Welcome to the A.R.
Mitchell Museum of
Western Art in historic
Trinidad,Colorado where
the Old West comes to life
actually was a cowboy spending time Remington and Charles M. Russell.
as a ranch hand. He also traveled
to nearby Santa Fe, New Mexico to
tour many Indian pueblos including
Courtesy of the
Tesuque, Santa Clara, San Idelfonso,
A.R. Mitchell web site
San Juan and Taos.
www.armitchellmuseum.com
Mitchell’s
life
growing
up
immersed in the last golden days
Your visit to southern Coloof the old west set the stage for his
rado is not complete without a stop
at the A.R. Mitchell Memorial Museum to view the outstanding collection
of western genre paintings by Arthur
Roy Mitchell, Harvey Dunn, Harold
Von Schmidt and other painters as
well as antique saddles, old west artifacts, Navajo rugs, American Indian
pottery, Hispanic religious art and
artifacts and historical photography.
Your admission fee of $5 will enable
you to enjoy the massive collection
located in the historic western setting
of the old Jamieson’s Dry Goods
Store in downtown Trinidad, Colorado that features original antique
tin ceilings and a grand horseshoe
love of all things western and his
shaped mezzanine.
artistic talent and training allowed
During the 1870’s and 1880’s him to become one of the most
Trinidad was the headquarters of the influential cowboy artists of his time
largest cattle and sheep corporation in in the great tradition of Frederick
the state of Colorado. A booming cow
town filled with cowboys, cowhands
and ranchers, Trinidad’s streets and
neighboring towns were home to the
horses, cattle and beloved cowboys
and cowgirls that Mitchell would
paint and immortalize throughout his
career. Mitchell was not just an artist
who painted the cowboy as a hero, he
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