The Denver City & County
Building is decorated with
40,000 floodlights each
holiday season and is regard-
ed as the largest outdoor
The Colorado History Museum in Denver
lighting display in the nation.
has exhibits covering the cowboys,
Photo by Stan Obert, Denver Metro
Convention & Visitors Bureau
explorers, ranchers, and railroaders who
have called Colorado home.
View from the Colorado Convention Center
Photo by Stan Obert, Denver Metro
Photo by Colby Johnson
Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Colorado History Museum traces the one article. A few others of interest to some of American Indian artwork in the world,
history of Colorado Native Americans, might be the Denver Firefighters Museum, and it has been a host to exceptional travel-
explorers, gold miners, cowboys, and pio- the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space ing exhibitions—including collections from
neers that made an impact on Colorado Museum, the Colorado Railroad Museum, the Louvre ($20/adults, $12/youth).
($7/adults, $5/children). The Black and the Denver Museum of Miniatures. As a new addition to the Denver art
American West Museum is housed in the scene, the Museum of Contemporary Art
historic home of Justina Ford, Denver’s first
Galleries
Denver opened its doors to a permanent
African-American doctor, and tells the story Although Denver was once a rough and unciv- home in October of 2007. Since its start in
of African-American cowboys who made up ilized western town, it is quickly becoming a 1996, the MCA has been the only museum
as much as one third of the cowboys in the respectable center for fine arts and sophisticat- in Denver devoted exclusively to contem-
American West ($8/adults, $6/children). ed culture. Among the most notable sites to porary art and has received a great deal
In addition, the Western History and visit is the Denver Performing Arts Complex of local, national, and even international
Genealogy Department in the Denver (the PLEX). The PLEX is the second-largest exposure. The MCA Denver follows the
Public Library contains a wealth of origi- performing arts center in the nation (next European tradition of kunsthalle (a facility
nal maps, books, and paragraphs available to New York’s Lincoln Center) and houses mounting temporary arts) and is a noncol-
to the public. For those wanting to see a the Denver Center Theatre Company, the lecting institution that serves as an incuba-
Victorian Denver home, the Molly Brown Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Opera tor for arts and ideas, artistic exchange and
House Museum is the place to go. This Colorado, and the Colorado Ballet. Among dialogue, and exploration ($10/adults).
museum honors the “unsinkable” Molly the 10 theaters in the complex are the Ellie Two of the most popular places to visit
Brown, a heroine of the Titanic disaster Caulkins Opera House, one of nine opera are the Denver Art District on Santa Fe
and one of Denver’s most beloved charac- houses in the world with seatback tilting for and the Golden Triangle Museum District.
ters ($7/adult, $4/children). every seat; the Boettcher Concert Hall, the The Art District on Santa Fe is located just
The best-known museum in the state, nation’s first symphony hall in the round; south of downtown and has more than 30
however, is The Denver Museum of and the Buell Theater, designed for incredible galleries. Just east of Santa Fe in the Golden
Nature and Science. The DMNS is the acoustic enhancements. Triangle District, visitors will find another
fourth-largest museum of its kind in the The PLEX offers a variety of shows 15 galleries, as well as shopping and din-
nation and a leading resource for interac- year-round, as well as tours upon request ing. If you happen to arrive in Denver early
tive and informal science education. At any ($6/adult). for JSM, the best time to visit the galleries
given time, the museum houses a variety of In addition to the PLEX, Denver has is when all doors are opened for the First
exhibits from prehistoric times to the cos- some of the finest museums and galleries Friday Art Walk, held every first Friday of
mos and features IMAX and planetarium in the western states. At any given time, the the month. If you still want more variety,
shows year-round. For information about Denver Art Museum has more than 40,000 dozens of other galleries can be found in
current exhibits, hours, and costs, visit works of art within the walls of its 28-sided the city, with concentrations in LoDo,
www.dmns.org. building. It is internationally recognized Cherry Creek North, and the Highlands.
Because of the size of Denver and the as a family-friendly museum, with several Visit
http://art-collecting.com/galleries_co_
strength of its historical societies, there are interactive activities for children. Many denver.htm to find a list of many of Denver’s
too many impressive museums to note in claim the museum has the finest collection best galleries. ■
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