Welcome to Buena Vista Heritage.

Our museums may be closed for the winter, but there’s still plenty of history right at your fingertips! Check out the stories behind our museums and poke through thousands of photos in our digital archive, right from your computer. Then, join us when we reopen in summer of 2024.

Buena Vista Heritage is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization that exists to preserve and share the history of Buena Vista and Chaffee County for the education and enjoyment of the public.  Our goal is to preserve, protect and restore any historical site, building, and artifact pertaining to the Town of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, as well as areas in central and/or western Colorado.  We want to recreate and share the special stories unique to our area.