Before Breckenridge was a resort, it was Colorado's first ski town — and this compact Main Street museum tells that first century of Summit County skiing. Black-and-white photographs and early equipment show the days when skis were mountain transportation rather than recreation, while vintage gear and a documentary video carry the story forward.

A dedicated exhibit honors the 10th Mountain Division, the WWII ski troops who trained in the Colorado high country and came home to seed the postwar ski industry. From there the timeline runs through the opening of Breckenridge Ski Resort in 1961 to its early embrace of snowboarders in 1984 — a welcome that was far from universal among ski areas at the time.

Entry is free, with donations supporting the nonprofit Breckenridge Heritage Alliance, and the museum is at its most atmospheric when you duck in out of a mid-winter snowstorm.