Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art

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  • Arts & Culture

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1201 BannockDenver, CO 80204 United States
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Mission Statement

Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art is dedicated to enriching lives by presenting art and design in a unique and approachable way. The museum is rediscovering, documenting, collecting, preserving and exhibiting works from over 150 years, beginning in the mid-19th century, of Colorado’s distinguished art history, international decorative art and the works of Vance Kirkland (1904-1981). The museum serves the general public and scholars through exhibitions, the loan of works and public programs.

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Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, in Denver, Colorado, allows visitors to time travel through about 150 years of art. The evolving collections contain over 30,000 works by more than 1,500 artists and designers, with about 4,400 works on view. The three principal collections are all shown together in salon style:

- A celebrated international decorative art collection from the 1870s to the present with examples of every major design period from Arts & Crafts through Postmodern.

- A Colorado & regional art collection from 1845 to the present

- A retrospective of Colorado’s distinguished painter, Vance Kirkland (1904-1981)

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