Downtown Denver’s Skyline Park
Recently the City of Denver announced that it is redesigning Skyline Park, the park located downtown on Arapahoe Street between …
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Discover the Collections of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
As one of Colorado’s top museums, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) hosts over a million visitors annually. …
Vote for Colorado’s New Driver License Design
Colorado driver licenses are changing again. Starting this fall, licenses will be issued with a new design – which you …
Time Machine Tuesday: The State Office Building Turns 100
The State Office Building — home of the Colorado State Library — will soon be marking a century at the …
Christo’s Colorado Art
The artist Christo, known for his sweeping outdoor installations, passed away this week at age 84. Colorado’s mountains and rivers …
Time Machine Tuesday: Agnes Wright Spring
New to the library’s digital collection is Denver’s Historic Markers, Memorials, Statues, and Parks (1959). But even more interesting than …
Time Machine Tuesday: Katherine Craig, Colorado Educator
A few years ago, a couple dozen paintings of Colorado governors and other state officials were uncovered behind a wall …
The Murals of Allen True
If you’ve ever been inside the State Capitol, the Brown Palace Hotel, or the Telephone Building on 14th Street, you’ve …
State Capitol Tours
Summer is a great time to tour the State Capitol building. Whether you’re looking for a fun educational activity with …
Time Machine Tuesday: The WPA in Colorado
During the height of the Great Depression, as banks failed, unemployment soared, and farm prices dropped, the Works Progress Administration …
Herndon Davis, Colorado Artist
You’re probably familiar with the Face on the Barroom Floor, the mysterious portrait of a dark-haired lady on the floor …
Navajo Textiles
One of the newer additions to our library collection is Navajo Textiles: The Crane Collection at the Denver Museum of …
Time Machine Tuesday: Native American Rock Art
If you are exploring the rural areas of western Colorado you may see some examples of rock art created by …
Time Machine Tuesday: Byers-Evans House Museum
Nestled between the looming structures of the Denver Art Museum is a hidden treasure, the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 …
Time Machine Tuesday: Creative Spaces
As housing prices go up and more and more people want to live in the city, the space available to …
Colorado Artists
Our library collection contains a number of biographies on Colorado fine artists. Titles of interest in our collection include: “The …
Denver Artist's Guild
One of History Colorado’s regional museums, the Byers-Evans House Museum, currently is holding an exhibit of artworks by Colorado artists …
Art Exhibition Honoring the State Capitol Dome
Now that the restoration of the Capitol dome is complete, Colorado Creative Industries is celebrating the restoration by asking Colorado artists …
Colorado State Capitol Art and Memorials
Colorado’s State Capitol is filled with artworks, from murals by Allen Tupper True to stained glass windows commemorating famous Coloradans, …
Creative Districts
In 2011 the Colorado General Assembly passed legislation to allow for the establishment of Creative Districts in Colorado. According to …