Conservation
The conservation department at the Denver Art Museum is made up of conservators with specialties in works of art on paper, photographs, paintings, textiles, archaeological and ethnographic objects, and modern and contemporary art. Our staff cares for the collections in accordance with our expressed mission to preserve works of art for future generations.
Provenance Research
The term provenance refers to the history of ownership of an artwork. The Denver Art Museum curatorial team conducts provenance research on an ongoing basis and posts results online as they become available.
Featured Articles
Go inside the collection by reading the behind-the-scenes stories about the acquisition, meaning, and importance of our artworks.
Inside the Collection: Altarpiece
Altarpiece, gifted to the Denver Art Museum by Yoko Ono, is considered Keith Haring’s final work, executed weeks before he died of AIDS on
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Inside the Collection: Dream of Arcadia
The English-born artist Thomas Cole studied in Philadelphia for two years and plied his trade as a portrait painter and engraver before turning to l
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