November 22 happened to be Denver's 150th birthday. Bubbles and I thought we would go explore some of the free stuff that was going on around the city. There were quite a few things that were free to do, but we settled on the Museum of Contemporary Art for starters.
We got lost going there, actually we were in the right place (thanks to the trusty GPS unit, my mom gave me), but I didn't think that was the museum that happened to be free. So we left there and went to a different museum that ended up no being free, so back the MCA of Denver. We parked the car out front of Supper Club Wazee, so decided to go in for a beer. One beer turned into 2 and some lunch. Back to our mission of hitting up the free museum. Thank god we went on a day that was free because honestly, Museum of Contemporary Art was an utter disappointment. I can't believe they charge people to go in, when they should be paying people for attending. The building was exquisite. The building itself was fantastic with its tall ceilings, metal almost industrial staircase, abnormal shaped winds from floor to ceiling, and the rock garden on the top of the building was fabulous...but the art or lack of art in the building was pathetic!
Numerous rooms had 1 piece maybe 2 pieces of art in them. Huge empty space. The art was not well labeled, as you had to constantly search for the title, the author, or even the background. There were more volunteers than patrons, and unfortunately the volunteers weren't helpful. A 12 year old boy tried to explain a piece that was just baffling, although, he was talking in what could only be described as gibberish. I don't think he understood the piece, therefore his explanation was short and overlapping. I turned to look at the piece and then ask him a question and it was as if he had run away. We were in and out within 20 minutes!
On to the next free event, we head over towards the Nature and Science Museum hoping that it would be free, but no such luck. The guy taking tickets tells us to wait 15 minutes and then they will let us in for free...done! So we hit up the gift shop, where we are basically picking apart everything and anything that they had for sale. From absolutely hideous jewelry to, broken toys, or globes that light up. We were having a grand ole' time. Our 15 minutes are finally up, so we head back to the ticket taker...who by the way had one leg, a sequence hat, with a tie-dye shirt and glittering earrings, oh and he was a man. He lets us in and we pretty much run from exhibit to exhibit. We got to talking, that we should come every Saturday at 4:15 so that we can see the entire museum for free. I'll keep you posted on we remain true to that concept. Except for the amount of unsupervised children, the Science Museum is actually really neat. The concept and the layout is nicely done, with all the wings having different themes.
It is really neat to live in a city that has so much to offer. On any given day there is a new adventure that one can take part in. :)
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