Colorado Springs Ghost Town

The Colorado Springs Ghost Town is a step back in time, right in the middle of Colorado Springs.


This museum was built back in 1954. It has all sorts of interesting buildings and pieces to teach guests about how Colorado Springs was back in the 1800's. The Ghost Town Museum is built inside of a stone building that was built back in 1899. The town includes a rooming house, a general store, a barber shop, a livery, a blacksmith shop, a saloon, a jail and a sheriff's office and a shooting range. We took about three hours to tour it and see everything.

There is a sidewalk and some carriages, you know, the horse and buggy kind, but without the horse. There is an old-fashioned phone like you see on Little House On The Prairie in the later years. The general store is filled with the type of merchandise you could buy back then. Really cool stuff and what a great thing to teach your kids up close and personal.

In the summer months, you can pan for gold, just like the prospectors did back in the 1800's. The kids will love it. So this is not only educational and interesting, but a lot of fun.

The Colorado Springs Ghost Town is located at 400 South 21st Street. It is easy to get there. Coming from I-25, take Exit 141 and go west on Highway 24 for 1.5 miles. Turn left on 21st Street and take an immediate right into the Van Briggle Pottery/Ghost Town entrance.

Admission is $6.50 for adults and $4 for children, ages 6 through 16. Kids under 6 get in free. From June through August, it is open from 9am to 6pm, Monday through Saturday and on Sundays, it is open from 11am to 6pm. For the rest of the year, it is open from 10am to 5pm from Monday through Saturday and from 11am to 5pm on Sundays.