Louisville Historical Museum
1001 Main St., Louisville, 80027
303-665-9048; www.library.louisvilleco.gov/
historicalmuseum
Two historic buildings built between 1904
and 1908 comprise the Louisville Historical
Museum. The main building is the Jacoe
Store and features artifacts and historic
photographs that reflect Louisville’s early
settlement and industry, with an emphasis
on the coal-mining period from 1877 to
1955. The Tomeo House is a replica of a
coal miner’s house.
The Mizel Museum
400 S. Kearney St., Denver, 80224
303-394-9993; www.mizelmuseum.org
The Mizel Museum is Denver’s Jewish art
and culture museum. It features interactive
exhibits and multicultural, Judaic immigration
and holocaust exhibits. Educational programs
offer visitors a glimpse at the ceremonies,
festivals and rites of passage of African American, Asian Pacific, Hispanic/Latino, Jewish,
Muslim and Native American cultures.
The Molly Brown House Museum
1340 Pennsylvania St., Denver, 80203
303-832-4092; www.mollybrown.org
Once the home of Denver’s own “unsink-
able” Molly Brown—survivor of the sinking
of the Titanic—this Victorian home has
been restored and is open for tours. The
museum’s mission is to tell the story of
Brown’s activism, philanthropy and passion
through educational programs, exhibits and
stewardship. The artifacts in the house date
from when the Browns lived there, 1894 to
1912, with a focus on items the family would
have had in the house. A fashion collection
dating from 1867 to 1932 also is exhibited.
Morrison Natural History Museum
501 Colorado Highway 8, Morrison, 80465
303-697-1873; www.mnhm.org
Opened in 1990, the Morrison Natural
History Museum tells the story of Morrison’s 1877 dinosaur discoveries on Dinosaur
Ridge. See exhibits of real dinosaur bones
and some of the area’s live native reptiles
and amphibians.
Museo de las Américas
861 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, 80204
303-571-4401; www.museo.org
Museo de las Américas collects, preserves
and interprets Latin American art, history
and cultures from ancient times to the
present. Its permanent exhibition includes
17th and 18th century paintings and sculptures created in the Spanish colonies of the
New World during the Baroque Period, as
well as ancient art of the Americas.
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
1275 19th St., Denver, 80202
303-298-7554; www.mcartdenver.org
In 1996, Denver’s first major contemporary
arts museum opened. The non-collecting
museum features continually changing exhibitions of innovative artwork, along with
tours and workshops. World-renowned
architect David Adjaye designed the museum’s new home in April 2004.
Museum of Outdoor Arts
1000 Englewood Pkwy., Ste. 2-230
Englewood, 80110
303-806-0444; www.moaonline.org
Englewood’s Museum of Outdoor Arts,
a “museum without walls,” specializes in
site-specific sculpture. The collection of
more than 60 works is located within various
public locations throughout the Denver
metro area, from commercial office parks to
botanic gardens, city parks and traditional
sculpture gardens.
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
1111 Washington Ave., Golden, 80401
303-277-0377; www.rmqm.org
The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
collects, preserves, exhibits, and educates
the public about quilts; honors quilt-making traditions; and embraces the
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