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construction workers with one of the Haida poles with members of the Wallace family looking on from the stairs above
Martin Building

Monumental Poles Among First Art Placed in the Martin Building (Video)

The Denver Art Museum team has completed the installation of its monumental Haida poles, marking the beginning of art installations for a redesigned and reinstalled Northwest Coast and Alaska Native gallery. The reimagined space will be among the first art galleries to reopen to the public in the initial phase of the renovated Martin Building on June 6, 2020. The DAM’s beloved Haida poles, frequently misattributed as “totem” poles, were the first items installed in the new space.
Welcome Center and North Building
Martin Building

Martin Building Reopening Begins June 6, 2020

We’re happy to announce that on June 6, 2020, we will open three floors of art galleries, learning and gathering spaces, and a restaurant and cafe in the renovated Lanny and Sharon Martin Building and new Anna and John J.
Caleb Hahne standing in his art studio
Meet the Artist

Paint Studio Demo Artist Caleb Hahne

Caleb Hahne will be in the Paint Studio demonstrating painting emotion noon–3 pm August 24–25 and August 31–September 1, 2019. The Paint Studio is included with general admission, which is free for members and youth 18 and under. Caleb Hahne graduated from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in 2014. He currently lives and works in Colorado. Hahne is an artist in residence at RedLine Contemporary Art Center. His art has been included in multiple solo and group exhibitions in Denver, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Montreal, Berlin, and the United Kingdom.
Photo of the Welcome Center and Martin Building under construction
Martin Building

Martin Building to Open in Phases–Starting with New Welcome Center in June 2020

In June 2020, the Denver Art Museum will kick off a phased reopening of the united museum campus, welcoming visitors to the first three levels of the refurbished and renamed Martin Building (previously the North Building) and the new, curved glass-walled Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center. Championing lifelong learning and creative pursuits for visitors of all ages has always been at the heart of the DAM’s mission.