Logo for the Adams County Historical Society

Adams County Historical Society

Adams County Museum & Saint Clair Ross Cemetery

9601 Henderson Rd. Brighton, CO 80601
Tuesday - Saturday, 10 AM - 4 PM
(303) 659-7103

Heritage Day will be on . The car show is from 9 AM to 1 PM, registration at 9 AM. Dash claques for the first 20 registrered cars. Awards at 12:30 PM.

This year’s annual Heritage lecture is about the history of the 1887 Henderson House. The lecture will be held at the Museum building at 11 AM.

Heritage Day is free and open to the public, with generous support from SCFD. All buildings will be open from 10 AM to 1 PM. There will be blacksmithing demonstrations, with food available from Archies Hot Dogs.

The Fall Festival craft show will be on , from 9 AM to 4 PM. Admission is $5, cash only.

Check out future events on the EVENTS PAGE


Located next to the Adams County Fairgrounds, the Adams County Museum has nine buildings, including a schoolhouse, a firehouse, a Victorian-era house, a gas station, and a blacksmith shop.

Hoffman Hall at the musuem features a saddle used by President Theodore Roosevelt, a two-story combine harvester, and Colorado's second-oldest printing press.

The Adams County Historical Society also maintains the Saint Clair Ross Cemetery, located at 11290 124th Ave. in Brighton.