The City of Loveland took over operations of
the Museum in 1946. In 1953, the Timpkes both passed away, leaving their money and the inherited
Osborn estate and property to the City of Loveland for the the
establishment of a museum. The Timpkes' brick home, built by
pioneer settler William B. Osborn in 1878 - 1879, was torn down in 1954.
The Museum was
started by author, collector, curator and mountain guide Harold
Marion Dunning, who began collecting pioneer artifacts and stories as
early as 1919.
Watch us grow with plans to expand the current Museum building in the upcoming years! Our current building! A major expansion project, doubling the size of the Museum building, was completed in 1992, providing increased areas for programs, art and history exhibits and collections. The Loveland Museum was erected in its place on the corner of Fifth and Lincoln and dedicated on November 24, 1956. An art gallery was added to the Museum in 1970.
Beginning in 1938, the first Loveland Museum was
located just west of the current building in a converted garage
owned by Otto and Cora (Osborn) Timpke.
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