Architectural plans and drawings of the Denver Museum of Natural History 1908-present.

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Architectural plans and drawings of the Denver Museum of Natural History 1908-present.

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These plans and drawings reflect the history of the Denver Museum of Natural History. The Museum opened to the public in 1908 in a classical revival building that housed glass cases filled with gems, minerals, fossils, taxidermied birds and mammals, and artwork. The first structure of the Museum was the East Wing, finished in 1903, for which no plans or drawings seem to exist, and which only contained a workshop, a heating plant, and collection storage areas. The North Wing addition, also called the Standley Memorial Wing because Mrs. Joseph M. Standley contributed funding in memory of her husband, was added in 1918. The William H. James Memorial Wing, also called the South Wing, was dedicated in 1928. Phipps Auditorium was started in 1938 and completed in 1940. In 1948, the name of the Museum was changed from the Colorado Museum of Natural History to the Denver Museum of Natural History. The new west building was opened in 1953. Southwest and Northwest Wings were added in 1968. An IMAX theater was installed in Phipps Auditorium in 1983. The Northeast and Southeast Wings, also called the Service Building Addition, were completed in 1987; this project included a boiler building, a new north entrance, and atria connecting and enclosing the older building spaces.

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library

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