Denver Museum of Nature and Science

The variety of exhibits inside these walls are enough to fill a couple of days for the curious minds, but certainly a terrific way to spend a day. 

At the edge of City Park, the museum’s range includes world-class exhibits (permanent and temporary), hands-on displays for kids, life-size wildlife dioramas, dinosaur discoveries from Colorado and the world, a planetarium and plenty more.

Probably its most Colorado section is the gem and mineral hall found inside a Colorado mine shaft where you can see “Tom’s Baby,” a 13-pound piece of gold found in 1887 inside a Breckenridge mine. (Of note, the hall will be closed until late 2027 for a $30 million renovation.)

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