Past Events

November 16, 2019••• Saturday 11 am••• The Pikes Peak Library District sponsors an event and the Manitou Springs Heritage Center hosts a presentation by Sarah Byrn Rickman, “Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II, 1942-1944”. WASPs were instrumental to the United States war effort in the skies during the Second World War. 1,102 WASPs flew aircraft from the point of production in the US to training and transportation sites between 1942 and 1944. Hear the remarkable stories of…

Annual Jigsaw Puzzle Swap.  If you have some old jigsaw puzzles you would like to donate or swap, the Manitou Springs Heritage Center will be hosting its Annual Jigsaw Puzzle Swap.  Join us for this free puzzling event and take advantage of discounts on select merchandise sold in our Museum Store.  20% OFF ALL Museum Store SALES of $25 or greater with limited exceptions. Support the Manitou Springs Heritage Center 517 Manitou Avenue Manitou Springs.  Visit our free museum.  For…

“A Christmas Carol” (1951) starring Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison and Jack Warner.  An old, bitter miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Run Time: 86 minutes Popcorn and movie concessions are available and admission is free. Support the Manitou Springs Heritage Center 517 Manitou Avenue Manitou Springs.  Visit our free museum.  For more information, call 719-685-1454, E-mail: ManitouHeritage@gmail.com or visit our website, http://www.manitouspringsheritagecenter.org/

December 14, 2019••• Saturday 1-3pm Classical Guitarist Wayne Hammerstadt.   Enjoy the mellow classical sounds of this gifted musician at a free concert hosted by the Manitou Springs Heritage Center and sponsored by the Manitou Music Foundation. Listen to this exceptional musician play his sophisticated and reflective style of music. Wayne will masterfully perform selected pieces from his repertoire of classical guitar favorites.   Support the Manitou Springs Heritage Center 517 Manitou Avenue Manitou Springs.  Visit our free museum.  For…

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January 25, 2020••• Saturday 11am “Colorado Springs, A Changing Landscape” is history and photography combined as this volume explores the city of Colorado Springs through Glenn Wesley Murray’s photographs made during the 1930s to 1960s, contrasting with contemporary images made by local Colorado Springs photography students. Their challenge, to document the same locations that Murray photographed, sometimes more than 80 years later, and apply their creative eye to the changes, the progress, and sometimes, the unfortunate loss of our city’s…

Feb 29th at 11:00 am The Pikes Peak Library District celebrates Black History Month and the Manitou Springs Heritage Center hosts a presentation by Dennis Moore. Mr. Moore will give an informative presentation on the Buffalo Soldiers.  Buffalo soldiers were African American soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War. In 1866, six all-black cavalry and infantry regiments were created after Congress passed the Army Organization Act. Their main tasks were to help control the…