The Victor Improvement Association, Inc., is the 501(c)3 non-profit corporate entity whose purpose is to own and operate the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum. The museum's mission is to conserve, collect, research, and interpret the history of Victor and the surrounding Mining District.
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Guided walking tours of historic downtown Victor are held most Saturdays in the summer. See victorcolorado.com for details.
Last year was our first year offering these events - they were popular over our Gold Rush Days event in July.
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A day of mining tales, legends by old timers from the mining district.
Last year we had a great event with 50 attendees. This year a donor provided $1000 to ensure we continue to offer the event.
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We sponsor every May a tour of our historical cemetery to highlight the lesser known pioneers who were part of the gold rush.
Also summer Saturday tours.
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During the summer months we teach and demonstrate gold panning in our outdoor trough. We hope to give kids of all ages a taste of what it was like to prospect Colorado gold in the 1890s. This program has been very successful.
Increased numbers in visitors, especially youth, who come to pan and also tour the museum.
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We offer tours of the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine operations, the largest gold mine in Colorado. All tours are geared toward educating the visitor about our modern day gold mining and how it developed from the historic gold mining that put Victor on the map. Tours are held in the summer months daily except Thursdays. This is a partnership with the mining company, which provides vans, drivers and all proceeds go to the museum to help offset operational costs.
More and more people are interested in gold mining and the tours have developed an interest in people visiting Victor to take the tours and then spending more time here at other businesses; we also have several repeat tour-goers throughout the summer and several who come back year to year.
