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June 2024
Reminisce about your days of school outings with our new museum field trip program for grown-ups, Classroom Cocktails! While sipping on a signature cocktail, engage in museum activities popular in our fieldtrips to awaken the “child-at-heart.” Join us for three Saturdays this summer, June 8th, July 13th and August 10th from 5 to 7pm, for [...]
Find out moreOn Tuesday, June 11 at 7:00 pm Colorado Theatre in Non-Traditional Spaces presents a performance featuring gay rights activist, Harvey Milk, to honor the LGBTQ history of 1340 Pennsylvania. "I'm Harvey Milk" is written by Playwright, Mike Broemmel.
Find out moreGrab your teammates and get ready for a fun day exploring Denver’s historic places. This scavenger hunt will take about 2.5 hours in total and features 12 clues. You can walk, bike or drive between sites. You can do it all at once or anytime before June 16th at 5pm. Get your team together, and [...]
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Explore the neighborhood known as Quality Hill with stops in front of the Boettcher, Zang and Malo Mansions, among others. This tour highlights many of the key people who established Quality Hill and who’s names remain recognizable in Denver today.
Find out moreJoin us on Tuesday, June 18th, 4-5 pm for a virtual conversation with Sharon Jaye from the Energize Denver program. Learn how to comply with policy requirements, improve energy performance, and electrify your building's HVAC systems. Discover how Denver aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2040, lower energy bills, and enhance indoor [...]
Find out moreExplore the Welton Street corridor and transport you back in time to 1920-1950 when the street was the heart of the African American community in the Rocky Mountain West. Discover the stories of jazz greats, military heroes, and the impressive lists of “firsts” that this thriving and powerful community added to history. This tour will [...]
Find out moreDenver’s built environment today is the result of a roller coaster economy, with many booms and busts over the past 160 years. We’ll see historic buildings that Denver’s first successful settlers built, adjacent to glamorous modern buildings from this century, and we’ll learn how Denver’s earliest entrepreneurs developed Denver as a financial center AND a [...]
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Join us for delicious drinks and apps at the Historic Elitch Theatre, with special guest Mary Elitch Long, the first woman to own and manage a zoo — the first zoo between Chicago and California! Local historian Debra Faulkner portrays Mary Elitch Long, sharing details from her life in a conversational format as we enjoy [...]
Find out moreIf you love mid-century modern, you'll love learning about the Cliff May homes. All 170 of the homes in Denver were built in the Harvey Park neighborhood, designed to be both prefabricated and elegant in their minimalism. Local expert Atom Stevens leads this tour in southwest Denver, while also sharing his personal experience as a [...]
Find out moreReminisce about your days of school outings with our new museum field trip program for grown-ups, Classroom Cocktails! While sipping on a signature cocktail, engage in museum activities popular in our fieldtrips to awaken the “child-at-heart.” Join us for three Saturdays this summer, June 8th, July 13th and August 10th from 5 to 7pm, for [...]
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