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Driving Off Rustlers- A.R. Mitchell

May
June
July
August
September
October
Operating Hours
Tuesday- Saturday
10:00-4:00
Call
719-846-4224
for Sunday hours.

A.R. Mitchell Museum Schedule:

Thursday, May 1, 2008
Museum opens for the season.

May 1-June 14, 2008
Special exhibit titled “Our Colorado Legacy: Wildlife and Wild Places by Sarah Woods”

Friday, May 9, 2008
Artist’s Reception for Sarah Woods from 5:00 to 8:00

Saturday, June 14, 2008
Show Closing brunch for Sarah Woods from 10:00 to 12:00

June 24-August 9, 2008
Special exhibit titled “Train Tracks Through Trinidad: Historic Aultman Studio photographs and original art by John Graber”

Thursday, June 26, 2008
Artist’s Reception for John Graber from 5:00 to 8:00

August 15 – October 4, 2008
Special exhibit titled “Hooray for Trinidad: Mitchell and the Movies”

Sunday, August 24, 2008
“Will Rogers Now!” – Lance Brown as Will Rogers
Presentation in two acts from 2:00-4:00

Interior of the museum
The A.R. Mitchell Memorial Museum of Western Art is housed in
Trinidad Colorado's historic Jamieson Department store, built in 1906.
This gorgeous, well-loved location is the hub for gallery events
and invitational and juried art shows.
150 East Main St.
Trinidad Colorado
81082
719-846-4224

Find out about "Mitch"
as:

an artist

an illustrator

a friend of
the famous!

The museum features over 350 of Arthur Roy Mitchell's paintings.
"The Mitch" also houses a selection of works by his mentors, friends and contemporaries, including Harvey Dunn, Harold Von Schmidt, Nick Eggenhoffer, Larry Heller, Grant Reynard and Ned Jacob.
An extraordinary collection of Spanish colonial folk art is on display in the main floor gallery. This diverse collection includes devotional works, decorative items and furniture. Featured are bultos, retablos and tin work created in the early 1900's by now famous "santeros". An elk hide painting, believed to have been painted by Franciscan monks, dates to the early 1700's and serves as the centerpiece for the exhibit. Numerous Penitente artifacts and religious images are displayed in this remarkable collection.

The Mitchell Museum boasts a fine collection of historic photographs by Trinidad native O.E Aultman, and his contemporaries, Benjamin Wittick, and Almeron Newman. Currently on exhibit is a collection of antique cameras, selected Ben Wittick photos, Newman's panoramic photographs, and the "Century of Commerce" exhibit featuring O.E Aultman and his son Glen Aultman's photographs spanning 100 years!