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2001 Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80205

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Best Place to See Real People Employed as Pirates
Award Winner 2011

Hours: Daily 9am-5pm

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Permanent exhibits, including Space Odyssey, Egyptian Mummies, Prehistoric Journey, Botswana Africa Hall, Coors Gem & Mineral Hall, Crane North American Indian Hall, Edge of the Wild, Explore Colorado: From Plains to Peaks and Hall of Life; call for ongoing lectures, classes, tours and other events.

Expedition Health

Daily

New permanent, interactive health science exhibit offering visitors a remarkable journey inside their own bodies.
Gates Planetarium: Journey to the Stars

Daily

Journey to the Stars is the first new planetarium show at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in almost two years. Developed by the American Mu...
IMAX 3D Theater

Daily from October 8 until July 12

Out with the dinosaurs, in with tornadoes: It's time for the periodic changing of the guard at the IMAX 3-D theater at the Denver Museum of Nature ...
Tornado Alley 3D

Daily from January 27 until July 12
Flying Monsters

Daily from January 27 until July 12

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2011 | Best Place to See Real People Employed as Pirates

Ahoy! Besides being the only place in the entire world where you can currently go to see real, actual, verifiable pirate treasure -- although it's not the only treasure ever dredged up from a shipwreck, it is the only treasure ever confirmed as having been possessed by pirates -- the Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the only place in town where you can see real people employed as pirates. Sort of. They're actually employed as the pirate equivalent of Civil War re-enactors,... More »

Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, May 4-6, 2012

By Robin Edwards | Fri, May 4, 2012

From Cinco de Mayo celebrations to the First Friday art walk, Denver has plenty of stuff going on this weekend that won't totally demolish your savings. Whether you fancy mariachi music, watching a c... More »
Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, April 20-22, 2012

By Robin Edwards | Fri, April 20, 2012

This weekend is all about the green. Whether you're into partying with the sort-of legal kind at the countless 4/20 events on Friday or celebrating the less controversial plants at Earth Day parties o... More »
Space out at Yuri's Night at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

By Susan Froyd | Thu, April 12, 2012

Star Trek and Star Wars and all that descended from them inured us to the real hardships of space travel by making it look so easy. But what was it really like for Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever... More »
Can Do Attitude

By Bree Davies | Thu, March 29, 2012

Architects and designers will get a chance to play with their food today as Canstruction Colorado 2012 gets under way at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. To compete in this colossal building event, seven teams will use nearly 10,000 donated ... More »
Solar for a Small Planet will shine at the Ricketson Auditorium tonight

By Patricia Calhoun | Tue, March 27, 2012

The sun may not break through all the smoke in the air from the Jefferson County wildfires today, but "Solar for a Small Planet," a free program at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science tonight, will ... More »
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tannaruzicka | Denver, CO | 307 Reviews

| Mon, April 12, 2010

Perfect to do on a rainy Sunday!
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saloncherryhillsdayspa | Englewood, CO | 5 Reviews

| Sat, March 19, 2011

Love nature ? got to love this place !
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m.indiatsi | Aurora, CO | 6 Reviews

| Mon, November 8, 2010

Great place to hangout and learn a thing or two. Free days are essential
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