Humphrey
History Park and Museum Mission
Our
mission is to tell the story of the life and times of the Humphrey
family and their home, the Kinnikinnick Ranch.
Humphrey
History Park and Museum Vision
The
Humphrey History Park and Museum’s goal is to preserve and interpret
the mountain heritage of Colorado to a diverse public. Our vision is to
present living history experiences that engage, entertain and educate
our visitors on the history and challenges our mountain founders faced
through the story of the Humphrey family.
Humphrey
History Park and Museum History
 The
Museum began in 1995 through a bequest of Hazel Lou Humphrey.
The bequest specified that the property would be used “to
preserve
the
history of the Humphrey family and the natural aspects of
the grounds
to provide an area for the use and pleasure of the public.”
Today, the Museum offers visitors a unique link between the
past and present though living history experiences. So what is living
history? Living history means the Museum uses the Kinnikinnick Ranch to
represent how the Humphreys lived and worked during the 1920s to 1940s
in Evergreen, Colorado. Museum staff and volunteers dress in western
clothing and work the Ranch sites. Visitors interact with these daily
activities in the original Humphrey home, garage, cattery, play house,
and Teacherage; reconstructed barn and smokehouse; restored flower and
vegetable gardens; and numerous outdoor activity stations. This allows
the visitors to smell the flowers growing in the garden, taste the food
cooking in the kitchens, hang clothes on the line, chop wood or just
swing on old fashioned rope swing. These hands-on activities create
opportunities for visitors to experience it in their own life, making
history come alive in a vibrant, meaningful way to each visitor
individually and brining the life and times of the Humphrey family to
life.
For children visiting the Museum, we offer a hands-on,
minds-on self-guided tour of the sites specifically designed for our
younger visitors.
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