The Miners’ pumpkin patch: Smashing rocks and gourds at the Western Museum of Mining & Industry
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The largest fundraiser of the year for the Western Museum of Mining & Industry (WMMI) returns this month, proving that miners can grow more than just crystals.
The museum hosts its Miners’ Pumpkin Patch every Saturday in October. Guests can buy pumpkins or choose to smash them with baseball bats. Guides will also help guests pan for gold inside the museum and operate their historic apple cider press.
Guests can also expect hayrides, a hay maze, animal encounters, food trucks, a magician and more. As always, the museum and all its early 20th-century machinery will be operational and open to the public.
“Colorado Springs was such a huge contributor to the mining industry,” Grounds & Maintenance Supervisor Colton Manchester said. “The Colorado gold rush contributed so much to the nation’s wealth and also just the industry that has made our nation what it is today, and so to preserve that both local culture and national culture is something that the museum’s honored to do.”
The patch has timed-entry tickets online for about $14 per ticket. The WMMI museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit.
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