Denver Art Museum Hours Information

Denver is a city rich with culture. The culture is further enriched by one of the Denver's best attractions - Denver Art Museum. If you are an art lover, you should put the museum on your schedule of Denver travel.

As part of the Civic Center Cultural Complex, Denver Art museum is an art museum best known for its collection of American Indian art. It boasts the largest art collection between Kansas City and the West Coast, with more than 60,000 works of art. As unique exhibitions at DAM change frequently, Denver Art Museum is never the same.

The Denver Art Museum features two buildings in one museum: Hamilton Building and North Building. Denver Art Museum was open in 1971 what is known as the North Building today. The Hamilton Building was open to the public on October 7, 2006. To gain more info about these two buildings, visit this page:

Denver Art Museum Architecture

http://www.denverartmuseum.org/discover_the_dam/architecture

If you decide on exploring the museum, equip yourself with the hours info. The Denver Art Museum is open from 10am to 5pm from Tuesday to Thursday, 10am to 10pm on Fridays, 10am to 5pm on Saturdays and 12pm to 5pm on Sundays. The aforementioned closing time only applies for Hamilton Building of the museum. The North Building closes at 5pm daily. During Mondays and most major holidays including Thanksgiving and Christmas, the museum is closed.

There are also free days at the Denver Art Museum. That means you can enjoy the art collections without spending a coin. To get to know the free days at the museum, check this page;

Free days at Denver Art Museum

http://www.denverartmuseum.org/utility/calendar/eventDetails/eventId–176353

Upcoming Exhibitions: Unlike other art museums, Denver Art Museum hosts many different exhibitions each year. You will experience totally different art exhibitions every time you visit the museum. The current exhibitions at Denver Art Museum include:

- American India Art (Hours: opening on January 30, 2011; Features: a collection of American Indian art including 18,000 artworks and 700 objects including current visitor favorites and hundreds of additional American Indian works)

- Immobilite: A Foreign Film by Mark Amerika (Hours: on view through January 31, 2011; Location: in the Fuse Box Gallery, on level four of the Hamilton Building; Features: exploring the fragmentary nature of contemporary life in Immobilite)

- Marc Brandenburg: Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft (Hours: on view through February 20, 2011; Location: in the works-on-paper-gallery on level three of the Hamilton Building; Features: 30 drawings from private European collections)

- Shape & Spirit: Selections from the Lutz Bamboo Collection (Hours: on view through March 30, 2011; Location: in the Walter + Mona Lutz Gallery, a new gallery designated for bamboo works from China, Japan and Korea; Features: an exploration of woven baskets, carved figures and everyday tools from the extensive Lutz Bamboo Collection)

- Robert Benjamin: Notes from a Quiet Life (Hours: on view through May 29, 2011; Features: a rich exploration of the photographer's everyday life)

- Western Horizons: Landscapes from the Contemporary Realism Collection (Hours: on view through August 28, 2011; Features: an exploration of over 25 paintings that demonstrate the American West's enduring influence on artists)

- What is Modern? (Hours: on view through November 30, 2011; Location: in the design galleries on level two of the North Building; Features: exploring imaginative furniture, industrial and graphic designs from the early 1800s to the present day)

- Olivetti: Innovation & Identify (Hours: on view through November 30, 2011; Features: showcasing the Italian company's groundbreaking approach to product design and promotion)