--- title: Stanley Hotel From The Shining May Become Horror Museum description: But first, the state of Colorado must approve the plans canonical: https://time.com/4081333/shining-hotel-horror-museum/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-21T16:42:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:13.724Z og:title: The Hotel That Inspired 'The Shining' May Launch a Horror Museum og:description: But first, the state of Colorado must approve the plans og:url: https://time.com/4081333/shining-hotel-horror-museum/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadaada3b56ad4934/69886929524fc0ef70df51c7/gettyimages-161069823.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2464 og:image:height: 1386 og:image:alt: ESTES ABOVE: This is the Stanley Hotel . Estes Park planning commission is considering proposals from a couple of developers to develop what is called Stanley Lot 4. The lot is just southeast of the hotel and sits next door to the hotel. One developer og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Hotel That Inspired 'The Shining' May Launch a Horror Museum twitter:description: But first, the state of Colorado must approve the plans twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadaada3b56ad4934/69886929524fc0ef70df51c7/gettyimages-161069823.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Hotel That Inspired _The Shining_ May Launch a Horror Museum > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: August 2026. ## TIME The Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition The Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. 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Richardson—Denver Post via Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 21, 2015 4:42 PM UTC The Stanley Hotel, which inspired Stephen King’s 1977 thriller _The Shining_, wants to create an immersive experience for horror fans by creating a museum. (Take a moment to imagine how creepy this could potentially be.) The hotel, which is in Estes Park, Colo., near the Rocky Mountains, also announced plans for a film production studio and a film archive, the Los Angeles _Times_ [reports](http://www.latimes.com/travel/california/la-trb-colorado-stanley-hotel-horror-museum-20151019-story.html). The Stanley Film Center would operate as a nonprofit public-private partnership and occasionally team with the Colorado Film School in Denver. But before you get too excited: the state of Colorado still has to give the green light. The hotel is asking for $11.5 million in state tourism funds, and it will ultimately cost as estimated $24 million to complete this “year-round horror destination.” Currently, the hotel offers ghost tours and hosts an annual [horror film festival](http://www.stanleyfilmfest.com/), but obviously a full-blown museum would take things to the next level. To get a feel for the museum’s creepiness, watch the trailer for _The Shining._ The hotel featured in the trailer is called the Overlook and was strongly inspired by the Stanley: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4081333/shining-hotel-horror-museum/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4081333/shining-hotel-horror-museum/"},"headline":"The Hotel That Inspired The Shining May Launch a Horror Museum","datePublished":"2015-10-21T16:42:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:13.724Z","description":"But first, the state of Colorado must approve the plans","url":"https://time.com/4081333/shining-hotel-horror-museum/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadaada3b56ad4934/69886929524fc0ef70df51c7/gettyimages-161069823.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadaada3b56ad4934/69886929524fc0ef70df51c7/gettyimages-161069823.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ESTES ABOVE: This is the Stanley Hotel . 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