Founded in 1893 as the Denver Artists' Club, the Denver Art Museum today is one of the largest art museums between Chicago and the West Coast. The museum’s global art collections represent cultures around the world, with more than 70,000 works of art in 12 collections, including African art, architecture and design, art of the ancient Americas, Asian art, European and American art before 1900, Latin American art, Oceanic art, modern and contemporary art, photography, textile art and fashion, Indigenous arts of North America, and western American art. The museum’s global collections also reflect work by artists from Denver and the Rocky Mountain region—and provide invaluable ways for the community to learn about the world.

In 2016, following several years of increased attendance growth as well as a change in how the museum serves the wider community, the Denver Art Museum announced a significant renovation and expansion of the North end of the campus to better serve its more than 700,000 annual visitors. In October 2021, the Denver Art Museum opened its reimagined expanded campus which includes the complete renovation of the 50-year-old Ponti-designed Lanny and Sharon Martin Building, as well as the new Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center, which houses guest services and two dining options. Come join us as we explore the newly renovated spaces and look behind the scenes at how we control the spaces to protect and preserve the artworks. See the unique storage spaces and the conservation lab where works are restored to their original beauty. Gain an understanding of what it takes to care for and present to the public millions of dollars of timeless and priceless works of art from the Great Masters to more contemporary works and in a variety of mediums.