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      • Great Cities Deserve a Great City Museum.

        MUSEUM OF DENVER

        All of Denver’s former living mayors agree - Denver needs its own history museum!

        Denver is one of the few cities without its own history museum. Cities from NYC to Aurora to Colorado Springs to Breckenridge have museums where we learn about the people and events that created our unique cities. Denver needs a place to showcase and learn from generations of Denverites to help us appreciate how we got to now, celebrate how far we've come, grapple with legacies of injustice, and inspire us to create a brighter future together. Read the press release here.

        Join all of Denver’s living former mayors in supporting the creation of the Museum of Denver. Tell us why you support the Museum of Denver here and with your City Council Representative and the Mayor.

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