| 1883 |
Society of Boulder County Pioneers formed. |
| 1921 |
Territorial Pioneers of Boulder formed. |
| 1932 |
February, Boulder County Courthouse burned. |
| 1932 |
Boulder History Club formed. |
| 1933 |
Cornerstone of new courthouse set. |
| 1934 |
In April, the first history museum opens in the northwest ground floor of the new courthouse building, donated by the county. Society shared space with the Boulder Art Association. |
| 1938 |
Pioneer village created in vacant Pearl Street store. |
| 1942 |
Territorial Pioneers commit $500 towards construction of a museum. |
| 1943 |
Preliminary discussions of a post war civic center started. |
| 1944 |
10th October - Boulder Historical Society formed. |
| 1945 |
January, a fundraising drive to provide funds for a new city hall launched. |
| 1947 |
BHS incorporated as a Colorado non-profit. |
| 1949 |
School district donated space on the second floor of the Central School for use by the Boulder Historical Society. |
| 1955 |
First fundraising book sale held at Jones Drug store on Pearl Street for use by the Boulder Historical Society. |
| 1957 |
Asked to vacate Central School by June 1957. |
| 1958 |
Bought Safeway building at 1655 Broadway for $75,000. |
| 1958 |
Boulder Ice & Cold Storage at 21st & Pearl Street burned. Many irreplaceable items from the collection destroyed including Boulder Band's instruments. |
| 1959 |
Boulder Centennial celebrations 'Rush to the Rockies'.
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| 1970 |
City buys Harbeck-Bergheim House for $82,500. |
| 1976 |
Society purchased Squires-Tourtellot House/Malick House for $65,000. |
| 1982 |
Society moved into Squires-Tourtellot House/Malick House at 1019 Spruce Street. |
| 1985 |
City offers BHS use of Harbeck-Bergheim House at 1206 Euclid Avenue on University Hill as Museum. Society sells Squires-Tourtellot House and begins renovations on new facility. |
| 1987 |
The Boulder History Museum opens to the public at its new location on 'the hill'. |
| 2002 |
New Boulder History Exhibit 'Storymakers' opens April 30th. |
| 2004 |
Society & Museum celebrates 60th Anniversay with Celebrate Boulder! New Pioneers Banquet at the Hotel Boulderado in October. |
2005 |
Society purchases new off-site Collections Storage Facility to house over 35,000 objects |
| 2006 |
Society completes move by the end of summer of the entire artifact collection of over 35,000 objects to the new Collections Storage Facility Christensen Building. |
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