American Museum of Western Art – The Anschutz Collection, Western art museum in Denver, United States.
The American Museum of Western Art houses around 300 paintings by approximately 180 artists, documenting two centuries of artistic interpretation of the region. The works range from early exploratory accounts to modern abstract interpretations of western themes.
The collection was built over decades through careful purchases by the Anschutz family and opened to the public as a museum in 2010. Works from the Hudson River School, American Regionalism, and Abstract Expressionism form the foundation of what is displayed.
The galleries display works depicting settlers, cowboys, and tribal peoples as they lived across the frontier lands. These paintings served as visual records of a rapidly changing region and its people.
The museum is located in downtown Denver and maintains limited opening hours on select days throughout the week. Visitors should check ahead for current opening days and plan enough time to explore the collection spread across multiple floors.
The collection was gathered over approximately 50 years by the Anschutz family and features works that are often underrepresented in other institutions. The chronological arrangement across multiple floors allows visitors to follow the artistic evolution of western subjects almost like a visual timeline.
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