gifts, cards, jewelry, and more.
MCA is always free to the public, but to celebrate our heritage, we will be offering special demonstrations of traditional artwork.
· 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Linda Beach demonstrating rag rug twining
· 1 – 3 p.m. Verna Mullet demonstrating machine quilting
· 3 – 5 p.m. Sandy Martin demonstrating basket making
Hours: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: 205 E. Main Street, Montrose
Museum of the Mountain West
The Museum of the Mountain West will offer two tickets for the price of one, for both guided tours and self-guided tours. Visitors will be free to photograph exhibits and buildings on the premises and take a premier tour of the newest acquisition, the restored Second Empire House which used to sit at the corner of 5th Street and Selig, across the street from Montrose High School. In addition, children may be interested in touring the Jutten School House, where a guide will talk about the history of the school and the various period artifacts that are displayed.
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: 68169 Miami Rd, Montrose
Ute Indian Museum
The Ute Indian Museum is offering free admission all day, self-guided tours, adult and children’s cultural classes in the morning, films all day, and special sales in the gift shop.
Hours: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: 17253 Chipeta Rd, Montrose
The Montrose County Historical Museum
Along with free museum admission and self-guided tours, the Montrose Country Historical Museum will be offering a free hands-on braided rag rug activity — no sewing and so easy!
Hours: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: 21 N. Rio Grande Ave, Montrose
The Montrose Children’s Museum
The Children’s Museum is offering discounted admission and self-guided tours, as well as special art classes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. provided by MCA artist and Montrose High School art teacher Katie Jenkins.
Hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: 221 Colorado Ave., Suite A., Montrose
