The Denver Art Museum opens its doors to the community during its annual Día del Niño (Day of the Child) celebration on Sunday, April 27, 2025, with FREE general admission for all, bilingual activities, hands-on artmaking, musical and artistic performances and more. Everyone is invited to bring their family and friends from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. General admission includes full access to all activities, exhibitions, performances and spaces within the museum.
Danza Matachina Guadalupana at a previous Día del Niño celebration. Photo courtesy Denver Art Museum.
April 27 is also a FREE Day at DAM (meaning free general admission for all).
This global celebration of all children at DAM will feature art experiences including live dance and music by international and local artists, and hands-on activities in the Martin Building and the Dream Wild Studio featuring artist Beatriz Gomez in the Hamilton Building.
In addition, attendees are invited to take a photos with their friends and family at the colorful photo booth and enjoy the sensory zone in the Congdon Boardroom.
With free general admission all day, visitors will have the opportunity to explore all museum galleries and spaces which currently feature exhibitions including Dawoud Bey: Street Portraits, The Life and Art of Tokio Ueyama, Ink & Thread: Codices and the Art of Storytelling, Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors, Sustained! The Persistent Genius of Indigenous Art, Confluence of Nature: Nancy Hemenway Barton, Lunar Phases: Korean Moon Jars, Charles Sandison: Chamber as well as the DAM’s global art collections.
Qhaswa Peru USA/Photo courtesy Denver Art Museum
Performances of live music and dance performances will take place in the Martin Building at the Creative Hub and Kemper Courtyard spaces by the following groups and performers from countries from around the world.
Academia de Ballet Folklórico Nezahualcóyotl
ARCINDA
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Folklórco
Ballet de la Diversidad Cultural
Ballet Folklórico Sangre de México
Celtic Steps Irish Dance
Chihera African Marimbas
Choir Sandoval Singers
Colorado Mestizo Dancers
Colorado New Style (CNS)
Colorado Youth Mariachi Program
Comparsa Morelos (Chinelos)
DAM’s Friendship POWWOW dancers
Danza Caballitos de Rancho Grande
Danza Matachina Guadalupana
Danzantes de Colores & Los Niños Cantores
Denver Children’s Choir Alpine Ensemble
El Sistema Colorado
Flamenco Denver
Folklor México en la piel
Qhaswa Peru USA
Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy.