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Denver Art Museum
More than 40,000 works of art are housed in these two striking buildings in Downtown Denver. The first one was designed by I M Pei, architect of the pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre in Paris, France. The huge, spectacular expansion, the Frederic C Hamilton building, opened in October 2006 and was designed by leading architect Daniel Libeskind. The museum's collection includes American, European and Asian art, with galleries devoted to modern and contemporary works, and art of the American West. The highlights, however, are the fabulous collection of Native American art and the exquisite collection of pre-Columbian works from Central and South America.
Civic Center Cultural Complex,13th Avenue (between Broadway and Bannock Streets)
Tel: (720) 865 5000.
Website: www.denverartmuseum.org
Opening hours: Tues and Thurs1000-1700, Wed and Fri 1000-2200, Sat and Sun 0900-1700.
Admission charge.
Downtown Aquarium
This entertainment and dining complex features a public aquarium boasting more than one million gallons of underwater exhibits that highlight fascinating ecosystems around the world and house over 500 species of animals. It also boasts an interactive Sting Ray Reef touch tank and a dining venue where guests are seated around a 150,000 gallon tank containing fish, sharks and stingrays.
700 Water Street
Tel: (303) 561 4450.
Website: www.aquariumrestaurants.com
Opening hours: Sun-Thurs 1000-2200; Fri-Sat 1000-2300.
Admission charge.
Colorado State Capitol
Built in 1908, in the domed classical style, Colorado State Capitol embodies the confident civic pride of the young America at the turn of the century. The brilliant dome gleams with 24-carat gold leaf, outdone only by the unique rose-colored Colorado onyx wainscoting inside. Quarried in Beulah, Colorado, the entire world supply of this onyx was used here. Unfortunately, due to continued security concerns in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the dome is closed and is likely to remain so in the near future.
200 East Colfax Avenue, at Broadway
Tel: (303) 866 2604.
Website: www.colorado.gov
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 0700-1730; tours depart every 45 minutes, 0915-1430 (Sep-May), 0915-1530 (Jun-Aug).
Free admission.
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
The fourth largest museum of its kind in America houses exhibits that explore earth and the creatures that live on it. Among the highlights are the world-famous handcrafted dioramas, depicting animals from around the globe in realistic settings. One of the most memorable exhibits is the US$7m Prehistoric Journey, which takes visitors back to the era of the dinosaurs. The walk through 'envioramas' of prehistoric earth features aggressive giant dinosaurs, complete with sound effects. Other features include interactive investigations of the human body in the Hall of Life, the galaxies of the planetarium and the realistic movie adventures in the IMAX theatre. The Space Odyssey is one of the largest space exhibitions in the nation, with a digital planetarium and simulated space journeys.
2001 Colorado Boulevard
Tel: (303) 322 7009 or 1 800 925 2250.
Website: www.dmnh.org
Opening hours: Daily 0900-1700.
Admission charge.
Molly Brown House Museum
The spacious, three-storey Molly Brown House Museum was built in 1890 and sold to the Browns in 1894, for US$30,000. Now restored to its original splendour of draped velvet, lace, polished wood and rich carved furniture, the house affords not only a glimpse into the opulent lifestyle of Victorian Denver's upper-middle class but also brings to life one of the most exuberant characters of the Denver gold rush. By her own account, Molly Brown was the 'unsinkable' heroine of the Titanic disaster and the house is full of mementoes of this socialite's extraordinary existence. In the holiday season, the house is decked out in a re-creation of one of Molly's legendary Christmas parties.
1340 Pennsylvania Street (two blocks south of Colfax Avenue)
Tel: (303) 832 4092.
Website: www.mollybrown.org
Opening hours: Tues-Sat 1000-1600, Sun 1200-1600 (Sep-May); Mon-Sat 1000-1600, Sun 1200-1600 (Jun-Aug).
Admission charge.
Black American West Museum & Heritage Center
This small but fascinating history museum is dedicated to the Black American men and women who helped settle the American West. Although seldom portrayed in film and television, one third of the working cowboys in the Old West were African Americans, many of them freed slaves who migrated west after the Civil War. Photographs, documents, oral histories, exhibits and memorabilia tell their story. The museum is housed in the former home of Dr Justina Ford, Denver's first African American doctor.
3901 California Street
Tel: (303) 292 2566.
Website: www.blackamericanwestmuseum.com
Opening hours: Daily 1000-1700 (Jun-Jul); Wed-Fri 1000-1400, Sat and Sun 1000-1700 (Aug-May).
Admission charge.
Colorado History Museum
Colorado's colourful history of mountain men, buffalo hunters, Native Americans, gold panners, miners, farmers and railroads comes to life in this innovative museum. Among the highlights are a series of miniature dioramas that depict frontier scenes, such as a Cheyenne village and a buffalo hunt. There are also displays on the silver king Horace Tabor and his wife Baby Doe, as well as exhibits from the Anasazi cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde.
1300 Broadway
Tel: (303) 866 3682.
Website: www.coloradohistory.org
Opening hours: Mon-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1200-1700.
Admission charge.
More than 40,000 works of art are housed in these two striking buildings in Downtown Denver. The first one was designed by I M Pei, architect of the pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre in Paris, France. The huge, spectacular expansion, the Frederic C Hamilton building, opened in October 2006 and was designed by leading architect Daniel Libeskind. The museum's collection includes American, European and Asian art, with galleries devoted to modern and contemporary works, and art of the American West. The highlights, however, are the fabulous collection of Native American art and the exquisite collection of pre-Columbian works from Central and South America.
Civic Center Cultural Complex,13th Avenue (between Broadway and Bannock Streets)
Tel: (720) 865 5000.
Website: www.denverartmuseum.org
Opening hours: Tues and Thurs1000-1700, Wed and Fri 1000-2200, Sat and Sun 0900-1700.
Admission charge.
Downtown Aquarium
This entertainment and dining complex features a public aquarium boasting more than one million gallons of underwater exhibits that highlight fascinating ecosystems around the world and house over 500 species of animals. It also boasts an interactive Sting Ray Reef touch tank and a dining venue where guests are seated around a 150,000 gallon tank containing fish, sharks and stingrays.
700 Water Street
Tel: (303) 561 4450.
Website: www.aquariumrestaurants.com
Opening hours: Sun-Thurs 1000-2200; Fri-Sat 1000-2300.
Admission charge.
Colorado State Capitol
Built in 1908, in the domed classical style, Colorado State Capitol embodies the confident civic pride of the young America at the turn of the century. The brilliant dome gleams with 24-carat gold leaf, outdone only by the unique rose-colored Colorado onyx wainscoting inside. Quarried in Beulah, Colorado, the entire world supply of this onyx was used here. Unfortunately, due to continued security concerns in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the dome is closed and is likely to remain so in the near future.
200 East Colfax Avenue, at Broadway
Tel: (303) 866 2604.
Website: www.colorado.gov
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 0700-1730; tours depart every 45 minutes, 0915-1430 (Sep-May), 0915-1530 (Jun-Aug).
Free admission.
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
The fourth largest museum of its kind in America houses exhibits that explore earth and the creatures that live on it. Among the highlights are the world-famous handcrafted dioramas, depicting animals from around the globe in realistic settings. One of the most memorable exhibits is the US$7m Prehistoric Journey, which takes visitors back to the era of the dinosaurs. The walk through 'envioramas' of prehistoric earth features aggressive giant dinosaurs, complete with sound effects. Other features include interactive investigations of the human body in the Hall of Life, the galaxies of the planetarium and the realistic movie adventures in the IMAX theatre. The Space Odyssey is one of the largest space exhibitions in the nation, with a digital planetarium and simulated space journeys.
2001 Colorado Boulevard
Tel: (303) 322 7009 or 1 800 925 2250.
Website: www.dmnh.org
Opening hours: Daily 0900-1700.
Admission charge.
Molly Brown House Museum
The spacious, three-storey Molly Brown House Museum was built in 1890 and sold to the Browns in 1894, for US$30,000. Now restored to its original splendour of draped velvet, lace, polished wood and rich carved furniture, the house affords not only a glimpse into the opulent lifestyle of Victorian Denver's upper-middle class but also brings to life one of the most exuberant characters of the Denver gold rush. By her own account, Molly Brown was the 'unsinkable' heroine of the Titanic disaster and the house is full of mementoes of this socialite's extraordinary existence. In the holiday season, the house is decked out in a re-creation of one of Molly's legendary Christmas parties.
1340 Pennsylvania Street (two blocks south of Colfax Avenue)
Tel: (303) 832 4092.
Website: www.mollybrown.org
Opening hours: Tues-Sat 1000-1600, Sun 1200-1600 (Sep-May); Mon-Sat 1000-1600, Sun 1200-1600 (Jun-Aug).
Admission charge.
Black American West Museum & Heritage Center
This small but fascinating history museum is dedicated to the Black American men and women who helped settle the American West. Although seldom portrayed in film and television, one third of the working cowboys in the Old West were African Americans, many of them freed slaves who migrated west after the Civil War. Photographs, documents, oral histories, exhibits and memorabilia tell their story. The museum is housed in the former home of Dr Justina Ford, Denver's first African American doctor.
3901 California Street
Tel: (303) 292 2566.
Website: www.blackamericanwestmuseum.com
Opening hours: Daily 1000-1700 (Jun-Jul); Wed-Fri 1000-1400, Sat and Sun 1000-1700 (Aug-May).
Admission charge.
Colorado History Museum
Colorado's colourful history of mountain men, buffalo hunters, Native Americans, gold panners, miners, farmers and railroads comes to life in this innovative museum. Among the highlights are a series of miniature dioramas that depict frontier scenes, such as a Cheyenne village and a buffalo hunt. There are also displays on the silver king Horace Tabor and his wife Baby Doe, as well as exhibits from the Anasazi cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde.
1300 Broadway
Tel: (303) 866 3682.
Website: www.coloradohistory.org
Opening hours: Mon-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1200-1700.
Admission charge.
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