Museum sights in Front Range
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Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
This recently re-done $28-million art museum and 400-seat theatre opened in the 1936. The museum's collection is surprisingly sophisticated with some terrific Latin American art and photography, and a great series, in the original, pebbled marble wing, by local artist Eric Bransby on the history of navigation. But these are just some of the 23,000 pieces in its permanent collection
There are Mexican clay figures, Native American basketry and quilts, wood-cut prints from social justice artist Leopoldo Mendez, terrific abstract work from local artists such as Vance Kirkland and Floyd Tunson. Its biggest and most famous work is Richard Diebenkorn's Urbana No. 4, an abstract…
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Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
A historic brick house divided into three galleries filled with evocative modern art. Mixed-media exhibits can include such whimsy as neon installations and life-sized cards, while strange fashion concepts are displayed in the costume and wardrobe gallery upstairs. All exhibitions are temporary and rotate every three months. Admission is free when the farmers market blooms out the front on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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Boulder History Museum
History buffs will want to breeze through this simple but informative museum, home to a substantial collection of old photos and documents that offer glimpses into Boulder's past. It also hosts special exhibitions on such subjects as the 'History of Flight in Colorado,' 'Influential Women in Boulder's Past' and, gulp, 'Pocketbook Anthropology: The History of Handbags.'
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Pioneers Museum
Colorado Springs' municipal museum is set in the old El Paso County Courthouse, built in 1903. Their collection and exhibition of some 60,000 pieces sum up the region's history. Particularly good is the Native American collection, which features hundreds of items from the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho nations.
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Money Museum
Yes, museums dedicated to coin collecting do exist. Or maybe it's museum (singular). We're not sure. But this museum, operated by the American Numismatic Association has gold coins from the early 19th century, Early commemorative coins from the turn of the 20th century and a few vintage greenbacks too.
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World Figure Skating Museum & Hall of Fame
Fans of figure skating should stop by this museum where you can glimpse snippets of past greats. You'll see their skates, outfits and stills and video footage of some of the greatest routines ever performed.
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Moraine Park Museum
Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1923 and once the park's proud visitors lodge, this building has been renovated in recent years to host exhibits on geology, glaciers and wildlife.
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Anasazi State Park Museum
The pieced-back-together jars and jugs on display are just a few of the thousands and thousands of pottery shards excavated. Today the petite museum protects the Coomb's Site, excavated in the 1950s and inhabited from AD 1130 to 1175. The minimal ruins aren't as evocative as some in southeastern Utah, but the museum is well worth seeing for the re-created six-room pueblo and excellent exhibits about the Ancestral Puebloan peoples. Inside, there's a seasonal information desk where you can talk to rangers and get backcountry road updates.
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