A guide makes a railroad museum a history lesson. Each Friday, the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden offers two guided walking tours that introduce the museum, its collections and the railroads’ effect on Colorado history. The Highlights Tour starts at 10:30 a.m., and a second, themed tour starts at 1:30 p.m. After either tour, visitors can keep exploring on their own.
On Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, the 1:30 p.m. tour is the Railroad Kitchen Tour. The museum does not present these as homeschool programs. They are open to everyone, they run during the school day, and at $3 a person on top of regular admission they are an inexpensive way to add a guide to a family field trip.
What to know
- When: Fridays at 10:30 a.m. (Highlights Tour) and 1:30 p.m. (themed tour); next Friday, Oct. 16, 2026
- Where: Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 W. 44th Ave., Golden, CO 80403
- Cost: $3 per person for the guided tour (adults, kids ages 2-17 and seniors 60 and up), in addition to regular admission of $12 for adults, $5 for children ages 2-17 and $10 for seniors. Museum members and children under 2 are free.
- Ages: all ages
- Subject: Colorado history
- Tickets: order tour tickets through the link on the museum’s Friday Tour page
- Note: tours are subject to change and depend on guide availability
Good to know
The museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and closed Mondays. Families with a group of students can also book a reserved visit; see our guide to student field trips at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Oct. 16 is also the museum’s Boulder County Free Admission Day. Train rides are a separate ticket and do not run on Fridays in October; the museum runs Sunday Goose Rides on Oct. 11 and Oct. 25.
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