Destination: Pueblo

ABRIENDO INN

This circa 1906 blond brick four-story mansion is one of the largest and most elaborately detailed Foursquares in Pueblo. It was built for Martin Walter, founder and president of the Walter Brewing Company. The Abriendo Inn offers its guests a choice of lodging that is unique as well as being conveniently located. 

300 W Abriendo Ave, Pueblo, CO 81004

(719) 626-9676 • TheAbriendoInn.com

PUEBLO HERITAGE MUSEUM

Located in the historic Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Freight Station downtown, is an enormous and utterly fascinating single-level aggregation of everything Pueblo. Imagine if your basement, instead of being full of junky stuff you can’t quite get rid of, had wonderful artifacts of every imaginable sort. That’s the Heritage Museum—where you can spend an hour or an afternoon! Open 10-4 Tuesday through Saturday.

201 W B St, Pueblo, CO 81003

(719) 295-1517 • TheHeritageCenter.us

PUEBLO ZOO

The Pueblo Zoo is an AZA accredited facility located in Pueblo City Park and is home to more than 250 animals, representing over 125 different species from around the world. Open daily, year-round, the Zoo offers family- friendly grounds that take you through fun, educational, exotic and colorful animal habitats and exhibits. Our mission is to empower people to engage in the conservation of animals and their natural habitat.

3415 Nuckolls Ave, Pueblo, CO 81005

(719) 561-1452 • PuebloZoo.org

ROSEMOUNT MUSEUM

Built in 1893 as a private home, is a spectacular 37-room mansion that was home to the John A. and Margaret Thatcher family. Designed by Henry Hudson Holly, the mansion remained a private home for 75 years. Nearly all furnishings, accessories, artwork, and interior treatments are original to the home. The museum includes a separate carriage house and the original spacious grounds. You may have visited house museums before, but this one is beyond magnificent. Guided tours begin every half hour throughout the day.

419 W 14th St, Pueblo, CO 81003

(719) 545-5290 • Rosemount.org

EL PUEB LO HISTORY MUSEUM

Located downtown at 302 S. Union Ave., is a museum whose building is a recreation of the 1842 El Pueblo trading post which originally occupied this site. Archaeologists first pinpointed the site in 1989, and the city partnered with the Colorado Historical Society to fund the museum’s new home which opened in 2003. The museum spotlights Pueblo’s long and colorful history, beginning as a border settlement between Spanish America and the United States. It’s friendly, accessible and community-centric—don’t miss it when you’re downtown!

301 N Union Ave., Pueblo, CO 81003

(719) 583-0453 • ElPuebloHistoryMuseum.org

SANGRE DE CRISTO ART CENTER

Located in the heart of downtown just off I-25 exit 98B (Santa Fe Ave.). Parking is free and the five exhibit galleries are always focused on the arts and culture of Pueblo, southern Colorado and the Southwest. Got kiddos with you? No worries—the Buell Children’s Museum will delight them.

210 N Santa Fe Ave, Pueblo, CO 81003

(719) 297-7200 • sdc-arts.org