Taking the Kids: Meow Wolf Convergence Station is a totally otherworldly experience
Imagine a cosmic event where everyone lost their memories and memories become valuable currency. Imagine four alien worlds joined together. Imagine a place where each of you will have a different experience as you explore together going through portals, discovering hidden nooks, doorways and more.
Scores of displaced citizens were thrust into a new Convergence of Worlds — four different worlds — plagued by “Memory Storms,” psychic aftershocks that would scatter memories. Complicated? You bet. I gave up trying to follow the story and had more fun gawking at the larger-than-life art installations.
Welcome to Meow Wolf Convergence Station in Denver. Unlike a traditional museum, the art at Meow Wolf envelops you as you step into another world. “It might feel like being inside of a dream or a movie,” explained Erin Barnes, spokesman for Meow Wolf.
“We take regular art installations, sculpture, lights, sounds, and interactive elements to make it a fun experience. There are guides throughout the exhibition – residents of the alien worlds you're visiting – who can help you find whatever you need, and they might even send you on a scavenger hunt or show you something most people don't notice. The best part is that you can touch all of the art and interact with it! After you're done, we hope that we haven't just shown you something incredible to look at, but inspired you to create art of your own.”
Meow Wolf Convergence Station, with 90,000 square feet, four floors and 79 installations, has welcomed over a million visitors in its first year, becoming a top Denver tourism attraction, just behind Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre and ahead of the newly expanded Denver Art Museum, which welcomes kids and teens 18 and under for free.
“Meow Wolf added a new dimension to Denver’s vibrant arts scene,” said Flavia Light, VISIT DENVER’s vice president of tourism. “ The space is innovative, immersive and inclusive of local and national artists.”
Denver has a vibrant local art scene, including lots of street art. Go on a Denver graffiti tour or meet the artists in residence at the RedLine Contemporary Art Center. The first Friday of each month, you can join the First Friday Art Walk at the Art District in Santa Fe, said to be the largest group of galleries in Colorado.
Convergence Station is the third installation from the Santa Fe, New Mexico, arts and entertainment group and thus far the largest.
(Both the downtown Maven Hotel and the Crawford Hotel have special packages for those going to Meow Wolf.
The first location in Santa Fe, House of Eternal Return, began as an informal collective of Santa Fe artists — painters, architects, sculptors, performers, writers – that encourages audience participation.
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