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Colorado State Publications Blog

Downtown Denver’s Skyline Park

Recently the City of Denver announced that it is redesigning Skyline Park, the park located…

Amy Zimmer, July 29, 2021
Colorado State Publications Blog

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…

Amy Zimmer, May 7, 2021
Colorado State Publications Blog

Vote for Colorado’s New Driver License Design

Colorado driver licenses are changing again. Starting this fall, licenses will be issued with a…

Amy Zimmer, February 1, 2021
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: The State Office Building Turns 100

The State Office Building — home of the Colorado State Library — will soon be…

Amy Zimmer, December 8, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Christo’s Colorado Art

The artist Christo, known for his sweeping outdoor installations, passed away this week at age…

Amy Zimmer, June 4, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Agnes Wright Spring

New to the library’s digital collection is Denver’s Historic Markers, Memorials, Statues, and Parks (1959)….

Amy Zimmer, June 2, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Katherine Craig, Colorado Educator

A few years ago, a couple dozen paintings of Colorado governors and other state officials…

Amy Zimmer, December 31, 2019
Colorado State Publications Blog

The Murals of Allen True

If you’ve ever been inside the State Capitol, the Brown Palace Hotel, or the Telephone…

Amy Zimmer, October 21, 2019
CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

New Grant Opportunities

Grants Encourage Innovative Projects to Enhance the Lives of Young Children Caplan Foundation for Early…

Regan Harper, August 2, 2019
Colorado State Publications Blog

State Capitol Tours

Summer is a great time to tour the State Capitol building. Whether you’re looking for…

Amy Zimmer, June 24, 2019
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: The WPA in Colorado

During the height of the Great Depression, as banks failed, unemployment soared, and farm prices…

Amy Zimmer, February 5, 2019
Colorado State Publications Blog

Herndon Davis, Colorado Artist

You’re probably familiar with the Face on the Barroom Floor, the mysterious portrait of a…

Amy Zimmer, December 13, 2018
Colorado State Publications Blog

Navajo Textiles

One of the newer additions to our library collection is Navajo Textiles: The Crane Collection…

Amy Zimmer, July 20, 2018
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Native American Rock Art

Petroglyphs in Mesa Verde National Park. If you are exploring the rural areas of western…

Amy Zimmer, May 15, 2018
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Byers-Evans House Museum

Nestled between the looming structures of the Denver Art Museum is a hidden treasure, the…

Amy Zimmer, March 6, 2018
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Creative Spaces

As housing prices go up and more and more people want to live in the…

Amy Zimmer, February 6, 2018
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Artists

Our library collection contains a number of biographies on Colorado fine artists.  Titles of interest…

Amy Zimmer, July 18, 2016
Colorado State Publications Blog

Denver Artist's Guild

One of History Colorado’s regional museums, the Byers-Evans House Museum, currently is holding an exhibit…

Amy Zimmer, August 7, 2015
Colorado State Publications Blog

Art Exhibition Honoring the State Capitol Dome

Now that the restoration of the Capitol dome is complete, Colorado Creative Industries is celebrating the…

Amy Zimmer, September 2, 2014
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado State Capitol Art and Memorials

Colorado’s State Capitol is filled with artworks, from murals by Allen Tupper True to stained…

Amy Zimmer, April 30, 2014
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