Welcome to the
Steelworks Center
Of The West
Pueblo, Colorado's Favorite Museum
The Steelworks Center of the West provides continuing education to the public through the preservation of historic archives, artifacts and buildings of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I), and related activities leading to the industrialization of the entire Western United States.
HOURS:
Hours: 10am - 3pm
Tuesday through Saturday
Closed Sundays
ADMISSION
Admission: $10 per adult, $4 per child
Senior & Veteran Discount
CSU-Pueblo and Pueblo Community College students are free with valid student ID
CF&I Themed License Plate Petition
The Steelworks Center of the West is collecting electronic signatures from Colorado residents authorizing the production of a CF&I themed license plate.
Visit The Museum
The Steelworks Museum is housed in the former CF&I Medical Dispensary, built in 1901. The museum features exhibits related to all facets of CF&I and related industries’ impacts on the American West.
Archives
Archives include over 100,000 photographs, more than 150 films, 30,000 maps and drawings, hundreds of ledgers, and internal publications such as Camp and Plant, The Industrial Bulletin, and The Blast.
Education
The Steelworks Center offers a number of educational programs and resources for students and teachers. Our mission is to educate students and teachers about the history of Pueblo.
PLEASE HELP SUPPORT OUR MISSION
Make a Financial Contribution
Your contributions help us to fulfill our mission of protecting the historic archives, artifacts, and buildings of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and the entire Industrial West, and provide educational programs to bring this history and technology to life!
Visit the Steelworks Park
You can help to support this project and leave your own mark on the Steelworks Park by adopting a park bench or a garden area, donating directly to restore Mine Rescue Car No. 1, or by purchasing a brick.
Become a Member
Please consider becoming a member of the Steelworks Center of the West. Your membership supports our mission, including educational programming and the preservation of the archival collections and museum artifacts.
Volunteer
We accept volunteers of all ages. Whether you are volunteering on behalf of your school or organization, or you just have extra time on your hands contact us! We have enjoyable and interesting tasks ranging from working in the museum to working in the archives.
What people say about us
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I love going to museums..I took my grandson for free day .. I learned so much about the history of the CF and I and Pueblo and surrounding counties.. you learn so much and you can feel so much history and everything you see.. it's only $6 for adults and $4 for children and I recommend more people to check this out.
Dedicated staff that preserve the memories of generations of hard workers and the neighborhood. Hours of information!
Very very interesting true history of Pueblo and how this city "Steel City" was an integral part of the great Industrial Revolution in America
It brought back a laot of good memories as well as some of the bad. Strikes and layoffs were hard times. Victoria let me see Dads work record.
Thank you for this great photo. My grandfather started working in the blast furnace when he was 12 years old, opening the doors to the furnace. He retired at 65 as a car operator. He spent his entire career in the blast furnaces
The CF&I Steel Corporation Records contain approximately 6,000 cubic feet of manuscript materials related to the life cycle of the Pueblo, Colorado steel mill, more than 60 CF&I mines, and other related CF&I business operations. Also included are approximately 150 motion picture films, 100,000 photographs, over 30,000 maps and drawings, company publications, and thousands of ledgers. The archival collection spans CF&I’s 121 year history (1872 to 1993), illustrating every aspect of the company’s operations.
Much of the core CF&I collection is processed only at a basic box level. More detailed processing has progressed on specific record groups, including Industrial Relations, Mines and Quarries, and Administration. We are currently processing additional portions of the collection.
All photographs displayed on this website are the property of the Steelworks Center of the West. Unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution, or commercial exploitation of these images is strictly prohibited without the express written consent from Steelworks Center of the West including the purchase of an appropriate license. Any attempt to use these photographs without such consent and license may result in legal action. Please contact us at (719) 564-9086 for more information about licensing our photos.
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This is a fascinating museum. If you want to understand Pueblo, this place will thoroughly explain it's roots. The curator was full of info and delightful. I will definitely go back.