Look in the mirror.
“Picture yourself reflected in the art works. In what ways aren’t you reflected?
Explore the materials in the art work. What materials surprised you?”
The challenges are part of the Kids’ Explore the Floor guide in the Denver Art Museum’s newly reopened Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery. The reopening of the Arts of Africa, Modern and Contemporary Art, and Art of Oceana collections for the first time since 2016 marks the “capstone” of the museum’s multi-year expansion and renovation, said Christoph Heinrich, director of the museum at the galleries’ recent opening.
Thanks to Bellco Credit Union, the Denver Art Museum continues its Free for Kids program, begun in 2015, for all visitors aged 18 and under, as well as $5 admission to special ticketed exhibitions, field trips and summer camp visits. Bellco is one of Colorado’s largest financial institutions.
“Almost a million kids have visited, and the kids bring their parents,” said Heinrich. “This is a great way to engage families.”
Each gallery at the museum has some sort of interactive program in English and Spanish for kids and families to help them better engage with what they are seeing.
