Denver Art Museum

Denver is so cool, the art and music atmosphere stole my heart. The architecture was so fun and out of the ordinary, my favorite architecture being the Denver Art Museum (DAM) building, and the buildings that surround it.

We visited the museum Friday evening, and were excited that it was open till 10 pm so we could wander slowly and take our time looking at everything. We also found out it was 'crossbones' night at the museum... so the whole evening had a "death and murder" theme. The workers had dressed up in spooky-esc costumes, they had a fun band playing (naomi and I really enjoyed them), cheese and fruit to enjoy, and tons of fun art to explore.

My favorite part of the evening is when we attended the lecture of a the museums' object conservator. Her lecture was titled "ghosts in the galleries" and she told us about all these weird, unexplained, other world encounters she has had while working with archeological and ethnographic materials. She has worked for years for museums and historical sites, and has literally run into ghosts and other creepy things. It was so fun hearing her stories! Most of her stories took place in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming... so many of her encounters were with the native americans... I love that sort of stuff. She taught us that Brujas are women skin-walkers, and that their shape shifting animal is an owl, how cool is that? This lady had run into a couple bruja spirits! Oh man, awesome!

I just love when places have fun activites like this for the public. Naomi and I felt pretty lucky to just happen upon 'crossbones' night.. pretty lucky indeed.