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Ouray County Museum

Ouray County Museum is a museum in Ouray, CO, part of the San Juan Mountains guide. Cost: under $25. Closed November through April.

420 6th Avenue · Ouray, CO

Why you should go…

The Ouray County Historical Society runs its museum at 420 6th Avenue in Ouray, in the former St. Joseph's Miners' Hospital, finished in 1887 and run by the Sisters of Mercy until 1964. Three floors hold 38 exhibits in 27 rooms on the county's mining, ranching and railroading history, with large mineral displays, Native American artifacts and rooms about the hospital's staff and patients. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for ages 6 to 15, and children under 6 are free. The museum is closed November through April and open daily in summer, with shorter spring and fall hours.

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