DENVER — Crossing the threshold of History Colorado’s latest exhibit, “Moments That Made US,” my ears detect a weeping strings section that calls to mind shining seas and amber waves of grain. There is a real reverence here, like walking into a church. Historical artifacts everywhere I look, from the 1600s to present day.
Moments from the moon landing, Vietnam War, Great Depression and freedom of the press — long confined to history textbooks and archived news reels — are now on display at a new exhibit at History Colorado called “Moments that Made US.”
The product of more than five years of development and many hours of deep research and collecting of resources, Moments That Made US, showing at History Colorado through October 2026, is a collection of 50 artifacts from various defining moments in U.S. history. From Jackie Robinson’s baseball bat to antique homesteading equipment, senior exhibition developer Gwen Lockman says this experience is once in a generation…