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Denver Zoo vs Denver Art Museum
Both are rated highly by expert reviewers. Overall, Denver Art Museum is the choice of most professionals compared to Denver Zoo. Denver Art Museum has a TripExpert Score of 96 with recommendations from 8 sources like Michelin Guide, Condé Nast Traveler and Fodor's.
Denver Zoo
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2300 Steele Street, Denver City Park, Denver, CO 80205
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Fodor's
"A seven-acre Primate Panorama houses 31 species of primates in state-of-the-art environments that simulate the animals' natural habitats."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Denver’s world-class zoo has more than 700 animal species housed in considerate enclosures that do their best to mirror native habitats."
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Afar Magazine
"RITUAL. - I used to take the aisle seat for every single flight. More leg room, get out when I want, off the plane faster. Then one time I got "stuck" in a window seat. I watched the..."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"Nearly 4,000 animals of 700 species are at home in this 80-acre zoo, laid out on an oval around a 1.5mi loop."
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Feeding time... is among the zoo's most popular spectacles.
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"Spanning 80 acres in City Park, the zoo is home to 3,500 different animals representing more than 650 species."
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Denver Art Museum
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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
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"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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