Founded in 1893 and already one of the largest art museums between Chicago and the West Coast, the Denver Art Museum nearly doubled its gallery space when the new Frederic C. Hamilton Building opened in 2006. Designed by renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, the Hamilton Building consists of geometric shards flaring out like titanium flower petals.  The Hamilton Building houses the Museum’s modern and contemporary, Western American, African and Oceanic collections as well as three traveling exhibition galleries. The Museum's original striking North Building was designed by Gio Ponti of Italy.  Its galleries showcase some of the Museum’s 68,000+ works of art from around the world, including European and American painting, sculpture and design, textile art, and a world-famous American Indian art collection.  The Museum's collections of pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial art, Asian, and architecture, graphics and design are also very fine.  Nationally recognized as a family-friendly place, the Denver Art Museum offers a variety of innovative and interactive programs, including the Just For Fun Family Center, Hotspots, family backpacks, the Kids Corner, gallery games, art tubes and more. Visitor amenities include daily architecture and collection highlight tours, two Museum Shops, on-site restaurants and spectacular event spaces.

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