August 7, 2017

Screening Set for Sunday, August 27th

The Telluride Historical Museum is excited to announce that tickets to its fourth annual An Evening With Ken Burns film screening are on sale now.

This year’s event will feature a screening of episode 4 – “The True Welcome” – of the acclaimed documentary series, Jazz.  The evening will also include a post-screening audience Q&A session with Ken Burns as well as a book and DVD signing presented in conjunction with Between the Covers bookstore.

Tickets for the event are $25 for general admission, $20 for Museum members, and $5 for students.  The screening will take place on Sunday, August 27th at the Michael D. Palm Theatre.  Doors will open at 5:30PM and the program will begin at 6PM.

“We continue to be appreciative of Ken Burns’ gracious commitment to the Telluride community and to the Museum specifically,” Executive Director Kiernan Lannon said.  “We are once again providing the community with the rare opportunity to see one of America’s foremost documentarians and historians present his work and engage with this great community.  We’re looking forward to another fantastic event!”

Tickets can be purchased online or by calling the Museum at (970) 728-3344.  All tickets will be distributed via will call on the evening of the event.  The Museum will not be issuing physical tickets ahead of time.