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Denver Public Library vs Denver Art Museum
Both Denver Public Library and Denver Art Museum are rated very highly by writers. Overall, Denver Art Museum scores significantly higher than Denver Public Library. Denver Art Museum comes in at #1 in Denver with praise from 8 reviewers including Frommer's, Afar Magazine and Lonely Planet.
Denver Public Library
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10 West 14th Parkway, Denver, CO 80204
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Fodor's
"A life-size horse on a 20-foot-tall chair and other sculptures decorate the expansive lawn of this sprawling complex with round towers and tall, oblong windows."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Hardly a dusty bibliotheca, the Denver Public Library is an active and hip place with whimsical post-modern architectural elements courtesy of renowned architect Michael Graves."
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Afar Magazine
""The Yearling" is my second favorite sculpture in Denver (after Big Blue Bear)."
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Michelin Guide
0 Stars
"The acclaimed Western History Collection includes important early maps, documents and photographs."
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Denver Art Museum
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Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
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13th Avenue between Broadway and Bannock Streets, Denver, CO 80204
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Fodor's
"Unique displays of Asian, pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial, and Native American art are the hallmarks of this model of museum design."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The DAM is home to one of the largest Native American art collections in the USA, and puts on special avant-garde multimedia exhibits."
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Travel + Leisure
"One of the West's largest art institutions, the Denver Art Museum has been showcasing collections in its 210,000–square-foot North Building since the 1970s."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"This thin, twin-towered building (Gio Ponti), faced in iridescent tile, is a modern fortress looming over Civic Center Plaza."
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Highlights include Monet's Waterloo Bridge (1903) and Warhol's Liz (1965).
Afar Magazine
"The art museum's Hamilton Building gets the bulk of traffic, and it deserves it. But don't forget to check out the North Building."
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