FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Julie A. Wedding
Public Relations Director
Colorado Historical Society
1300 Broadway
Denver, Colorado 80203


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PRESS RELEASE

Colorado Historical Society/Colorado History Museum
MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release:
April 28, 2004

Media Contact:
Julie Wedding


125 Years of Collecting Colorado Revealed in New Exhibit
Icons & Oddities opens to public Friday, April 30

Who: Colorado History Museum

When: Friday, April 30 - Monday, August 2, 2004
(Museum is open Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays noon to 4:30 p.m.)

What: Icons & Oddities: 125 Years of Collecting Colorado

More than 100 rarely seen artifacts are revealed in an exhibition that marks the 125th birthday of the Colorado Historical Society. The Exhibition will be on view in the Arco/Rotary Gallery and represents Colorado's iconic people and events as well as a few oddities from the nearly 12 million items held in trust by the Colorado Historical Society.

Visitors will encounter relics ranging from Alfred Packer's pistol to a pioneer trader's dentures and from a folk art sculpture of army medics from the Gulf War to a portrait of Mary Elitch Long.

Icons & Oddities offers an opportunity to see both rare gems and perennial favorites from the Society's treasure trove! Admission is included in the general admission fee. Visit the Web site at www.coloradohistory.org for more information.

Where: Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway, Denver

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