Colorado
Springs:
Our favorite
type of sculpture is kinetic sculpture and we found just the site to visit
through Atlas Obscura! In Colorado
Springs we made a “quick click” stop at Starr Kempf’s Kinetic Sculptures:
Next we headed
to the US Air Force Academy to check out some fabulous architecture!
That’s right – the chapel here is absolutely
stunning! It's made of aluminum, glass and steel and features 17 spires. This is an example of when a picture is worth
a thousand words!
Designed to meet the spiritual
needs of all the cadets, it contains separate chapels for four major religious
faiths: Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Buddhist plus another room available
for use by Muslim and other faiths.
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Denver:
Denver has a
multitude of sightseeing opportunities!
Here are just the highlights of some of the places we visited.
This museum
provides a history of transportation through all types of vehicles!
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1890 Child’s
Hearse
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1899 Quad
Pacing Bicycle
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1900 Paddle
Bicycle
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1925 White –
Glacier National Park Bus
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1923 Kissell
Amelia
Earhart’s “Gold Bug” Speedster
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1955
Messerschmitt “Bubble Car”
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1957 Dodge
Royal Lancer
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1960 Gym Dandy
Surrey
(children’s
toy)
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Bumper Car
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A great
opportunity to get outside and enjoy the fresh air! In addition to wonderful plants and gardens,
there are a number of impressive sculpture:
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Trust by Kendra Fleischman
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Starry,
Starry Night
by Leon Bronstein
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Study for
the Whistler Muse
by Auguste
Rodin
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Colorado by Dale Chihuly
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This is where
the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains!
A beautiful park, a geological phenomenon and an acoustically perfect
amphitheater! Sadly we were not able to
attend a concert. ☹
We were
welcomed to this museum by this fun sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and his wife
Coosje van Bruggen!
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Big Sweep
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One of the
exhibits we visited was Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America:
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Marshmellow
sofa by
Irving Harper
(George Nelson
& Associates)
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Tulip chair
with portrait of a girl
By Erwine
& Estelle Laverne
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Hayagriva Mandala by Geshe Thubten Sonam,
Sonam Woser, and Lobsang Lungrig
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Molly Brown Museum House:
A symbol of
the turn of the 20th century, The Molly Brown House was built with
the modern technology of the day, including electricity, indoor plumbing, heat
and a telephone! This house museum
provided a peek into the life of Molly Brown!
What a
wonderful place to end our visit to Colorado, a summation of all that we have
learned (and more) – from the cultures that have shaped Colorado’s past,
present and future! Here are a few pictures from 2 of the current exhibitions:
We are headed
north now, to Montana – big sky country!