This spring, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) gets groovy with The Psychedelic Experience: Rock Posters from the San Francisco Bay Area, 1965-71, opening Saturday, March 21.

The exhibition showcases more than 300 wildly experimental and visually stunning works from the Denver Art Museum’s newly acquired collection of posters promoting dance concerts and other “happenings” that have since become iconic symbols of the youth culture of the 1960s and ’70s. The Psychedelic Experience will emphasize the poster artists, their patrons and the many influences that shaped these significant works during a time of radical American social change. In addition, album covers, underground newspapers and comics and other material will round out the presentation, accompanied by music, film and activities to evoke the era.

The Psychedelic Experience will be on view March 21 through July 19, 2009. Untimed tickets for the exhibition (which include general admission) are $15 adults, $12 seniors 65+ and students, $7 for youth 6-18, and free for children under 6 and Museum members. Tickets will be available for members starting March 6 and for nonmembers March 13 at the Museum, online at www.denverartmuseum.org and by phone. Service fees apply to online and phone orders.