Yuma Museum

The Yuma Museum, Inc. board operates the Yuma Museum as a non-profit organization registered with the State of Colorado. The museum depends on volunteers to accomplish its mission of preserving Yuma's history. Please consider donating artifacts, funds, or your time. The museum buildings are located at Lake Yuma in the 300 block between South Detroit and South Columbus Streets.

The Blach Schoolhouse, built circa 1920, was moved to the Lake Yuma site in 1990. It had been abandoned for almost 40 years and was exensively remodeled after being relocated. This last year, because paint would not stay on the siding, the museum board has had vinyl siding installed, the front door replaced, and the twelve storm windows repaired and repainted. A contractor has been hired to repair slight hail damage to the roof. The building which houses a valuable historical and genealogical collection, looks the same and is now sound and protected from the elements. The photo shows how the school looked when the Franson family gave it to the museum.

The Yuma Museum has a quite large military section with material dating back to the Mexican War, Civil War, Beecher Island, the Indian Wars, and all the wars in the 20th century. Recently we received Gay Crisswell's collection of photos of Yuma area youths serving in the military today. Come see our collection of uniforms, flags, weapons, books, histories, photos and souvenirs about Yuma area persons serving their country. Come see research on area heroes, including Medal of Honor winner George Shopp, who won his medal at the battle of Five Forks in Virginia during the Civil War. He moved to Yuma about 1900 and is buried in the Yuma Cemetery.