Lafayette History Museum

About Lafayette History Museum

Lafayette History Museum illustrates the history of Lafayette, Colorado through exhibits, programming, tours, and community engagements. Housed in the Lewis Home, an 1890s coal miner’s cottage on the National Register of Historic Places, the very walls that make up the museum help tell the story of Lafayette. Although the museum was founded with a focus on coal mining, the scope of 4,000+ artifacts ranges beyond Front Range coal mining and labor history to tell a broader story of Lafayette. Lafayette History Museum’s strives to be a vibrant center that identifies, preserves, protects, and honors the heritage of Lafayette while inspiring curiosity to shape the future. The Lafayette Historical Society began collecting items related to the history of the local community in 1976. That same year, Elmo Lewis sold his childhood home to the Historical Society under the condition the house become a museum dedicated to the history and coal mining heritage of the town. Situated on the town’s original main street, across from its old City Hall, the Lewis House witnessed much of Lafayette’s life, including parades and celebrations, elections and protests—not to mention nationally significant labor strikes and cultural conflicts.

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