Canon City, Colorado: Museum of Colorado Prisons
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- Address:
- 201 N. 1st St., Canon City, CO
- Directions:
- West edge of the city. From US-50 turn north (no stoplight) at the brown Prison Museum sign onto 1st St. Drive two blocks to the museum, on the left.
- Hours:
- May-Sep daily 10-6, Oct-Apr W-Su 10-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 719-269-3015
- Admission:
- Adults $12.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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Features Colorado's gas chamber, murder weapons, and much grim memorabilia. Set inside a former part of a prison, with the rest of the prison next door.
Roadsideamerica.com Report... [06/02/2024]"America's Glamorous Gas Chambers." An actual gas chamber sits on the lawn of the Museum of Colorado Prisons.
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Completely worth the stop! It made my 12-year-old child actually engage! Great exhibits, and as a bonus, you can listen to the prisoners in the yard next door.
[Steve, 08/12/2023]
Self-tour of the prison museum was quite fun. Cells were decorated past and present. Had articles, stories, artifacts -- everything to enlighten you with what/who served time and why.
[Nona Fisher, 06/03/2021]
The most interesting artifact to me at the prison museum was a table top made from a collection of confiscated shivs. The gas chamber was a little unsettling to see.
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