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Permanent Exhibits
- A Day In A Life: Cowboys, Pioneers, Five Points, Dr. Justina L. Ford, Buffalo Soldiers
- Dr. Justina L. Ford: Colorado's first black female doctor.
- Dearfield, Colorado: All black agricultural town
- Five Points: The Harlem of the West
- Buffalo Soldiers
- Black Cowboys
- Multi-generational Families: How the West Was Fun, Scavenger Hunts, Did You Know Guided Tours, Story time, Arts and Crafts and Documentaries.
Walking Tours
- 5 Points Walking Tours
- Black Historic Denver Tours
- Dearfield
- Walking Tours of Denver Cemeteries
- Denver Story Trek.
BAWM Camp
- Year-Round
- Black Cowboys, Dearfield, Colorado, Pioneers, Dr. Justina L. Ford, Buffalo Soldiers, Five Points Harlem of the West
Afternoon Teas
- Saturdays RSVP only
- Cowbody Tea: 1880s African American Cowboys
- Homeopathic Tea: Dr. Justina L. Ford, Homeopathic Pioneer
- Buffalo Tea: Buffalo Soldiers, 9th and 10th Calvalry and 24th and 25th Infantries
- Pioneer Tea: Dierfield, Colorado African American Pioneers Tea On the Points, 5 Points and its influence on Jazz.
Overnight At the Museum
- RSVP only
- For children with adult chaperones.
- The museum will come alive with re-enactors dressed as and other visitors from the past.
- Enjoy a behind the scenes tours, a late night movie and scavenger hunts, story times, hands on history then sack out in the BAWM Basement.
- Reservations are required; $25/person.
Denver Story Trek
- Year-Round
- Part of a statewide program being coordinated through the Office of Cultural and Heritage Tourism.
- History Full Circle
- Start at the BAWM and learn about people of Denvers past and present.
Community Groups/Tours
- College students, Community Groups and Corporate guided tour, and behind the scenes, tours and student case study
Historical Marker Dedication: Dearfield, Colorado
- Dedication ceremony will take place on Washington Street, Dearfield, CO. Tour Downtown Dearfield explore why Dearfield was Dear to the settlers
Wheeling Through History Bike Tour
- RSVP only
- Denver African-American Heritage Tour
- Discover Denvers Rich African American
- Registration required
Haunted Histories
- RSVP only
- Tour Historic 5 Points and learn the history that haunts the neighborhood.
All Volunteer Meeting
- Refreshments
- Brief educational topic on exhibits, programs, and upcoming events.
Discover Denver
- Caravan with the BAWM and visit Denver Parks named after famous Black Denverites and enjoy a catered lunch by Mocha Motive.
Night at the Museum
- RSVP only
- For adults only
- The museum will come alive with the re-enactors dressed as Dr. Justina L. Ford, Nat Love and other black western visitors.
Family Saturday, How the West was Fun!
- Weekly Programming
- Hands-on activities and story-telling with an exhibit-related theme.
- Scavenger Hunt
- Arts and Crafts
- Re-enactors
Elementary Black Colorado History Bowl
- History Activity and Contest with schools affiliated with DPS collaborated with BCAARL.
- Individual and team categories.
- Judging based on criteria related to Research, Presentation, and Communication/Impact.
- Middle School History Bowl
- History Activity and Contest with schools affiliated with the DPS collaborated with BCAARL.
- Individual and team categories
- Judging based on criteria related to Research, Presentation, and Communication/Impact.
1910 Dearfield Dinner
- RSVP only
- Focusing on Dearfield 100th Anniversary
- Tentative: A Friday TBA
- Eat what they ate 100 years ago
First Annual History Book Fair
- RSVP only
- Hands-on activities and story-telling, with an exhibit-related theme.
- Local authors and historians are available to meet and greet patrons and to sign. books.
- Autographed copies of selected titles in the Museum Shop.
- Hands on activities are planned for families.
Black History Month
- On and Off-site lectures
- Traveling Trunk Exhibits
- Colors of the West Film Fest
- Guest Lecturers
- Special Programming
Did You Know Historical Facts of the Black West
- Participating students from Denver region Competing
- Individual and team categories.
- Judging based on criteria related to Research, Presentation, and Communication.
- Stiles, BCAARL, Beckwourth Outdoors and BAWM in locations throughout the Five Points Neighborhood.
MLK Community Day
- Refreshments
- In depth discussion and tour of individual exhibits, facts, history, and customer service training.
- Family Saturday
- Hands-on activities and story-telling, with an exhibit-related theme.
- Martin Luther
- MLK Community Day
- History and Music program
- Tentative: Monday, January 19
Teachers Night
- RSVP only
- An open house for teachers, focusing on exhibits and programs
Quilters Weekend
- RSVP only
- Kids create 9-patch blocks for 250 quilt, or draw/color African American firsts design on paper.
- Demonstrations of hand and machine quilting for adults, including Vendor/Quilt Guild information tables and a quilting book exchange.
Antiques Program
- Local Antique Collectors and Historians exchange information.
- In-depth tour of museum artifacts and history.
- Discussion of them related topics.
President's Day Weekend
- Featuring Barack Obama
- Meet DNC organizers and Obama supporters.
- Take part in a family scavenger hunt, to look for fun, and historic Obama facts.
Juneteenth
- Fun Facts and history of Juneteenth
- African-American Independence Day
I Spy at the Black American West Museum
- RSVP only
- Hands-on activities and story-telling with an exhibit-related theme.
- Register for one of two sessions: 10:00am-noon or 12:30-2:30pm
Black Innovators and Inventors
- Search the Black American West Museum for innovators and Inventors.
Volunteer Recognition Dinner
- Tentative: June, 2010, 5:30-8:30pm
- Black American West Museum
African Heritage Day/Kwanzaa
- Demonstrations, craft displays, food, music, and dance from different African groups.
Annual Mother-Daughter Holiday Tea
- RSVP only
- For women of all ages: grandmothers, mothers, daughters, aunts, nieces, and sisters.
- Docent led tour of Innovators exhibit.
- Age-appropriate entertainment and activities, manners, etiquette, and an elegant tea.
- $25 per person/$20 for members
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