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The Brown Palace Hotel, now The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, Autograph Collection, is a historic hotel in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the second-longest operating hotel in Denver. It is one of the first atrium-style hotels ever built. It is now operated by Highgate Hotels and Resorts, and joined Marriott's Autograph Collection Hotels in 2012. The hotel is located at 321 17th Street between 17th Street, Broadway and Tremont Place in downtown Denver behind the Republic Plaza. The main entrance door is on Tremont Place. The Brown Palace Hotel, now The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, Autograph Collection is member of Historic Hotels of America, an official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, since 2023.

Teddy Roosevelt, who previously dined at the Brown Palace as governor of New York in 1900, became the first sitting American president to visit the hotel on May 8, 1905. The occasion was marked by a banquet during which more than five hundred quarts of champaign and 1,500 cigars were consumed. Roosevelt himself is reported to have led other guests in a boisterous rendition of “There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight.” Since then, nearly every American president has visited the hotel.

Dwight D. Eisenhower frequented the Brown Palace throughout his life and used the hotel's second floor as headquarters during his 1952 presidential campaign. During his presidency, Eisenhower spent enough time at the Brown Palace for it acquire the moniker ‘The Western White House.’

When the 23rd G8 Summit was held in Denver in June 1997, the Brown Palace hosted the U.S. delegation's main headquarters and was referred to as ‘White House, Denver.’ The hotel’s Gold Room served as a temporary Oval Office for President Bill Clinton, while the Onyx Room became a venue for meetings with Russian President Boris Yeltsin, French President Jacques Chirac, and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi. However, the nearby Denver Central Library served as the summit's primary meeting space.

The Brown Palace was also a headquarters and important meeting place for delegates and presidential hopefuls when the city played host to the 1908 and 2008 Democratic National Conventions.

Nestled inside the historic The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, the Ship Tavern has served strong drinks and hearty tavern fare since 1934. As the oldest restaurant in the hotel, it offers a cozy, nostalgic pub escape right in downtown Denver.