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Getting to Denver Federal Center
Location and Hours
Our hours and building location vary depending on the type of research you're doing.
- As a center for historical and genealogical research, we have both an Archival and Microfilm Research Room.
Learn more about our Archival Records
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We also have a Records Center Research Room, and provide records center storage and records management assistance to Federal Government agencies.
Learn more about our Services For Federal Agencies
Types of Research You Can Do
Select what type of research you will be doing to select the Building Location that you'll visit.
Alert: Hours Change
- On October 2, 2006, Research Room Hours changed in the Regional Archives and in Washington, DC and College Park, MD.
Microfilm Research (including genealogy-related microfilm)
- Location: Building 46
- Hours:
7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Monday through Friday
Closed weekends and Federal holidays
- Location: Building 48
- Hours:
7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Monday through Friday
Closed weekends and Federal holidays
- Location: Building 48
- Hours:
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Closed weekends and Federal holidays
Directions to the Denver Federal Center
Getting to Denver Federal Center
Our building location varies depending on the type of research you're doing.
The facility is about 7 miles west of downtown Denver and about 35 miles west-southwest of Denver International Airport.
By Car from Denver International Airport
From Denver International Airport to the Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO. Print this Map
Take Peña Boulevard, the only exit road from the airport to I-70 West. Pass I-225 and proceed to I-25 South toward Colorado Springs (accessible from the far right lane.) Take the exit for U.S. Highway 6 West/West 6th Ave. Pass Federal, Sheridan, and Wadsworth, and exit south onto Kipling. The Denver Federal Center is on the southwest side of the intersection. Go past one traffic light and turn west to Gate 1. A photo ID (driver's license) is required to enter.
Once you are at the Denver Federal Records Center, we are located at Fifth & North Street.
- Take Main Street to Fifth
- Go north on Fifth to just before North Avenue
- Inside the Denver Federal Center Grounds
By Car from Downtown Denver
Take Broadway south to Eighth Avenue; Eighth west to Kalamath Street; Kalamath south to U.S. Highway 6 (West Sixth Avenue); U.S. Highway 6 west about 5 miles to Kipling Street. The facility is at West Sixth Avenue and Kipling Street. Go south on Kipling 1/2 mile to Gate 1 of the Denver Federal Center. A photo ID (driver's license) is required to enter.
Once you are at the Denver Federal Records Center, we are located at Fifth & North Street.
- Take Main Street to Fifth
- Go north on Fifth to just before North Avenue
- Inside the Denver Federal Center Grounds
By Public Transportation
- Call Regional Transportation District, 303-299-6000, for route and schedule information.
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From Denver International Airport, a commercial shuttle bus on the upper level transports travelers to the Denver Federal Center and to local hotels.
Inside the Denver Federal Center Grounds
We are located in Buildings 46 and 48 of the Denver Federal Center.
- The Center is a mile square campus located on the southwest corner of 6th Avenue and Kipling Street.
- The main entrance is on the west side of Kipling, just north of Alameda Avenue.
- Visitors must present a picture identification card to the guard at the entrance to the Denver Federal Center.
- Visitors, their automobiles, and their belongings are subject to being scanned and searched.
- Visitor parking areas are northwest and east of Building 48.
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Building 48, the main building, is the last building on the right. Use the north entrance.
- Building 46, for microfilm research, is directly behind and to the south of Building 48, at Fifth Street and Center Avenue.
