Objects
This exhibit centers around the 14 objects from the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center preserved from the Mission 66 era. What once was a group of seemingly haphazard objects now helps tell a story of the ways Beaver Meadows Visitor Center was designed to facilitate and inform an increasingly large influx of visitors to Rocky Mountain National Park. From auditorium benches to standing ashtrays, this exhibit features the smaller details that developed out of a series of compromises between National Park Service administrators and renowned designers from Taliesin Associated Architects. While the pieces might seem insignificant when considered separately, these objects collectively help us grasp the culture of Mission 66 and the values that it sought to promote.
In this exhibit, we discuss objects designed and purchased to help facilitate visitor experiences at Beaver Meadows.
To explore these objects, please click to the next page to find our full collection of objects. There you can either briefly glance through the exhibit or spend time discovering the contexts of each object that help to construct our understanding of the impact of Mission 66 on Beaver Meadows.
