Littleton Museum

What a fun little day activity. I went with my daughter and Mom and we walked around the 40 acre farm which is very accurately historically based. The inside of the museum was very interesting with an art exhibit, a special exhibit which currently focused on Kate Farretti and the Littleton history area which included a kids zone. The Kate Farretti exhibit depicted the life of a famous hat maker originally from Italy, she settled in Denver with her husband and made hats for Denver's elite including Molly Brown. Kate was also mother to the first triplets to be born in Denver. You can spend a couple hours here and make a day of it. I loved the living history farm portion which included 1860's and 1890's farms and contained 5 historical buildings as well as outhouses and a root cellar. It is an acutal working farm with 1800lb cows, turkeys, chickens, sheep, donkeys and a blacksmith! The gardens throughout were beautiful, we got to pick some pumpkins and see what would have been grown in this historical time period. Both livestock and gardens were accurately portrayed for the time period. You can only bring water in so don't try to do a picnic onsite. You are able to bring strollers and wagons and I would recommend doing so, there is a lot of land to be covered which requires a lot of walking.

Littleton Museum is a GEM for parents! I took my 2 year old daughter here on a beautiful December day and she loved seeing all the animals - cows, horses, chickens, sheep, pigs, donkeys, turkeys. It was a great way to spend time outside and walk around this nice property. It's free to visit, plenty of parking, clean bathrooms, and a wonderful gift shop! They put on events throughout the year but we haven't checked them out yet.

Great place to take the kids and let them run around. You can just walk straight in, there was no wait. There is a small museum, gift shop and art exhibition. It was interesting to go back in time and learn about how life was lived and fun to be up close to some of the farm animals. Spent a good hour and a half exploring. You wouldn’t even think this place is where it is! A hidden gem, free of charge.

The Harvest Festival here is so engaging and very Fall-tastic! We love taking the kids here even when it's not a festival or celebration because it's a wonderful place to just walk around and see animals. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to be transported back to olden days.