The Molly Brown House In Denver Is Devoted To The Heroine Of The RMS Titanic

The Molly Brown House Museum offers histories of Denver (+ Colorado), the unsinkable” Titanic, and an inspirational local and national political leader. It turns out that Margaret received a highly coveted education all the way up to the old age of thriteen, in those days that was usually a privelage reserved for the wealthy, which Molly Brown knew nothing about at this point in life. The house has been restored by Historic Denver, an organization that came together to save the building from a wrecking ball in 1970.

Molly (Margaret) Brown was a famous survivor of Titanic; she was a socialite and philanthropist and was a first class passenger on the Titanic. In 1891, Brown purchased stock in a mining company that soon struck gold and he suddenly became very rich. In the nineteen sixty-four movie "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" she was played by Debbie Reynolds.

Visitors can see the Molly Brown House by taking a tour through it. All tours are guided and take about 45 minutes. Margaret Brown saved many passengers' lives by helping them evacuate the Titanic. When her children were young, she was involved in the early feminist movement in Leadville and aided the establishment of the Colorado chapter of the National American Women's Suffrage Association.

On the third floor, just across from a sun-drenched room that serves high tea, a servant's quarters has been re-created that recalls the pivotal roles of Mary history Mulligan (Margaret Brown's seamstress and maid, who traveled around the world with Brown and replicated her exotic shopping purchases) and Mary Fitzharris (an Irish immigrant whose story helped inspire a new Historic Denver focus on Irish history in Colorado).

Culture Knows No Boundaries” occupies the regular space inside the Molly Brown House, but includes dozens of additional artifacts that help tell a backstory people don't often hear. She and J.J. moved from Leadville to Denver after they struck gold so they could better their education and culture.

The wealth that Maggie dreamed of arrived in 1893 when the Ibex Co., in which J.J. owned substantial shares, struck gold in Leadville`s Little Jonny Mine. Besides the history that the tour guide shares, there is a plethora of information about Margaret Brown's life sold in the Visitor Center.

While known for surviving the infamous sinking of the Titanic, Margaret "Molly" Brown was also a leader in the fight for women's suffrage. In 1970 the Brown house was also due for demolition when concerned citizens formed the Historic Denver Inc. As the home of world-renowned Titanic survivor, socialite, philanthropist, early-Denver fashion icon and women's rights activist Margaret Molly” Brown, it was shared with her husband, mining engineer J.J. Brown, and their children Helen and Larry.