Sedalia Museum and Gardens

Sedalia Museum and Gardens Sedalia Museum and Gardens: A quaint historic house and lovely award-winning gardens of local plants maintained by CSU Master Gardeners. to 2 p.m.

SUMMER HOURS: Saturdays 1pm-5pm
Tours available by appointment
Gardens are open dawn to dusk. Sedalia Museum and Gardens began as a small group interested in the history of Western Douglas County, Colorado. The West Douglas County Fire Protection District built a new fire house, and museum volunteers teamed with Douglas County Master Gardeners to landscape the area. The grounds now feature officia

l demonstration gardens for the Plant Select program, a collaboration between Colorado State University, Denver Botanic Gardens and the green industry. Plants in the garden are selected specifically for growing conditions in Colorado. Soon museum collections outgrew the original home. A neighboring rancher offered the Museum a Queen Ann Victorian cottage, built by one of Sedalia’s early settlers, for $1, on the condition that they move it. The fire department offered to locate the building on its property. Some two years and $100,000 later, the building was restored and opened in 2009 as the new Sedalia museum. Volunteers published a series of books on Sedalia and its residents, held Chili cook-offs and garage sales, and hosted Christmas parties to raise funds for the move and renovation. The attractive little building houses changing collections of Sedalia and period artifacts, and oral and written histories of local families. It has a growing collection of photos from Sedalia, all cataloged and on disk. All materials are available to historians and genealogists. Local artists exhibit their paintings in the museum on occasion, and a lending library is available to the community. The museum is open mid-May through mid-September from 10 a.m. on Saturdays and 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesdays, and by appointment.

07/21/2025
07/08/2025

NEW EXPANDED HOURS!

The Sedalia Museum will be open Fridays from 3 to 5 p.m., in addition to Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m. To arrange special tours or research time, contact Mary O'Pry, 303-688-5339.

06/15/2025

Get ready for the 4th of July celebration at the Sedalia Museum.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Enjoy an ice cream social

Hear pioneer stories

Toy-making for children

Trivia

Music by Mountain Ranch--our local favorites, the Ayers family.

Museum open, featuring early Douglas County pioneer families.

Thank you friends of the Sedalia Museum and Gardens. This was the most successful plant sale ever! More than $7000 will ...
05/25/2025

Thank you friends of the Sedalia Museum and Gardens. This was the most successful plant sale ever! More than $7000 will support museum and garden projects for the year and provide supplies for next year's sale.

SEDALIA MUSEUM opens for the season this Saturday, May 24, from 1 to 5 p.m. Come see the new displays on early Sedalia r...
05/21/2025

SEDALIA MUSEUM opens for the season this Saturday, May 24, from 1 to 5 p.m. Come see the new displays on early Sedalia ranches and businesses.

****ALL PLANT LOVERS****Did you miss the Sedalia Museum plant sale? All is not lost! There is a follow-up vegetable, flo...
05/19/2025

****ALL PLANT LOVERS****
Did you miss the Sedalia Museum plant sale? All is not lost! There is a follow-up vegetable, flower, seed, herb plant sale Saturday, May 24, at the Whistlestop shop, 4064 Douglas Ave., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

In addition, some of our Sedalia artisans will be displaying and selling some of their beautiful and one-of-a-kind special creations.

Look what's waiting for you at the Sedalia Museum and Gardens annual plant sale Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. ...
05/17/2025

Look what's waiting for you at the Sedalia Museum and Gardens annual plant sale Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Growers have been working since January to grow plants specifically suited for the West Douglas County climate. Be sure to be early to the sale at the Sedalia fire station for the best selection!

Six days until the Sedalia Growers Plant Sale, Saturday May 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Your Sedalia Growers have been wor...
05/12/2025

Six days until the Sedalia Growers Plant Sale, Saturday May 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Your Sedalia Growers have been working very hard to make sure they have plenty of heirloom plants you need for your gardens. So please join us on Saturday at the Sedalia Museum, 4037 Platte Ave. Our growers will be happy to make sure you have the right plants for your specific vegetable and flower gardens. The ladies in the green aprons are there to help.

As the Growers Group enters last minute preparations for the annual Sedalia Museum and Gardens May 17, the Quilters Grou...
05/10/2025

As the Growers Group enters last minute preparations for the annual Sedalia Museum and Gardens May 17, the Quilters Group finishes work on the aprons to be worn by workers at the sale.

Check your basements and attics! The museum needs the donation of a baby doll, life sized, to display some of the adorab...
05/06/2025

Check your basements and attics! The museum needs the donation of a baby doll, life sized, to display some of the adorable historic infant's wear from our collection. If you have one to offer, contact Mary O'Pry, 303-688-5339.

05/03/2025

NOTE: THE WRONG PHONE NUMBER FOR THE BAKERY'S PIZZA WAS PRINTED IN THE VIEW. CORRECT NUMBER IS: 303-815-3656. MY ERROR.

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4037 N Platte Avenue
Sedalia, CO
80135

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