Three buildings of art, free for kids every day, and a free backpack of sensory tools at the front desk. There is no named quiet room, but there are places to sit by the elevators on every floor. Pick one gallery and keep it short.
“Sensory-Friendly Mornings take place quarterly on the second Sunday of the month” “(January, April, July, and October annually).”
At a Sensory-Friendly Morning “the museum opens early, dims the lights, and provides tools to aid and guide a sensory-friendly experience for all ages.”
“In the Martin and Hamilton Buildings, there are restrooms and places to sit near the elevators on every floor.”
The next Sensory-Friendly Morning is Sun Jan 10 2027, 9 am to noon, and registration is open now. The museum holds them on the second Sunday of January, April, July and October.
The museum doesn't say when it's calmer. Free days draw the biggest crowds: Sat Nov 7 (Night at the Museums, 10 am to 10 pm), Tue Dec 8 and Tue Jan 12. Tuesday evenings Nov 10, Dec 1 and Jan 5 have DIVA After Dark, with live music and a pop-up bar on Hamilton Building Level 1, 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
Free S.P.A.R.K. Packs at either Visitor Services desk: visor, weighted lap pad, youth-sized noise-reducing headphones, wiggle seat, hand fan and fidgets. Headphones come in youth and adult sizes.
General admission is free for everyone 18 and under, every day. Adults $22 or $25 (Colorado residents), $27 or $30 otherwise; Friday to Sunday and holidays are peak pricing. An aide or caregiver gets a discounted rate (call 720-913-0130).
Staff and volunteers wear rainbow lanyards. Ask anyone wearing one for help or directions.
Places to sit near the elevators, every floor (Martin and Hamilton Buildings)quiet zone
Places to sit near the front desk (The Kirkland)quiet zone
Sensory Garden, outdoors (Martin Building, Level 1; May through October only)quiet zone
Parking: the city's Cultural Center Complex Garage at 12th Ave and Broadway, $2 an hour up to $16 for 12 hours. Accessible spaces are on level 2. Drop-off for elders and disabled visitors is on 13th Ave between Broadway and Bannock.
Enter through the Hamilton Building, the Martin Building or The Kirkland (1201 Bannock St).
No named quiet room. Places to sit and restrooms are near the elevators on every floor of the Martin and Hamilton Buildings. Family restrooms are on the lower level and levels 1, 2 and 3.
Food and drink, water included, only in the atriums and lower levels, never in the galleries. Café Gio has quick casual food.
Strollers and manual wheelchairs are free to borrow at the Visitor Services desks. School-size backpacks are fine; bigger bags go in lockers on level 1 and the lower level.
Free days: Sat Nov 7 (10 am to 10 pm), Tue Dec 8 (10 am to 8 pm), Tue Jan 12. Register online; walk-ins too. Free days do not include DIVA, a ticketed exhibition.
The museum's own social story, “My Visit to the Denver Art Museum”, is in English and Spanish. Look through it together the night before.
Questions: access@denverartmuseum.org, or Visitor Services at 720-913-0130 during open hours.
