Discover, design, doodle, and more, in the museum’s new and improved play space in which children can touch real museum specimens.
Get a glimpse into the world of hard rock mining during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and learn about the lives of the miners. Hear a short talk at 2pm during visiting hours.
Explore age-appropriate, multi-sensory exhibits, activities, and programs that focus on science process skills as children explore basic concepts in physical science, life science, earth and space sciences, math, and human culture.
See an exhibit by Sherman Finch and Jiffer Harriman, in which all works are meant to be interacted with in order to produce their full effect, whether that be creating sound, visual art, and/or movement.
Explore endless vacation options through more than 150 destinations around the globe. Meet travel celebrities Rick Steves and Phil Keoghan. Enjoy cooking demonstrations and cultural performances. Kids will enjoy camel rides and SCUBA lessons in the dive pool.
See the photography of David Leatherman while learning about the food birds eat and what sustains them through the seasons.
See exhibits, engage in hands-on activities, and play games. All ages.
View a solo exhibition of works by Colorado native comtemporary painter Stephen Batura, in which the artist reinterprets photo archive from early twentieth-century Denver.
View a solo exhibition by Joel Swanson, which explores the structures and technologies of language, their materialities, and their modes of signification through digital art, sculpture, and interactive installations, in the MacMillan Family Lobby and Hand-Rudy Gallery.
Explore and climb the forest canopy indoors at the museum’s hands-on exhibition. Discover the many habitats that trees provide for animals and people, too.
See how regional artist Counter explores how people understand the idea of the natural world though observation and memory, with small wood sculptures. Located in the Portal Gallery.
Experience a new inclusive exhibit that encourages play between children of all abilities. Children will be able to use their senses of sight and touch to explore a forest-like environment.
See exhibitors, dealers, educational booths, mineral identification, and free gold panning for kids. This year's theme is Minerals of Mexico.
Enjoy a day in which Scouts at all levels can satisfy their science requirements for badges. These badges include the Earth Rocks and Digging into the Past Adventure badges at the Cub and Webelo levels, and the Geology Merit Badge at the Boy Scout level.
Please note that the date has changed since being published in our print calendar. This entry reflects the correct information. Shop from over 100 local artists showcasing their handmade items. Proceeds directly benefit the Arvada High School Band and Color Guard programs. Entry fee is $2.
Explore the reality of robotic technology as it applies to space, ocean, and planetary exploration and industrial applications. Robonology showcases real technological devices that are fully interactive and usable by the public.
Look back at the toys that were entertaining children in decades gone by.
View a collection of 13,000-year-old stone tools known as The Mahaffy Cache that was found in a Boulder backyard in 2007.
See the exhibition together and learn more about daily life in the ancient Middle East in this interactive program. Registration required.
Tour three buildings constructed between 1903-1908, and see coal mining artifacts and historical photographs that reflect the settlement and industry of Louisville.
Enjoy a lecture by HOLA Lockheed engineers to learn more about Museo’s new exhibit, El Infinito.
See the exhibit that showcases prolific French artist Edgar Degas’ works from 1855 to 1906. More than 100 works consisting of paintings, drawings, pastels, etchings, monotypes, and sculptures in bronze will be on view. A special exhibition ticket is required for Degas. Price varies depending on time and age.
Tour an exhibit by Nathan Abels, which embeds contemporary technologies and icons into scenes from a perspective of faith, ritual, and religion.
Attend a talk with artists Josiah Lopez, Antonia Fernandez, Justin Favela, Daniel Salazar, Carlos Fresquez, and Jerry Vigil and learn about their connection to the Pachuco movement.
Go back in time to when the Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians arrived in Colorado, learn about the earliest settlements in the St. Vrain valley, experience the arrival of the train, and more.
See how fossils are studied and what things can be learned from them.
Go beyond familiar dinosaurs to showcase some of the most spectacular fossils unearthed in recent years. Evolving in isolation, the discoveries from Africa, South America and Madagascar are among the strangest creatures you have ever met.
Honor the legacy and achievements of Longmont native Vance Brand, an astronaut with the Apollo program, in a space-themed exhibit.
Step back in history to visit an Assay Office, once used by miners. For school age children and older.
Meet women scientists and experience the many diverse opportunities a future in science, technology, engineering, art, and math can bring.
See an exhibition exploring cartographies illustrated by Holup over the last 15 years, many of which were created in her studio in Lyons, Colorado.
See 25 artists doing plein air painting, from dawn to dusk to capture their impressions of the Jeffco Open Space scenic vistas. Paintings will then be on view and for sale.
View an art exhibit as part of the BMoCA @ Macky series, a collaboration between the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and The Andrew J. Macky Gallery, located in the foyer of the Macky Auditorium Concert Hall.
Celebrate Boulder artists at a variety of diverse events including public art exhibits, theater, performances, and more, in different venues around the city.
Explore 2-1/2 acres of trains with displays, demonstrations, sales, and clinics. Admission is good for both days.
Learn how everything is connected in the world through hands-on activities, multi-media displays, and specimens from the museum’s collection.
View new work by the Minnesota-based artist, who is a citizen of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma. Buffalohead uses metaphors, iconography, and storytelling narratives in her artwork to describe emotional and subversive American Indian cultural experiences.
Learn Longmont's role in WWI through an exhibit featuring full infantry uniforms, artifacts relating to medical care, propaganda posters, and more. See website for a variety of special events related to the exhibit.
See minerals, fossils, gemstones, polished stones, crystals, meteorites, carvings, and jewelry. See a giant Amethyst Geode from Uruguay that weighs 4 tons and is as big as a small car.
See more than 250 exhibitors well versed in home renovation, remodeling, and sustainable living. Many will have tips, tools, and ideas on how to best winterize your home.
Explore the medical field through play and take on the role of nurse or patient. Featuring stations with lessons about anatomy and the heart.
Tour the Broomfield Depot, where the station agent lived onsite with his family.
View a collection of artworks by cutting-edge female printmakers in celebration of International Women’s Day and the 3rd biannual Month of Printmaking. The exhibition focuses on the complications, layers, and depth of the modern female perspective.
See a collection of beautifully restored antique automobiles, including models powered by steam, electricity, and early internal combustion types.
See the exhibit that goes beyond just butterflies with an explosion of bug diversity.
Experience nature at the marsh, view exhibits, check out an exploration backpack, and more.
Be part of a citywide art intervention with the purpose of breaking down personal, emotional, and social barriers, while nurturing individual and collective well-being. Art installation sites are located throughout Denver and include streets, alleyways, billboards, video screens, and Union Station, among other locations.
Learn what is in the food you eat and how activities burn calories, in a bilingual nutrition and fitness exhibit.
Delve into the world of living things that blink, glow, flash, and flicker, from tiny fireflies to strange creatures in the ocean depths. Explore the mysterious world of bioluminescence and biofluorescence, visible light emitted by living things. See larger-than-life models, engaging immersive environments, fun activities, and real animals, fungi, and minerals that get their glow…
Learn what NASA does and its plans for the future with hands-on activities and multimedia experiences, created by the Space Science Institute in Boulder.
Unlock the stories that have shaped the past by exploring a giant LEGO re-creation of Colorado history, created by pro builders from the Colorado and Wyoming LEGO Users Group. Grab some bricks and construct your own take on Colorado’s most iconic structures.
Attend Colorado's largest display of RVs, outdoor products, accessories, vacation spots, and daily seminars.
Play at the Museum for free the first Tuesday of every month.
See the exhibit that features images captured by satellites that Lockheed Martin has launched in the last 20 years in conjunction with cultural tie-ins to the Aztecs interpretation of the universe. The opening reception is free and open to the public.
Create, explore, and experiment with different hands-on activities that change over time. Paint with virtual reality, launch paint balls at the wall, build a structure, and explore aerodynamics. Included with museum admission. Recommended for age 8 and up; all ages welcome.
Attend a CQC member quilt show with more than 70 vendors, raffles and appraisals.
See more than 100 works on paper that showcase Jim Howard’s four-decade fashion illustration career, starting with his early advertising campaigns for Neiman Marcus in the late 1950s, and through the ‘70s and ‘80s when the fashion illustration industry was at its height. The exhibition offers a nostalgic look at fashion trends set by top…
Held on the second Saturday of each month. Explore and create through hands-on activities like adobe brick-making, building log cabins, and role playing.
See a display of hand-crafted inventions built from Leonardo’s designs brought to life that show what a brilliant scientist, inventor, and artist Leonardo Da Vinci was.
Explore the role that fashion plays in developing a cultural identity in major urban settings. This exhibit acknowledges the contributions of the Pachuco movement to the American experience.
Meet other people who enjoy learning and sharing what they can do from engineers to artists to scientists to crafters. See their hobbies, experiments and projects. Ticket prices vary by date and age. Visit website for details.
See what living dinosaurs were really like and explore how dinosaur biology has changed over the past two decades, featuring research by scientists from the American Museum of Natural History.
See an exhibition of muralists working on artwork in three gallery spaces through June 24. Opening reception June 28, 6-9pm; Completed artwork will be on display through Aug. 26.
See a showcase of a video by Japan-based artist Shimabuku titled "Do snow monkeys remember snow mountains?" which illustrates the adaptation of a group of Japanese snow monkeys living in a Texas desert sanctuary.
