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Denver Art Museum

- 100 W 14th Ave Parkway, Denver
- Phone: 720-865-5000
- denverartmuseum.org
- Cost: Free-$13 for general admission

The Denver Art Museum has a variety of things to do and look at “whether it’s a family with kids, a couple or someone traveling alone,”said museum spokesperson Rose Beetem.

During regular hours — Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed Mondays — the museum has family activities on every floor, including eye-spy games, artmaking and puzzles. The museum is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Tours throughout the day include the architecture tour with highlights on the Hamilton Building and a collection highlight tour, which includes modern and contemporary African, Oceanic and Western art. There is also a tour of the North Building with highlights on the painting and sculpture, Asian, New World and American Indian art galleries.

Special exhibitions come to the museum throughout the year. Exhibitions this summer are included in the museum admission and include Japanese Art from the Colorado Collection of Kimiko and John Powers, and RADAR: Selections from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan.

Free general admission is offered to Colorado residents on the first Saturday of each month.

Members get in free, $10 Colorado adults, $13 non-resident adults, $8 Colorado seniors 65+, $10 non-resident seniors, $3 Colorado youth ages 6- 18, $5 non-resident youth ages 6-18, kids 5 and younger get in free.