Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center

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Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center is a historic frontier fort site in southern Colorado that now serves as a museum interpreting the region’s military, cultural, and Hispanic heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former military fort
historic site
history museum
category Historic sites in Colorado
Military and war museums in Colorado
Museums in Colorado
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Costilla County
currentFunction cultural center
museum
focusesOn Hispanic and Indigenous histories of the region
interactions between U.S. military and local communities
formerFunction U.S. Army frontier fort
hasBuilding adobe barracks
officers quarters
hasCollection historic military artifacts
regional cultural artifacts
hasExhibit Buffalo Soldiers history
Hispanic community life in the San Luis Valley
Kit Carson and the American West
frontier military life
hasProgram cultural events related to Hispanic heritage
educational programs on regional history
heritageFocus Hispanic heritage of the San Luis Valley
cultural history of the San Luis Valley
military history of southern Colorado
inception 19th century
locatedIn Colorado
Costilla County, Colorado
Fort Garland, Colorado
United States of America
surface form: United States
militaryBranchHistoricallyUsedBy United States Army
near Sangre de Cristo Mountains
openToPublic true
operatedBy History Colorado
ownedBy History Colorado
partOf San Luis Valley
surface form: San Luis Valley region
state Colorado
tourismType heritage tourism

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History Colorado hasPart Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center
United States Army installations in Colorado hasInstallation Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center
this entity surface form: Fort Garland (historic)