Denver Art Museum

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The Hamilton Building of the Art Museum
North Building of the Art Museum
Corner of the Hamilton Building

The Denver Art Museum [ - muːˈziəm ] is an art gallery founded in 1893 in Colorado's state capital, Denver , not far from Civic Center Park in the city center. The most important museum of Denver includes 1971 by Gio Ponti finished - and a castle similar - North Building and the 2003 to 2006 under the direction of the architect Daniel Libeskind built Hamilton Building . The collections of Indian craftsmanship are among the most important exhibitions .

history

The Denver Artists Club was founded in 1893 and renamed the Denver Art Association in 1916 . The gallery has had its current name since 1932, but was only given its current location in 1971 after it was previously housed in a public library and the town hall building, among other things.

Since the north building had reached its capacity limits over the years, a referendum was held in the state capital in November 1999 to raise local taxes. The positive result brought the city planners additional income of 62.5 million US dollars, and a further 28 million dollars flowed into the city coffers through private donations during the construction phase. After the vote, Mayor Wellington Webb appointed a twelve-person selection committee, which, under the direction of Stephanie Foote, had to evaluate the designs of 41 international architects. The selection process lasted a little over six months before Arata Isozaki (Tokyo), Thom Mayne (Santa Monica) and Daniel Libeskind were shortlisted.

In June 2000, television broadcast the public presentation of the three architects, before the selection committee decided in favor of Libeskind on the basis of his vision, enthusiasm and experience. On July 13, 2000, Mayor Webb announced that the extension to the Denver Art Museum would be built according to Libeskind's plans. Work began in July 2003 and the Hamilton Building finally opened on October 7, 2006.

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Coordinates: 39 ° 44 ′ 14 "  N , 104 ° 59 ′ 23"  W.