Molly Brown House Museum

Our mini Leo the Lion plush is BACK IN STORE! Our staff is quite protective of these little guys, and how could you not be!? SO FLUFFY! SO SOFT! SO CUTE! Who knew that an inaniment object could be a best friend? Here we have a Leo plush hanging out with our sleeping lion statue. Come pick up your little lion for $10.00 at the "House of Lions" aka the Molly Brown House Museum... before the staff members buy them all out.. 😅🦁

Join us June 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM at the Molly Brown House Museum to celebrate Pride with an after-hours event honoring the vibrant LGBTQ+ history of Capitol Hill at the Molly Brown House Museum. Once operated as a gay-friendly men’s boarding house, this landmark holds stories of community, resilience, & connection. Enjoy a signature beverage and festive activities that highlight the neighborhood’s LGBTQ+ past. Go to mollybrown.org/events/ to get your ticket!

Margaret Tobin married James Joseph Brown on September 1st, 1886, at Leadville's Annunciation Church. They started their family amongst a large Irish Catholic community on the east side of Leadville. Their friends and neighbors were miners, laundresses, and laborers eking out a living at 10,200 feet.

What is it Wednesday?

In the lead-up to the passage of the 19th Amendment, many did not want women to vote, including many women. Some feared neglect of child rearing, and others felt a woman’s vote was already represented by her husband’s vote.

This anti-suffrage pledge card shows a Mrs. Blodgett’s wishes to keep out of politics.

Today women have been proudly voting since 1920, excepting many women of color who couldn't vote until the 1965 Voting Rights Act. And today, many women have had a legacy of service in state and federal legislatures, and other politcal offices.

It's Titanic Tuesday!

This anthracite coal was recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic, likely during an expedition to the site in 1994. Even though the coal is from the Titanic, it is still considered a natural resource, and therefore RMS Titanic, Inc. is able to sell it to raise money for future conservation efforts.

Add the Molly Brown House Museum to your summer bucket list to see rare and authentic Titanic artifacts! Thanks Axios for the coverage!

Molly Brown House debuts rare Titanic artifacts Five days before the Titanic sank, American writer Archibald Gracie penned an unknowingly foreboding letter aboard the colossal ocean liner. Zoom in: "It is a fine ship this, but I shall await my journey's end before I pass judgment on her," he wrote in a letter dated April 10, 1912, sending the let...

The Molly Brown House went to Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum! Our Visitor Experience Manager and Associate were given a private tour with Gary, an amazing volunteer with Wings Over the Rockies. The staff learned so much about airplane history here in Colorado and how important it is to preserve such stories and knowledge.

Margaret Brown once said, "I am a daughter of adventure… I never know when I may go up in an airplane and come down with a crash… That’s my arc, as the astrologers would say. It’s a good one, too, for a person who had rather make a snap-out than a fade-out of life."

So be a child of adventure and visit your local historical institutions! Thank you again, Wings Over the Rockies, for such a wonderful experience. 😊✈️🚀