Published on September 27, 2025
The Historical Commission has busy and eventful plans slated for the month of October that we hope you’ll enjoy. One is the monthly opening of our historic museums, and the other is the annual Fall Educational Program.
Asti Park Historical Museum (112 Maple St.)andGrasso Park Interim Museum (122 E. William St.)will be open to visitors on Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., but this month we will have a special highlight on the agricultural history of the area at our Grasso Park Interim Museum. Come see our displays inside the Grasso Bungalow, examine the farming equipment on display, peek into the Grasso Barn and Homestead House. The Asti Park Historical Museum, will also be open with its emphasis on coal mining and home life during that time period.
On Wednesday, October 15, the Historical Commission wants to recognize the Indigenous people who lived in this area before the white settlers came with a two-part Fall Program. The first is the unique opportunity to visit a traveling bus outfitted with educational displays relating to native people. Called the “Breathing Healing into the Banks of Sand Creek,” this mobile exhibit of social engagement and artistic development addresses the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. As history-into-present that defines both Indigenous and non-Indigenous existence in the state of Colorado, you are invited to enter the bus and experience the depiction of that incredible page of Colorado and United States history.
Then stick around for an educational presentation on Native history in Boulder County. Right Relationship Boulder are Indigenous and non-Native people working with individuals, local organizations and governments to support Indigenous Peoples’ connection to land, raise Indigenous voices and practice right relationships with the Native people who lived in the Boulder Valley historically and those who live here today.
Part 1: Breathing Healing into the Banks of Sand Creek Superior Community Center Parking Lot (1500 Coalton Road) from 2 to 6 p.m.
Part 2: Native History in Boulder County Superior Community Center (1500 Coalton Road) from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Both programs are free and open to the public.
The Commission thanks the following recent donations:
We will occasionally challenge you to guess what one of our historic objects might be. Sometimes we don’t know the answer ourselves. It is a fun brain teaser. This recently donated item is brass. When pointing downward, it can move left and right. The tip moves in and out.
Larry Dorsey, Susan Stanish and Jennifer Garner collaborated on this issue.
For more information about the Historical Commission and its activities, contact Commission Liaison Jennifer “JG” Garner at 303-499-3675, ext. 167, Commission Co-Chair Larry Dorsey at 303-499-1969, or just click on the “Historical Commission Info” button below.