The Denver Art Museum (DAM) is one of the largest art museums in the United States. It houses more than 70,000 works of art, making it one of the largest single-site collections in the country.
Located in downtown Denver, Colorado, its renowned collection includes European and American paintings and sculpture, prints and drawings, photography, decorative arts, textiles and costumes, Native American art and artifacts, Asian art and antiquities.
The museum is home to a diverse range of permanent collections from around the world. It includes works from the Italian Renaissance to contemporary art from the 21st century. Significant holdings include Old Masters paintings; modern and contemporary masters such as Monet, Picasso, Matisse; Native American arts; European decorative arts; pre-Columbian objects; Islamic arts; African sculptures; as well as an impressive photography archive.
The museum also houses a large number of traveling exhibitions each year. It has two buildings on opposite sides of Civic Center Park: the North Building designed by Gio Ponti opened in 1971 and the Frederic C. Hamilton Building designed by Daniel Libeskind opened in 2006.
Size
The Denver Art Museum is massive in size with nearly 350,000 square feet of space between both buildings (the two buildings combined are larger than a football field). The North Building alone contains more than 68 galleries across three levels with over 45 galleries dedicated to its permanent collection.
Conclusion
The Denver Art Museum is one of the largest museums in the United States with an extensive permanent collection that spans centuries. Its two buildings house nearly 350,000 square feet of space with over 68 galleries across three levels dedicated to its impressive collection.