Denver Museum of Nature and Science
About Denver Museum of Nature and Science
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is a municipal natural history and science museum in Denver, Colorado. It is a resource for informal science education in the Rocky Mountain region. A variety of exhibitions, programs, and activities help museum visitors learn about the natural history of Colorado, Earth, and the universe. The 716,000-square-foot (66,519 m2) building houses more than one million objects in its collections including natural history and anthropological materials, as well as archival and library resources.
The museum is an independent, nonprofit institution with approximately 450 full-time and part-time staff, more than 67 volunteers, and a 67-member board of trustees. It is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and is a Smithsonian Institution affiliate.
In 1967, the museum received 1,151,000 visitors, ranking eighteenth in the List of most-visited museums in the United States. It was the fourth-most-visited U.S. museum of nature and science. The museum's official online magazine is called Catalyst.
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- Founded
- 1900
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