The Loveland Museum is an accredited art and history museum that was founded in 1937 by local author, collector, curator, and mountain guide Harold Dunning. Dunning began collecting pioneer artifacts and stories as early as 1919. Today, the Loveland Museum is home to a variety of historical exhibits, hosts world-class art exhibitions, and provides family events, adult and youth classes; lectures; poetry readings, and other programming opportunities for the Loveland community and visitors from around the world and agencies.