Trinidad,Colorado
arts & culture
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Trinidad's Creative side
Explore the Corazón de Trinidad, our downtown creative district where you will find inspiration everywhere you look. Our art scene ranges from A.R. Mitchell’s western pop art to fine art, photography, theater, pottery, and painting. Look up and take in the architectural details of our historic buildings that are being restored to their original beauty. Trinidad has also been chosen as a Space to Create Colorado project with its unique architecture, history, and growing concentration of artists and creative workers.
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music & theatre
The Trinidad Music Association (TMA) offers music concerts at Christmas and in the spring that are free to the public. Throughout the rest of the year, the TMA sponsors special music events of interest to the public. All concerts are held in the Massari Theater on the Trinidad State Junior College with other special events held at Upswing Community Center next to the Fox Theater.
Additionally, multiple music venues feature bands playing live music several times a week and you can always jump in with your own jams! Find live music, karaoke, or open mic nights at Trinidad Lounge, Club 14, Las Animas Grill, Gino’s, Moose’s Social Club and Martini Bar, Mutiny Café, and The Well Hotel and Taproom.
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Main Street Live
Main Street LIVE is located in the historic town of Trinidad in southern Colorado in “The Famous” department store building constructed in the early 1900s. The theatre was founded in 2002 by Harriet and Fred Vaugeois as the Southern Colorado Repertory theatre (SCRT). SCRT grew over the course of 17 years to offer professional summer repertory productions, year-round community theatre, youth productions and summer camps for youth.
In 2021 a new vision, mission, and goals emerged and, ultimately, a new name to clearly represent those new goals - "Main Street LIVE."
Main Street LIVE now offers
- community theater
- comedy, dance, music, and other special events
- classes for all ages
- venue rental opportunities
which is summed up in one phrase:
"LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FOR ALL"
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Museums
Given its rich history and diverse population, Trinidad is home to several well-known and established museums. Visitors can take a stroll back in time in the historic Baca House, home of the Trinidad History Museum, view fantastic art and hear anecdotes from mining days at the Coal Miners Memorial Museum, browse iconic art by Arther Roy Mitchell at the A.R. Mitchell Museum, and learn more about regional archaeology at the Louden-Henritze Archaeology Museum. Regardless of preference, there’s sure to be something for everyone!
For more recommendations or information, please feel free to contact us, or reach out to the museums using the info provided directly below.
TRINIDAD HISTORY MUSEUM
The Trinidad History Museum covers an entire city block in the historic heart of Trinidad, and recounts the history of the city from the mid-1850s to the early-1930s. The complex includes the 1870’s era adobe Baca House, the 1882 Victorian-style Bloom Mansion, the Santa Fe Trail Museum and the Baca-Bloom Heritage Gardens.
Trinidad, CO 81082
719.846.7217
A.R. MITCHELL MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART
Located in the historic Jamieson’s Department Store, built in 1906, with pressed tin ceilings and a horseshoe shaped mezzanine, the museum features the work of Arthur Roy Mitchell, King of the Pulp Western Cover Artists. His iconic western scenes of cowboys, horses and cattle have captured the hearts and minds of pulp western readers from the 1920s to today.
719.846.4224
COAL MINERS MEMORIAL MUSEUM
The museum is a tribute to the dedicated miners who explored the vast caverns beneath the plains, mountains and mesas of Southeastern Colorado. Here you can discover the industry that built Trinidad by riding a coal car, learning about the history and the workers who challenged the Rockefellers. Tour the lower level that takes you underground offering a peek into the mining experience.
Trinidad, CO 81082
LOUDEN-HENRITZE ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM
This museum tells the story of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico through geology, paleontology and archaeology. Explore displays that feature locally found artifacts and experience a unique look at millions of years of the area’s history.
Trinidad, CO 81082
Trinidad State Junior College
Ground floor of the college library
719.846.5508
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