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Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum, Manitou Springs, CO

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Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum

Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum is a museum in Manitou Springs, CO, part of the Denver & the Front Range guide. Cost: under $25.

10 Cliff Road · Manitou Springs, CO

Why you should go…

The Manitou Cliff Dwellings are Ancestral Puebloan-style structures relocated to their present site in Manitou Springs, Colorado in the early 1900s and operated since 1907 as a private museum and attraction. Visitors can walk into the dwelling rooms and tour two on-site museums featuring Ancestral Puebloan artifacts, pottery and dioramas. The site overlooks the historic town of Manitou Springs near Colorado Springs and welcomes leashed pets.

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