On the web: https://www.cspm.org/
Phone: (719) 385-5990
Open: Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: 215 S Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, ½ mile east of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum.
Cost: Free admission, donations welcome.
Go here because: The Pioneers Museum is committed to building a lasting relationship to the Pikes Peak Region by preserving and sharing the cultural history through innovative exhibits.
You must: See the building – it was formerly the El Paso County courthouse; the courtroom on the second floor was used in the television show Perry Mason. The newest exhibit is Evidence: Finding the Facts about General William Jackson Palmer (the found of Colorado Springs).