The Unsinkable Molly Brown House Restored!

Margaret Tobin Brown became famous as a heroic survivor of the Titanic shipwreck that killed 1,500, but her spirit + aspirations were "unsinkable" throughout her colorful career as a leading philanthropist, activist and socialite. The museum does do its best to promote the reality of Margaret Brown's life, though. Atter hopes the Molly Brown House Museum will dispel this characterization and introduce visitors to an educated, well-traveled social activist who influenced national and even international politics.

The Browns's wealth came from the gold and silver mines of Leadville, Colorado. Luckily, we arrived and were able to purchase tickets just before a scheduled tour began; we didn't have to wait very long and were able to enjoy the outside of Ms. Margaret Brown's home for about five minutes.

She and her husband J.J. Brown struck it rich in the gold rush in Leadville and moved to Denver to enjoy a l avish lifestyle. Ballet Ariel director Ilena Norton choreographed Tale of Molly Brown.” She likes to turn to history when looking for stories for new ballets, noting that Brown was an important figure in Colorado history.

25, 2014, weekends only, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. As visitors tour through the darkened mansion of the Unsinkable Molly Brown,” they hear classic Gothic horror stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Christina Rosetti and other 19th-century writers. At the age of eighteen she followed her sister, Mary Ann Tobin Landrigan, and Mary's new husband Jack Landrigan, to Leadville, Colorado, where they established a blacksmith shop.

Not only is there a complete tour of the house and an opportunity to walk in the footsteps of Molly Brown, (no pun intended, but it is a walking tour through the house, and there are stairs), but they even have an event room that you can rent out. For 85 years the Titanic, too, has been memorialized in many ways, perhaps Vacation none so opulent as the latest motion picture, in which Kathy Bates portrays Molly Brown.

In 1902, it was the governor's mansion for the Governor of Colorado and his family (Maggie invited the governor and his family to use her home while the governor's mansion was undergoing remodeling). Events can be planned at the Molly Brown House, which could provide the perfect motif for your event.

The Molly Brown house is within walking distance of the Capital. Among the survivors who managed to escape in a lifeboat was the actress Margaret Brown. After acquiring their wealth, James and Margaret bought their Denver, Colorado, home (built in 1889) located at 1340 Pennsylvania Street.