Meet engineers, artists, scientists, and crafters, and see their hobbies, experiments, and projects. Ticket prices vary by date and age. Visit website for details.
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.
See exhibits, engage in hands-on activities, and play games. All ages.
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…
See a collection of beautifully restored antique automobiles, including models powered by steam, electricity, and early internal combustion types.
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.
Learn what is in the food you eat and how activities burn calories, in a bilingual nutrition and fitness exhibit.
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.
Learn how railroads have echoed the fashions of their day. From rail cars to benches and dining plates to lamps, passengers expected (and often got) the best. This small exhibit explores how materials, production technologies, and aesthetic trends all affected how the railroads we traveled on looked.
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.
See the outdoor art exhibition celebrating Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) by showcasing the symbolism of monarch butterflies and the iconic female figure known as La Catrina. Learn about this Mexican holiday through colorful and joyful large-scale sculptures created by Los Angeles-based artist Ricardo Soltero.
Meet women scientists and experience the many diverse opportunities a future in science, technology, engineering, art, and math can bring.
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 creepy crawly animal demonstrations and exciting family-friendly entertainment under the canopy of the beautiful fall foliage of the Denver Zoo. This event is included in the price of regular admission.
Take a close look at Rembrandt’s innovative approach to printmaking. Unforgettable images of biblical, portrait, allegory, still life, landscape, and genre artworks of the time demonstrate the mastery that cemented Rembrandt as one of the greatest artists in history.
See the playful, larger-than-life insect nursery made from sewn inflatable sculptures and assembled forms by Denver artist Nicole Banowetz. Visitors can contribute to the life cycle of the exhibit by designing their own creatures.
Enjoy a lecture by HOLA Lockheed engineers to learn more about Museo’s new exhibit, El Infinito.
See the photography of David Leatherman while learning about the food birds eat and what sustains them through the seasons.
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.
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.
Get an up-close look at unbelievable animals and plants that use powerful venom and poison to dominate predators and prey.
Attend a CQC member quilt show with more than 70 vendors, raffles and appraisals.
Survey 70 years of the House of Dior’s enduring legacy and its global influence through a selection of more than 170 couture dresses, accessories, costume jewelry, photographs, drawings, runway videos, and other archival material.
Attend Colorado's largest display of RVs, outdoor products, accessories, vacation spots, and daily seminars.
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 an exhibit that explores how employing playfulness allowed designers to bring fresh ideas to the American home, children’s toys and play spaces, and corporate identities.
Discover, design, doodle, and more, in the museum’s new and improved play space in which children can touch real museum specimens.
View a collection of 13,000-year-old stone tools known as The Mahaffy Cache that was found in a Boulder backyard in 2007.
Discover the dynamic culture and abundant biodiversity of the Caribbean’s largest island nation. Be immersed in the people, landscapes, unique species, and daily life of this intriguing country.
Tour three buildings constructed between 1903-1908, and see coal mining artifacts and historical photographs that reflect the settlement and industry of Louisville.
See life-size reproductions of one of the world's most beloved art works. With special expertise and care, the 33 ceiling paintings from the Sistine Chapel have been reproduced in museum quality at near-original size, allowing visitors to fully engage and study the details of the artwork.
View an art exhibit by Diane Martonis based on the concept of penumbra, which occurs when many light sources come in contact with a solid form.
See archival materials and other aspects of the exhibit that celebrates the museum’s work.
See the exhibition together and learn more about daily life in the ancient Middle East in this interactive program. Registration required.
See a display of hand-crafted inventions built from Leonardo Da Vinci’s designs. The pieces show what a brilliant scientist, inventor, and artist Da Vinci was.
See how fossils are studied and what things can be learned from them.
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.
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 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.
View an art exhibition by Caroline Douglas, Frank Sampson, and Patricia Bramsen, who all channel an unseen reality that surrounds us, using different media.
Attend the annual show, an exhibition that demonstrates approaches to reusing, recycling, or reclaiming as a way of showing the possibilities that lie in materials.
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.
See exhibitors, dealers, educational booths, mineral identification, and free gold panning for kids. This year's theme is Minerals of Mexico.
Explore an immersive work of art consisting of painted, two-dimensional surfaces and sculptural, three-dimensional figures that depict the rodeo at the Fort Worth Stock Show, created by renowned pop artist Red Grooms.
Honor the legacy and achievements of Longmont native Vance Brand, an astronaut with the Apollo program, in a space-themed exhibit.
Celebrate Boulder artists at a variety of diverse events including public art exhibits, theater, performances, and more, in different venues around the city.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
See the exhibit that goes beyond just butterflies with an explosion of bug diversity.
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.
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.
Experience nature at the marsh, view exhibits, check out an exploration backpack, and more.
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.
Explore the medical field through play and take on the role of nurse or patient. Featuring stations with lessons about anatomy and the heart.
Delve into these connections through hands-on activities, multi-media displays, and specimens from the museum's collection. The exhibition highlights symbiosis in our bodies, backyards, and beyond.
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 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.
See art of various media and by different artists, on display at the CU campus.
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…
Play at the Museum for free the first Tuesday of every month.
See the exhibit that showcases more than 60 paintings that present a chronological selection of works ranging from the 1400s through the late 1800s, telling the story of Britain’s rich cultural history.
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.
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 nearly 30 paintings by Denver-born artist Jordan Casteel. This presentation represents Casteel’s first major museum exhibition, and provides audiences with a first look at new work by one of the most acclaimed emerging artists working today.
Enjoy a complimentary deluxe nacho bar from Cyclhops Mexican Cantina to celebrate the opening of the Día de los Muertos exhibit. Cash bar.
Step back in history to visit an Assay Office, once used by miners. For school age children and older.
Play with color, patterns, sounds, scents, and textures to discover there’s so much more to human senses than just the usual five.
See sculptures that explore the human form in both classical and abstract styles, from the early 20th century to today. Featured artists hail from around the world and include Eric Fischl, Jacques Lipchitz, Sassona Norton, Beverly Pepper, Auguste Rodin, and Manolo Valdés.
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.
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.
Look back at the toys that were entertaining children in decades gone by.
Enjoy Colorado's largest community celebration of the Day of the Dead, including music, dancing, sugar skull decorating, community altars, paper flower making, face painting, and Lady Catrina. Visitors are encouraged to come dressed in “calaca” (skeleton) apparel.
View art related to the Day of the Dead in both the main and south galleries.
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.
Explore 2-1/2 acres of trains with displays, demonstrations, sales, and clinics. Admission is good for both days.
Walk through the Cretaceous period, the Jurassic Period, and The Triassic period, and experience what it was like to be among living, breathing dinosaurs.
Tour the Broomfield Depot, where the station agent lived onsite with his family.
Enjoy a tour of the Day of the Dead exhibition with bilingual tour guide Laura Zavala. Learn about ancient Mayan and Aztec origins of the celebration, how it blended with Spanish Catholic traditions, and how it became a part of the local culture in Longmont.
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.
Learn how everything is connected in the world through hands-on activities, multi-media displays, and specimens from the museum’s collection.
Learn about the history of Boulder and innovation developed there, and gain an understanding of Boulder’s ongoing contributions to history, science, and culture.
Tour an exhibit by Nathan Abels, which embeds contemporary technologies and icons into scenes from a perspective of faith, ritual, and religion.
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.
Examine more than 70 replicas of Leonardo’s machine inventions and see how his fundamental scientific and artistic principles continue to impact the world. High-definition motion graphics and surround sound, combined with photography and video footage, fill the gallery.
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.
Attend an interactive exhibition that explores flight. This traveling exhibition features immersive simulations, interactive design challenges, iconic historical touchstones, visionary concepts for the future, and inspiring stories from game-changing innovators, past and present.
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.
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.
See an exhibition of elaborately constructed colorful photographs, in which Jason DeMarte explores the unsettling intersection between the natural world and consumer culture. Part of the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art’s BMoCA at Macky series.
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 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.
