Golden Urban Renewal Authority Beautifies With AAC Painting!

GURA selected one of the paintings from the AAC Collection for a 20′ square banner now hanging from the Golden Hotel in Downtown Golden.  You can read more about it here!  Thanks, GURA!

Map Exhibit Opening Reception

Behind the Scenes of the Map Exhibit

Originally uploaded by American Alpine Club Library

The Opening Reception for Cartography of Topography is Thursday, January 29th, from 7-9pm. RSVP at http://www.cmc.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?EventID=1653
Learn more about the exhibit by looking at our Flickr Pages. Just click the image!

Map Exhibit Opens!

Today is the first day of for the new exhibit On High: The Cartography of Topography on display at the American Mountaineering Center. This exhibit will be on display through May 31. See our earlier blog post for more details.

New Book Club!

We are excited to launch the AAC book club! As a project of the American Alpine Club Library, this book club will focus predominantly on the vast scope of mountaineering and climbing literature.
The book club will meet on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 6 to 7pm starting on February 10, [...]

Isserman and Hornbein Launch BWAMM Speaker Series

Maurice and Tom in the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering museum
Originally uploaded by American Alpine Club Library.  Click on the photo to see more on the Flickr page.
The first of a series of monthly talks in the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum was a success! Maurice Isserman and Tom Hornbein kept a conversation going with [...]

Upcoming Event

January 8, 2009 at 7:00 PM
The BWAMM Speakers Series presents:
An Evening with Maurice Isserman & Everest pioneer Tom Hornbein.
Fallen Giants:A History of Himalayan Mountaineering From the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, a recent release from Yale University Press, shares unforgettable stories of the [...]