The Albuquerque Museum
The Albuquerque Museum has a collection of fine art which included many works that captivated me, in addition to several galleries of artifacts and historical items from the city’s history. There was also a traveling …
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Turquoise Museum
I was on the fence about the Turquoise Museum in Albuquerque, NM, because it was a little pricey and had difficult hours for our plans while we were in the city. However, our friend Agnes …
Konovalenko: Gem Carvings of Russian Folk Life
An unexpected delight at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science was a gallery that includes the only collection of gem sculptures on public display outside of Moscow created by Vasily Konovalenko. Born in 1929 …
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) is housed in a smallish but impressive space in downtown Denver. The works on display included intricate small-scale drawings, video and film, photography, sculpture, and cross-disciplinary works. When I …
“Snoopy and the Red Baron” at Wings Over the Rockies
On my solo adventuring in Denver, I visited the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum where, to my delight, their current exhibition was “Snoopy and the Red Baron.” Snoopy, of course, is the …
Denver Botanic Gardens – Part I
Gentle Reader, did I go to the Denver Botanic Gardens and take nearly 400 pictures in less than 2 hours? You betcha. Let me see if I can find some regret anywhere…nope. The gardens (in …
Fine & Decorative Arts at the Kirkland Museum
In addition to a collection of Vance Kirkland’s artwork and his studio (which you can read about here), the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art in Denver, Colorado has nearly 39,000 square feet of …
Vance Kirkland at the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art
We stopped in at the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art in Denver, Colorado because it contained the artist’s original studio and we are attempting to visit as many artist studios as we can. …
Denver Art Museum (Other than the Impressionists)
As usual, I couldn’t help it and made a separate post for the Impressionists with a little background on the Denver Art Museum. This post is “everything else.” Should I be concerned that art for …
Impressionists at the Denver Art Museum
With such an impressive impressionist collection, I don’t feel bad about making yet another art museum post. Honestly, it can’t be helped. And is anyone surprised I’m doing one post on the impressionists, and one …