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225 North Gate Blvd
Colorado springs, Colorado 80921

CELEBRATING 55 YEARS

Education

Out-Reach Programs

Docent Led Out-Reach Programs

If you can't come to the WMMI, we can come to you! Activity options cover a range of STEAM and history themes and lessons can be adjusted to fit a wide range of grade levels. Teachers may select one main activity to be led by our visiting museum docent, and teachers may also select additional activities to "add-on" which they may lead. 

Cost per docent led session: $100 

Cost for docent travel: $20 in El Paso County, $25 for surrounding counties of Pueblo, Teller, Douglas, and Elbert.

Session Length: 30-45 minutes (3 hour maximum)

Docent Led Activity Options:

  • Birdseed Mining
  • Pikes Peak Regional History
  • Simple Machines
  • Artifact Analysis
  • Mine Models
  • Mineral Identification
  • Rock Identification

Teacher Led Activity Options (Additional $20 per activity):

  • Artifact Analysis
  • Mining for Music Movie
  • Pack your Burro
  • Build your Boomtown

Outreach Kits

Outreach kits bring WMMI in-reaches to your classroom! Activity options cover a range of STEAM and history themes and lessons can be adjusted to fit a wide range of grade levels. 

Cost of kit: $60

Cost of teacher pick up and drop off: Free

Cost of museum delivery (only in El Paso County): $20 each way, free for Title One schools. 

Rental Period: One Week

Outreach Kit Options:

  • Birdseed Mining
  • Pikes Peak Regional History
  • Simple Machines
  • Artifact Analysis
  • Mine Models
  • Mineral Identification
  • Rock Identification
  • Valentin V.
    Valentin V.

    Excellent museum. Highly recommended. Great 10AM tour guide. Turned on many machines that made me travel back in time. They have super large machines from the 1880s or so, the one I appreciated most was the Edison Dynamo.

Western Museum of Mining & Industry
225 North Gate Blvd
Colorado springs, Colorado 80921
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