Grand Encampment Museum
The Grand Encampment Museum, located in Encampment, Wyoming, preserves history with
its collection of over a dozen historical buildings filled with artifacts representing the timber,
mining, and agricultural history of the Encampment valley. Includes a research library.
Open Monday – Saturday 10 – 5 & Sunday 1 – 5
Memorial Day Weekend – Labor Day & Weekends in September
Free Admission
307-327-5308
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The Sheep Shed Studio
Encampment is home of the Academy of Spinster’s a learning institution for the fiber arts.
Learn carding, spinning on wheels and spindles, fleece weaving, triangle loom weaving, and
natural dyeing. Onsite lodging is available.
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Take the Tour of Historic Houses in Grand Encampment
Pick up a Historic House Tour brochure from the Grand Encampment Museum or the Carbon
County Visitors Center in nearby Riverside and take the tour. There are 20 historical houses
on this tour including The Henry House former home of the 1901 Mayor of Encampment and
the Kuntzman House which was the first Encampment home to boast an indoor toilet.

Battle Highway
The Battle Highway along Wyoming’s Highway 70 stretches across the Sierra Madre
Mountains from Encampment to Baggs. The scenic highway is open Memorial Day through
October. Historic sites along the way include Battle ghost town and the Edison Monument
commemorating the place where, while fishing on Battle Lake, Thomas Edison got the idea for
the first light-bulb filament. Battle Pass, on the Continental Divide, provides a sweeping view
of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. Traffic on the highway is light and wide shoulders make
this an excellent bicycle route as well.