American Museum of Western Art - The Anschutz Collection - Denver, Colorado

David dLR

Collection privée de peintures (env.300 exposées sur les 600 du fonds) représentant pour la plupart une iconographie de la conquête de l'ouest américain. Les artistes sont nombreux, y compris ceux de la côte Est qui n'ont jamais franchi les Appalaches. Une bonne découverte de la narration d'un des principaux mythes de l'Union. Un regard très subjectif où l'immensité des paysages et l'abnégation des pionniers renvoient à une grandeur plus naïve que poignante. Il manque le regard des Amérindiens ou encore la violence réelle ou imagée d'une époque et d'un voyage incertains. Partiel et partial. Billet $5, ou visite guidée $10 (entrée incluse). La visite guidée est une bonne entrée en matière mais survole rapidement chaque œuvre au lieu de s'attarder sur celles qui méritent davantage d'attention.

Videre

Musée privé situé dans une très belle demeure sur trois étages. Principalement des tableaux et quelques sculptures.
A voir.

Christine Rajzman-Kliger

Jolie résidence ancienne, 3 étages de peintures

Chris Hanes

Worth stopping in to visit if you are interested in Western Art. Great value but felt a little more pious and stuffy than other museums we visited, mostly because of photography not being allowed. We also got a little too close to the paintings and we're politely asked to keep our distance. Understandable, but quite a change from the Denver Art Museum where we felt as though we had more freedom and less like we were being watched the whole time.

Hours and days are limited to 10:00am - 4:00pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday only, so make sure to plan accordingly.

My 17 year old daughter and I stopped in here on a Wednesday in July 2024 and enjoyed our visit and liked learning more about the artists and their work, most of whom we had not heard of before. If this sort of art interests you, you definitely need to visit.

Bill

I’ve lived in the downtown Denver location for 12 years, and have never been to this museum. After my recent visit, I already want to go back. This museum is located inside the Navarre building, which was built in 1880. At one time this building was a brothel. Not only is the artwork stunningly beautiful, the building itself is a work of art. The western artwork in this museum is so compelling and expressive that it’s almost an emotional experience. I love that they have brilliantly utilized the space in this building, restoring the front half of the building, back to its Victorian roots. It’s simply breathtaking.

William Brill

The best western museum I’ve visited. Wonderful artifacts, exhibits, and explanations. Give yourself plenty of time to enjoy this great place. You can easily spend 4-5 hours, if not more, being entertained with so much to see. One fantastic exhibit is the gun collection. You’ll find many exhibits that are mesmerizing.
A real gem!

Taylor Riordon

I had an hour to kill before heading out of Denver in a work trip. I thought what better way to kill an hour than to look at some beautiful original western art? Unfortunately my illusion that Denver simply didn't have a single horrible person was shattered. Upon entering it was made explicitly clear that there are no pictures to be taken of the art on floor 2, 3 an 4... odd, but no problem! We were warmly welcomed and given our audio device for self guided tour. After exiting the elevator to floor 2 to begin viewing art we were greeted with some beautiful and grand pieces. There were a few that really caught my eye and it was disappointing I couldn't capture the piece to share with friends back home. I was also unable to capture the names to do my research later. This felt very unusual and backwards to me, but again...we are guests looking at a private collection with its own rules...no problem! I noticed another patron above and greeted them with a smile and nod. The glare I received back was cold and seemed odd for someone who was enjoying beautiful art. We entered the staircase for the first time to proceed to floor 3. I noticed the beauty and size of the stairs and skylight above and stopped to admire. At this moment, looking down the descending staircase, I pulled out my phone to capture a picture of the stairs dropping down. Almost immediately I was startled by a loud bang in the glass behind my head. I turned and realized I was being scolded by whom I thought was a patron. She proceeded to shake her head and loudly (in a very quiet setting) say "NO PICTURES, NO PICTURES, NO PICTURES!!". After being startled looking down a staircase (nice) I couldn't even get out an apology and offer to delete the picture. I made an honest mistake and instantly felt terrible. It wasn't made clear to me that there were 0 pictures to be taken anywhere after leaving the reception area. Nevertheless it was my mistake and misunderstanding and I was happy to fix it. I never got that opportunity and had to insist on getting the name of the woman who had her meltdown before she would give it to me. Jeannette is the name of the woman who missed her calling as a Marine Drill Seargeant or perhaps Prison Guard. She is easy to spot as she was the one looking miserable and the only one wearing a mask in a massive building of 5+ floors and 4-6 people. I was appalled at best and disgusted at worst. Unfortunately between managing the awful downtown traffic, parking and hostile nature of Jeannette....it just wasn't worth the experience. Even at $5. I would recommend the museum of art instead if you have time to kill. It was much more professional, had much more to see and they were happy to let you capture anything you wanted for a home momento. If you find yourself in the area and must visit this place, I would recommend the self guided tour. It was very informative and you didn't have to interact with anyone. It made for a quiet and good experience until it was ruined and I left feeling like I had committed a crime. I still stopped at the front desk, apologized for my error, showed them the picture I took, and happily deleted it for them. I told them I was shocked that I was treated as though I had committed a crime or broke the law. The response by the once warm welcomer was "You did." The illusion was just that....there are truly awful and miserable people everywhere, waiting for their opportunity for confrontation. pass.

Claire Drawe

Find the private art collection of a white wealthy, preferably dead man if you made his money doing less than politically correct things potentially even better.

The man that owns this collection is not dead, but is a billionaire. The collection is beautiful and is only five dollars to visit. The descriptions of the art are intermittent. It talks about them more in sets than as individual pieces which I did find lacking. There were pieces I wanted information about and there isn’t any.

You also can’t take any photographs in the space so you need to see it in person. I will say it is worth the five dollar entrance fee.

I spent a little over two hours in the museum