Fort Lupton Museum

Fort Lupton City Museum The museum not only holds many historical artifacts – IT IS ONE! The building started life in 1929 as the Fort Lupton Library, open to the public and the High School, which was located next door. The present High school was built in 1976 with a library attached, the old school was demolished and the library building stood empty. Over the years, a Sheriff’s sub-station had its home here along with a license bureau, Boy Scouts meeting place, the Senior Center, the Recreation Center, the Red Cross Relief Committee. Dance classes and Sunday school classes took place here too! The Fort Lupton City Museum was established in the early 1990s and has steadily grown its collection of local history, High School Year Books, local newspapers etc. The Ralph Haynes Collection of arrowheads and other ancient artefacts are on display; visitors can read about the early canning factory, famous for canning the best tomatoes (and other vegetables) in the state. (Billboard pic from 1955 FL Press) Learn about domestic life in our 1950s Domestic Corner …………… there’s much more to learn about Fort Lupton and the people who made it such a great city.