The new wing for the Denver Art Museum has passed several milestones on its way to Wednesday's dedication ceremony:

THE VOTERS SAY YES

* Nov. 2, 1999: Denver voters approve a $62.5 million bond issue to build a 146,000-square-foot wing for the museum.

THE SEMIFINALISTS

* April 14, 2000: Museum and city officials select five semifinalists to design the project:

Steven Holl

Arata Isozaki

Daniel Libeskind

Thom Mayne

Robert Venturi

THEN THERE WERE 3

* May 22, 2000: The list is pared to three innovative designers: Mayne, Libeskind and Isozaki. The three attend the DAM's first public forum June 6, and museum and city officials travel to view work by all three.

DAM GETS ITS MAN

''I was breathless and speechless.''

Libeskind, after the city and museum officials select his design on July 13, 2000.

GETTING ACQUAINTED

* Aug. 16, 2000: Libeskind visits Denver to present a proposal for the wing at a public forum. On Aug. 23, the architect picks Denver-based Davis Partnership as its local partner to build the wing.

A FIRST LOOK

* Dec. 14, 2000: Libeskind presents the first rough model of the wing, showing placement and relationship to the existing museum, with a walkway over West 13th Avenue.

PLEDGING SUPPORT

* Nov. 19, 2001: The museum announces it has raised $53.5 million from its board to expand the museum endowment. The original goal: $50 million. As of March 2003, the endowment stands at $57 million.