Looking straight up from under the modern architecture of the Denver Art Museum (DAM) as a jet's contrail pierces the eclipsed sun.

Frederic C. Hamilton Building

Continuing a legacy of bold architecture, the DAM commissioned architect Daniel Libeskind to design an expansion that would accommodate our growing collections and programs. The 146,000-square-foot Hamilton Building opened to the public October 7, 2006.

The Hamilton Building's design recalls the peaks of the Rocky Mountains and geometric rock crystals found in the foothills near Denver. "I was inspired by the light and the geology of the Rockies, but most of all by the wide-open faces of the people of Denver," says Libeskind. The building is covered in 9,000 titanium panels that reflect the Colorado sunshine.

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The Psychedelic Experience - Rock Posters from the San Francisco Bay Area, 1965–71 on display at the Denver Art Museum.

This poster by Lee Conklin features Steppenwolf and the Grateful Dead at Fillmore West in 1968.

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Monkey God (Hanuman) from India, 1800s at the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado.

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The Stagecoach (1966) by Norman Rockwell, Oil Paint on panel, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado.

In the 1950s, when the Saturday Evening Post was the nation's most popular general interest magazine, its weekly covers were dominated by Rockwell's illustrations. The visibility elevated Rockwell to superstar status. This painting was Rockwell's illustration advertising the 1966 remake of the classic western film Stagecoach. (Denver Art Museum)

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Grant-Humphreys Mansion - This Beaux Arts architectural showpiece was built in 1902 for the former Colorado Governor James Benton Grant. In 1917 the home was purchased by the A. E. Humphreys family. It is on the National Registry of Historic Places (70000160), and located in Denver’s Quality Hill Historic District, just ten minutes from downtown.

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