Carbon County Museum
904 Walnut, PO Box 52
Rawlins, WY 82301
307-328-2740
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Hours of Museum: October - May: Tuesday -Saturday 1 - 5pm
June - September: Tuesday -Friday 10 am - 6 pm; Saturday 1-5 pm
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"A museum serves as a cultural bookmark,
encouraging its
community to hold its place"
~Author unknown
Our Mission
Carbon County Museum collects, conserves, interprets, and disseminates regional history to inspire Carbon County cultural entities and all learners-today and tomorrow.
We celebrate Wyoming's first female Physician/Surgeon, Lillian Heath, as well as housing her extensive clothing collection from 1880-1940s.
Our museum is home to an original Wyoming State Flag.
Our museum houses the story of the outlaw,
Big Nose George Parrot.
It is the only museum in Wyoming with an
Edison Foundation collection.
Other items of interest in our museum's
permanent collection include: Tom Horn's spurs and pistol; a 1623 Breeches
Bible; a collection of original Carbon County Journal newspapers from
1879-1914 and 1939;
extensive archive and photograph collections;
16-ton decorative ca. 1880 Mosler & Bahmann Co. safe.
Restorations: Sheepherders Wagon; a horse drawn sleigh; 1920 Fire Ladder Truck; 1900s Buggy.
Inventions: Bull's Eye Pistol,
patented 1924 by Dr. C.L. Bunten
Carbon County Museum's permanent collections
are used to support changing exhibits depicting life in the west, Indian legends
and lore, western justice,
the construction of the
Union Pacific Transcontinental Railroad,
the rich heritage of cattle and sheep ranching,
as well as mining throughout the county.
Produced in cooperation with
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