Anti-mask anger forces Colorado children's museum to close
Hopscotch, a chalkboard cow, stands alone in a light snow outside the Children's Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in Denver. The popular museum temporarily closed on Wednesday because of escalating harassment of staff by adult visitors angry over a city-ordered mandate requiring anyone age 2 and older to wear a mask in indoor public spaces. The museum will remain closed until Friday, Feb. 4. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
By JAMES ANDERSON
Associated Press
DENVER — A Colorado children’s museum is the latest casualty of harassment by people angry over mask mandates designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus, for decades a popular downtown attraction primarily devoted to those age 8 and under, temporarily closed on Wednesday because of escalating harassment of staff by adult visitors angry over a mandate requiring anyone age 2 and older to wear a mask in indoor public spaces...
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