Black American West Museum & Heritage Center - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

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About Black American West Museum & Heritage Center

A huge museum dedicated to educating, promoting, and preserving the cultural role African Americans played in the Old West. Examine artifacts, listen to stories, and learn how African Americans lived, worked, and aided in the expansion of America’s western region.

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The Denver Central Market

The Denver Central Market

0.87km from Black American West Museum & Heritage Center

Denver Central Market brings a gourmet food emporium and community meeting place to the heart of Colorado's capital city. They house a variety of local vendors, including a bakery, coffee shop, fish market, butcher, rotisserie, chocolate shop, ice cream, wood-fired pizza, salad, and sandwiches.

Larimer Street

Larimer Street

1.43km from Black American West Museum & Heritage Center

An iconic, lively, and pedestrian-friendly gathering place, Larimer Square is the beating heart and creative soul of downtown Denver.

Coors Field

Coors Field

1.72km from Black American West Museum & Heritage Center

A modern stadium with an old-fashioned feel, this is one of the National League's first new parks built exclusively for baseball since 1962. It is the home field of Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies. Opened in 1995, the park is located in Denver's Lower Downtown neighborhood, two blocks from Union Station. The stadium has a capacity of 50,144 people for baseball.

American Museum of Western Art - The Anschutz Collection

American Museum of Western Art - The Anschutz Collection

1.99km from Black American West Museum & Heritage Center

The American Museum of Western Art, located in the historic Navarre Building, is the permanent home of the Anschutz Collection. the museum's holdings include examples of early American expeditionary painting, Hudson River School and Rocky Mountain School landscapes, 19th-century American narrative painting, early American modernism, Expressionism, Cubism and Abstraction, American Regionalism, “New Deal Art”, and Abstract Expressionism.

Forney Museum of Transportation

Forney Museum of Transportation

2.11km from Black American West Museum & Heritage Center

The Forney Museum of Transportation is a one-of-a-kind collection of more than 600 artifacts relating to historical transportation.Discover steam locomotives, vintage planes, even sleighs and bicycles. Learn about the inventors behind different forms of transportation, and see iconic pieces from America’s past.

Fillmore Auditorium

Fillmore Auditorium

2.13km from Black American West Museum & Heritage Center

The Fillmore Auditorium is a legendary rock & roll venue steeped in history & charm. Since opening in 1907, the venue has hosted numerous functions both private and public. It holds the title of the largest indoor venue for general admission seating in Colorado. The venue also holds an exclusive dual Minors with Adults Liquor License in Colorado for a private venue; it allows minors and consumers over 21 to stand together, rather than having to be separated by their ages.

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Denver County

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Denver is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is an outdoor city known for its world-class cultural attractions, thriving craft breweries, chef-driven dining and red-hot music scene, all within easy reach of the Rocky Mountains.

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