A must see. $5 well spent. You tour the downstairs and upstairs and learn quite a bit about the ladies of the night more than 100 years ago. Remember folks, it is a brothel so if you don't want your kids learning about such things have one parent watch them while the other goes through. Ask questions, the current ladies of the house are happy to answer. No pictures inside which is a shame. Nice people, inexpensive. informative. Loved the furnishings, the stories about the working girls and a good history lesson worth remembering - part of how the west was won.
For any history lover, definite place to go back into time. Note: it is a small building with a small staircase (which leads to the 2nd floor bedrooms).
Interesting/historic landmark to visit while in Cripple Creek. Tour guides were very nice, well informed, and injected a bit of humor on the side! Would recommend as a sight to see while in town
The amount of care given to this historic brothel is apparent. The house looks the same as in the 1890s. I was amazed at the size of the girls rooms and the decor as we had been to a brothel in Skagway and those girls worked in what amounted to a closet. This was a very interesting look into history. The guides in the house were well versed in the history.
Vewry cool museum the ladies ar esweet and give lots of good info. The stories are awsome and the interior makes you feel like you stepped back 100 years!
This could very well have been our favorite part of our "history weekend" in Cripple Creek, touring the museum that once was one of the many town brothels. The museum staff was very knowledgeable and the tour was really interesting and fun. The restoration of the building was very well done.
Do not confuse this museum with a actual "homestead". This was the leading prostitution in Cripple Creek during the gold rush. The tour costs $5 but only worth about $3. Much information given on the "girls" and "madame's" who lived in the home. I would be careful taking kids on this tour unless you're ready to fill in the "blanks".
Very neat home that has many pieces of old Colorado preserved, neat displays of the gambling beginnings to revive old mining towns. Bathrooms located on the ground floor, and a separate building dedicated to the mining tools etc. Out doors the kids can play with the donkeys or hike the trails to the train station that runs every day.
After taking the tour of this museum, I immediately became a supporting member. Many may think the subject of this museum is demeaning and degrading, but I want to thank the forward thinking residents of Cripple Creek who in 1958 saw the need to preserve this last vestige of a very important part of their history. 56 years ago they started the preservation and at that time an important member of the community came forward and donated her expertise and her trunk full of memorabilia from her time working in this house. That stroke of luck has given this museum accuracy that most museums can only dream of. She was there and she helped them recreate the ambiance and visuals that make this attraction an absolute must for all visitors to Cripple Creek and the drive to Cripple Creek a must for all students of American history.
$5 will get you in for a tour explaining the life of the "working girls" of Cripple Creek. Bring kids at your own risk. This was a high class joint in it's time. Cripple Creek was rather ahead of it's time with the town making the rules & restrictions for the red light district. They could only go downtown on a certain morning every week to shop. Their Madame was required to get them a physical every month & was responsible for their following the rules. I'd never been to a brothel museum before, so I couldn't resist. My husband was cool with it, but the other guy that made up our group was uncomfortable. The guides were very good & knew their stuff. The downstairs guide (the lady wearing oxygen) was great! There's no inside photography, so I just got a shot of the side of the building that had a painted ad. Interesting!