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The Molly Brown House Museum Has a New Titanic Exhibit to Dive Into

By Kristen Fiore

Jul 14, 2025

The museum acquired a new Titanic artifact just in time for Margaret Brown's Birthday Tea event.

Dino Fossil Discovered Under Denver Museum of Nature & Science Parking Lot

By Kristen Fiore

Jul 9, 2025

"It's like a lone dot in the middle of a giant geologic connect-the-dots puzzle of rocks that surround Denver."

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Colorado's Movie Car Museum Is Closing...for Now

By Alexander Hernandez Gonzalez

Jul 9, 2025

Known for its iconic vehicles from classic movies, Rodz and Bodz will close August 3, with an auction later that month.

Auraria Campus Sets Aside Land for Colorado Hispanic History Museum

By Bennito L. Kelty

Jun 26, 2025

The Auraria Campus will hold off on selling land that it hopes to use for a Colorado Hispanic History Museum in a few years.

Colorado Music Hall of Fame Moves Into Colorado Convention Center

By Patricia Calhoun

Jun 3, 2025

“We are thrilled to bring the stories and legacies of Colorado's music legends to the heart of downtown Denver."

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Funds and Games: Checking in With the Colorado Arts Organizations That Lost Their NEA Funding

By Kristen Fiore

May 20, 2025

Colorado arts organizations comment on their lost NEA funding.

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City's Spirit: Denver Art Museum Celebrates Susan Wick in Eyes On Exhibit

By John Flathman

May 14, 2025

The DAM's Eyes On series for contemporary has returned with a tribute to Susan Wick, who ran legendary hipster hangout City Spirit from 1984 to 1997.

Travel to Trinidad for the West's Largest Display of Louis L'Amour Book Cover Paintings

By Kyle Wagner

May 8, 2025

“They’re like episodes of Bonanza. When you read his books, you can kind of revisit this time period that so many people hold so dear."

Kent Monkman Reverses the Gaze in New Denver Art Museum Exhibit

By Kristen Fiore

Apr 19, 2025

You'll be wiping tears from your eyes after viewing one painting, only to turn around and burst out laughing at another.

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Medal of Honor Museum Opens Today in Texas: It Could Have Been Here!

By Patricia Calhoun

Mar 25, 2025

Arlington got a new museum. We got a gravel patch.

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Ten Things to Do in Wheat Ridge

By Abigail Bliss

Mar 24, 2025

Visit this northwest suburb for historic charm, easy-to-access parks and an emerging dining scene.

Butterfly Pavilion Highlights the Invertebrates of Mexico in New Exhibit

By Cynthia Barnes

Mar 21, 2025

“Animals without bones are really what we're all about.”

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What to Expect at "Laser Taylor Swift" at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

By Westword Staff

Mar 19, 2025

The show is so popular that it's been extended...but tickets are going fast.

Ten Best Things to Do in Golden

By Cynthia Barnes

Mar 10, 2025

Golden offers outdoor fun, shopping and great drinks and eats during all four seasons.

Woodblocks, Moss and Original of Widely Reproduced Spanish Colonial Painting Among New Acquisitions at DAM

By Westword Staff

Mar 4, 2025

The Denver Art Museum recently acquired hundreds of works of art. Here are some highlights.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science Brings Cambodian Treasures to City Park

By Cynthia Barnes

Feb 25, 2025

Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia includes more than a hundred pieces of statuary, carvings and relics.

Art Attack: Casa Bonita Show at Next and More Arty Parties This Weekend

By Susan Froyd

Feb 12, 2025

From the pinkest building in Lakewood to Valentine hearts...

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RedLine’s Living Land Exhibition Confronts the Climate Crisis Through Art

By Toni Tresca

Feb 7, 2025

The resident artists create works for a timely exhibition about climate change, identity and artistic activism.

Denver Art Museum Extends Wild Things Exhibit

By Kristen Fiore

Feb 6, 2025

Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak at the Denver Art Museum has been extended due to popular demand.

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Rounding Up the Story of Buffalo Bill's Filipino Roughriders for Exhibit at David B. Smith Gallery

By Gil Asakawa

Jan 30, 2025

"The exhibit is not just a historical project, but one that sort of talks about contemporary immigration and what that looks like today.”

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Local Organizations Scramble After Lost NEH Funding

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Local Organizations Scramble After Lost NEH Funding

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