The Legacy at the National Western Center Walking Tour

About This Event

Join the Denver Architecture Foundation and Tryba Architects for a guided tour of The Legacy at the National Western Center, a new civic landmark and permanent home for National Western. The tour will explore how the building draws from the architectural language of Denver’s historic stockyards through a contemporary lens. Participants will move through key spaces including the Katherine and J. Robert Wilson Art Gallery, Wold Family Heritage Center, event and conference areas, and social spaces such as the Legacy Saloon and Western Lounge, with insight into how material, structure, and circulation shape the experience of the building. The tour follows a vertical progression organized around a Grant Family Grand Staircase, culminating on the fourth level at the National Western Club—an area not usually open to the public. Here, the Coors Family Terrace open to views of the campus, the Front Range, and into the adjacent arena, highlighting the building’s role as a place of gathering and Western hospitality.