Denver, CO

THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF COLORADO, INC (History Colorado)

EIN 84-6000482

Arts, Culture & Heritage Cultural Heritage & Traditions

Mission

History Colorado's stated mission is to create a better future for Colorado by inspiring wonder in our past. citeturn2search2

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) Contributions are tax-deductible

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About THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF COLORADO, INC (History Colorado)

History Colorado (The State Historical Society of Colorado, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and an agency of the State of Colorado that preserves and shares Colorado’s places, stories, and material culture through museums, collections, research services, education, and preservation grant programs. citeturn0search1turn2search2

The organization operates the History Colorado Center and a statewide network of museums and historic sites, maintains the Stephen H. Hart Research Center collections, and administers the History Colorado State Historical Fund to support preservation projects across all 64 counties. citeturn2search2turn2search5

History Colorado serves large statewide audiences—including tens of thousands of students and hundreds of thousands of visitors annually—and is a Smithsonian Affiliate that partners with communities to expand representation in its exhibitions and collecting. citeturn2search1turn2search4

Notable achievements

State Historical Fund stewardship

Administers the State Historical Fund, one of the nation’s largest state preservation grant programs; awards in recent rounds total multiple millions of dollars to preservation projects statewide. citeturn2search5turn2search2

Extensive public collections and research access

Maintains a large research collection (reported figures include roughly 225,000 artifacts, 1,000,000+ photographs, and many linear feet of archival materials, within a repository described as containing millions of items) and provides public research services at the Stephen H. Hart Research Center. citeturn4search1turn4search5

Smithsonian affiliation and statewide reach

Recognized as a Smithsonian Affiliate and operates a network of museums and historic sites that reach hundreds of thousands of visitors and students each year. citeturn2search1turn2search2

At a glance

Tax status: 501(c)(3)
EIN: 84-6000482
Location: Denver, CO
Website: www.historycolorado.org/ citeturn2search2
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