Breckenridge Welcome Center

Located in the heart of town adjacent to the Blue River Plaza, the Breckenridge Welcome Center is located at 203 South Main Street. Part information center, part hands-on interpretive museum, the 4,000 sq. ft. center provides visitors and locals information on everything from dining and shopping to winter and summer activities in and around Breckenridge. Stop by the Welcome Center to receive information about things to do in Breckenridge during your stay. The Breckenridge Welcome Center is also the starting point for Breckenridge History tours.

Location: 203 S. Main Street Breckenridge, CO 80424

Phone: 877-864-0868

Breckenridge Welcome Center

Welcome Center Info Desk & Museum Hours of Operation:

The Breckenridge Welcome Center is open 7 days a week, 9:30am-4:00pm.

Reach us by phone or online:

Our Breckenridge Information Specialists are excited to assist you via phone at 877-864-0868 or email at welcomecenter@gobreck.com.

Public Restrooms:

Welcome Center’s public restrooms are currently open. Guests can also use the public restrooms located at the Riverwalk Center. Public Restrooms will be open 8:00am-9:00pm.

Accessibility:

The Breckenridge Welcome Center offers elevators for every level of the building and welcomes persons of all abilities.
The Breckenridge Welcome Center has partnered with Aira and Aira ASL, a powerful tool to increase accessibility, improve visitor engagement, and ensure every visitor experiences the full value of each exhibit. Any visitor can download and open Aira or Aira ASL, and easily connect for free with a visual interpreter or an American Sign Language(ASL) interpreter. The visual interpreter uses the visitor’s camera and video to describe museum exhibits and events, read text associated with exhibits, and assist with navigation for blind or low vision visitors. The ASL interpreter also uses the visitor’s video to assist deaf and non-verbal guests in communication with welcome center staff.

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Breckenridge Welcome Center Museum

History & Exhibits

The Breckenridge Welcome Center museum, formerly called the “Bailey Building,” includes a series of interactive exhibits about the town’s history and environmental accomplishments.

During demolition of the Bailey to create the Welcome Center, crews discovered a well-preserved log cabin hidden between two newer additions. The 19th Century log cabin, which was likely someone’s home, was fully exposed and renovated so the public could walk along the same floorboards and run their hands along the same hand-hewn beams that miners touched more than a century ago.

The cabin is now an interpretive museum featuring the Ute Knowledge: Colorado’s Original Science Technology, Engineering, and Math exhibit. The exhibit tells the story of how Ute Indians have used science, technology, engineering and math to survive and thrive in the Rocky Mountains.

The Ute people are Colorado’s longest continuous residents, and they have thrived here through their deep understanding of, and a connection to, the Colorado landscape and environment. The exhibit includes maps of Ute homelands, historic and contemporary photos, and quotes from Ute elders and youth.

Visitors can explore hands-on activities (engineering a stick shelter, creating a beadwork pattern, testing woven materials, and matching plants with their uses) that highlight how Ute people solved problems in the past and still do today.

The exhibit includes a video monitor with nine short films highlighting collaborative field work to study Ute shelters, ethnobotany and rock art in 2017 and 2018. In the videos, Ute elders, Ute youth, and scientists discuss the connections between Ute knowledge and STEM.

Be sure to make the Breckenridge Welcome Center and museum the first stop on your trip to Breckenridge to learn about the town and get information on activities, shopping and dining. Don’t forget to check out the new museum theatre too!