Library, Museums, Classes, Education

The Pitkin County Library offers programs for children, teens, and adults. Below are some of the many opportunities the Library offers.

• Kid, Teen, and Adult Summer Reading Programs
• Movie nights
• Aspen Music Festival performances and events
• Financial literacy courses for teens and adults
• Lab space: 3D printing, sound booth, etc

• Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies – the Aspen Institute’s graphic design museum adjacent to the physics center, which offers guided tours
• Aspen Art Museum – contemporary art, offers programs for kids, has a cafe on the roof
• Marolt Mining & Ranching Museum – on the Marolt Open Space, a greak paved biking trail and walking path
• Wheeler/Stallard Museum – the museum of the Aspen Historical Society, two blocks from the Aspen Center for Physics
• Ashcroft Ghost Town – leads to an easy trail with beautiful views
• Independence Ghost Town – beautiful and easy walk, a lot of children’s camps go here for that reason

• Aspen Music Festival & School
  • Phone: 970-925-3254
• Aspen Historical Society Programs
  • Phone: 970-925-3721
• Aspen Santa Fe Ballet School – offers children’s classes
  • Phone: 970-925-7175
• Aspen Youth Center – dodgeball, Top Chef, Mad Science, movie nights, etc…
  • Phone: 970-925-7091
• Aspen Art Museum Workshops

• Rocky Mountain Martial Arts (RMMA)
  • Phone: 970-925-9809
• Aspen Junior Golf – provides equipment
  • Phone: 970-920-3221
• Gymnastics Classes
  • Phone: 970-544-0487

• ACES Naturalist tours – offered by the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
  • Phone: 970-925-5756
• (Summer) Bird of Prey Tours
  • Phone: 970-925-5756
• Aspen Chamber Resort Association
  • Phone: (970) 925-1940
• Maroon Bells Bus Tours
  • Phone: 970-930-6442
• Fly-Fishing Tours
  • Phone: 970-920-6886
• Blazing Adventures – adventures for whole families
  • Phone: 970-923-4544