Denver Art Museum, Art museum in Civic Center, Denver, United States.
The Denver Art Museum is an art museum in Civic Center, Denver, holding over 70,000 artworks from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania across twelve permanent collections. The modernist building from the 1970s stands beside a newer extension, forming a widely visible complex.
The museum traces its origin to the Denver Artists Club, founded in 1893; it became the Denver Art Association in 1917 and took the name Denver Art Museum in 1923. After galleries in the City and County Building and the Chappell House, it opened the Schleier Memorial Gallery in 1949 and the Bach Wing in 1954. Gio Ponti's seven-story North Building, now the Martin Building, opened in 1971; Daniel Libeskind's Hamilton Building followed on October 7, 2006.
The collection of Native American works includes textiles, pottery, and ceremonial objects from different tribes spanning several centuries. Visitors encounter both traditional craftsmanship and contemporary interpretations by indigenous artists.
The Hamilton Building, clad in glass and titanium, serves as the main entrance to the museum complex, so start there to reach the other galleries. The complex sits on the south side of Civic Center Park, and architect Daniel Libeskind also designed a landscaped pedestrian plaza linking the buildings.
The Hamilton Building's angled forms were built to echo the sharp peaks of the Rocky Mountains and the geometric crystals found at their base near Denver. Architect Daniel Libeskind said he was inspired by the light and geology of the Rockies, and most of all by the wide-open faces of the people of Denver.
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