Exhibits

Visit the Museum and experience the home of Denver’s own Unsinkable Margaret Brown and mining magnate James Joseph Brown.

Permanent Exhibit

The House Museum

Our guided tour features a walk-through of the house, including three floors and 16 rooms. You’ll walk into the elaborate golden entryway designed to impress the Browns’ guests, view the library with floor-to-ceiling bookcases, experience the Browns’ private sitting area and bedrooms, and glimpse the living and working quarters of their servants. The museum’s collections include furniture, clothing, accessories, artwork, and more from the life and times of Mrs. Brown. For more information on the museum’s collections, please visit our Collections Page.

Photo Credit: Tom McClure Photography

Permanent Exhibit

James Joseph Brown & the Peoples’ Quest for Gold

Visit our new Natural Resources Center to learn more about the man of the house, James Joseph Brown. Explore the mining endeavors that made the Browns millionaires and changed the course of history in Leadville. Discover how the quest for mineral wealth impacted the people of Colorado and transformed Denver into a growing cultural metropolis as a gateway to the gold fields.

Photo credit to Denver Public Library 

Temporary Exhibit

Up through December 31, 2024

American Dreams

Visit our new Titanic exhibit and learn about the massive wave of immigration to America around 1912 exemplified on the Titanic. Margaret Brown was called “Heroine of the Titanic” for starting a relief fund for these immigrant survivors who lost everything at the bottom of the ocean. Explore artifacts from Titanic and other White Star Line ships, including pieces from Titanic’s sister ship, the Olympic. You’ll also find artifacts from another ship, one whose fate resembled that of Titanic, the Cap Arcona.

Thanks to our partners, Jason Schleisman and Evgueni Mlodik.

Photo credit to Denver Public Library 

Temporary Exhibit

Up through October 28, 2024

Mrs. Brown’s Costume Party

This October we are blending historic and modern with a fun and funky Halloween exhibit, “Mrs. Brown’s Costume Party.” Around the Dining Room table, you’ll find unique costumes imagined by the talented fashion students of Rocky Mountain College of Arts and Design. Each creation includes elements of the Brown family’s fashion sense and Halloween costumes of the era with a modern twist. If Margaret threw a Halloween party today, would she and her guests flaunt these costumes?

Thanks to our partners, Rocky Mountain College of Arts and Design.

Temporary Exhibit

Up through November 3rd, 2024

Victorian Funeral Traditions

In Margaret Brown’s time, death was a constant companion. Victorian mourning customs insisted mourners place a wreath on their door, wear black, and widows were expected to stay in the home for months, sometimes years. This October, step into Mrs. Brown’s Victorian funeral parlor and learn about death watch, hair wreaths, and Denver’s connection to embalming. You’ll meet those who have died in the house, and who might still be here!

Thanks to our partners, Learned Lemur.