The Museum of Contemporary Art’s upcoming exhibition will feature work by dozens of artists
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Step into an intimate mystery in 19th century Colorado with the play “Ruin” at Boulder’s Dairy Arts Center
Aaron Klass, the writer and director of the play, runs a museum out of his Longmont home, and also mines for gold.
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History Colorado unveils the toppled Union soldier statue with an exhibit that seeks to tell its story. Its whole story.
The conversation started almost immediately. Three women, visitors to History Colorado’s downtown museum, happened by the statue of a Union soldier that had been defaced and pulled off its pedestal during a stretch of racial equality protests months ago in Denver. They quickly read several very different interpretations — representing historians, veterans, indigenous tribes and […]
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New U.S. Olympic museum in Colorado Springs to open July 30
By Eddie Pells, The Associated Press A 60,000-square foot museum that will include a first-of-its-kind tribute to the 1980 U.S. Olympic team is scheduled to open July 30 in Colorado Springs after a three-year construction project. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum will feature 12 galleries that include exhibits on athlete training, the Summer and […]
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In a shifting climate for research, Colorado State hosts a museum teeming with bugs — and that’s a good thing
FORT COLLINS — Amid a campus in metamorphosis, tucked in the basement space of a building that stands in the shadow of Colorado State University’s sparkling football stadium, Boris Kondratieff nurtures a collection of common and exceptional creatures — some that have been in residence since before statehood. The C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, […]
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Sacred objects, human remains and culture clash sparked a Colorado author’s desire to tell a tragic story
Chip Colwell is senior curator of Anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. He has held fellowships with the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, National Endowment for the Humanities, and U.S. Fulbright Program. He has published 11 books and many articles in such publications as The Atlantic, The Guardian, and The Denver […]