Tour Time:
8:00AM - 2:00PM
Monday - Friday
(excluding federal holidays) / Denver Mint
Reservations are required for all tours. Tour reservations can be scheduled through their web site www.usmint.gov/mint_tours, or by visiting the Reservations Booth at the United States Mint Visitor Center located on Cherokee Street between 14 Avenue and Colfax Avenue. Walk-up tour reservations will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served, space-available basis.
All United States Mint tours are free of charge. Guided tours start on the hour and are available from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday (excluding federal holidays). We encourage you to submit your request as early as possible since a limited number of tours are available. All visitors should call the 24-hour tour information line at (303) 405-4761 to determine if any last minute changes have been made to the tour schedule.
Complimentary
Times vary / Private Tours
From half-day City Tours to full-day Mountain Tours, let your Concierge maximize your experience in Colorado. Prices vary depending on type of tour and size of group. Tours for individuals and families also available.
Times vary
Hikes are from 3 - 8 hours. / Hassle-Free Hiking
You're headed to Denver. You want to enjoy a great hike or nature walk. Your time is limited and you don't want to worry about the details. To help you get the most out of your Colorado hiking experience, consider hiring a fun and knowledgeable guide, someone who can take care of everything.
Included with your hike:
* A fun, knowledgeable guide trained in First Aid and CPR
* Filtered water
* Snacks
* Sunblock
* Use of backpacks
* Emergency rain ponchos
* Optional transportation
Guide / $60.00
Hours of Operation:
11:00AM - 7:00PM / Lucky Strike Lanes
With custom decor and Hollywood flare, Lucky Strike Lanes is Denver's first bowling lounge. Featuring 12 state-of-the-art bowling lanes, four pool tables and a 40-foot bar, it's the place to go for a group, a party, and a hip American menu with a twist.
Lucky Strike Lanes / $50.00
Hours of Operation:
April - October / Elitch Gardens
Enjoy two parks in one a family theme park and Island Kingdom Water Park in downtown Denver. There's something for everyone: Thrilling coasters, family rides, fun-filled shows, beautiful gardens, playful water attractions, and over a dozen pint-sized rides for the little ones in Looney Tunes MovieTown. The September Music Festival and October Fright Fest are included in the admission price.
General Use (48" & taller) / $44.99
Child (under 48") / $22.49
Child age (0 - 3)
Senior (70 +)
Guest (with Disabilities) / $22.49
Parking (per vehicle) / $15.00
Hours of Operation:
May 27 - September 4
10:00AM - 6:00PM / Water World
America's largest family water park features over 41 aquatic attractions on 64 beautifully landscaped acres, including two giant wave pools, white-water rapids, speed slides, Voyage to the Center of the Earth, Lost River of the Pharaohs, Wally World for tots, and much more. Free parking; picnics welcome.
General Admission (48" & taller) / $28.95
Child up to (47" & under) / $23.95
Child (0 - 3)
Hours of Operation:
9:00AM - 4:00PM
Monday - Friday
10:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday - Sunday / Children's Museum of Denver
Discover The Children's Museum of Denver, where interactive Playscapes, programs, and special events all make learning fun by engaging children (infants through age 8) to play, learn, and explore. It is a place that ignites and fosters a love of learning which children will carry with them throughout life.
Child or Adult / $7.00
Senior (60 & up) / $5.00
Times vary / Black American West Museum & Heritage Center
Preserves the history and culture of those African American men and women who helped settle and develop the American West. Located in the former home of Dr. Justina Ford, the first Black woman doctor in Denver. Exhibits on African American cowboys including Bill Pickett.
Hours of Operation:
May 1 - October 31
9:00AM - 5:00PM
November 1 - April 30
9:00AM - 4:00PM
/ Buffalo Bill's Museum & Grave
The Buffalo Bill Museum’s exhibits include memorabilia from Buffalo Bill’s life and Wild West shows, Indian artifacts, antique firearms and other Old West artifacts. There is also a children’s activity area. The historical complex on Lookout Mountain includes the Museum, Buffalo Bill’s Grave, and the Pahaska Tepee Gift Shop and Snack Bar. (Closed Mondays & Christmas Day)
Adult / $3.00
Child (6 - 15) / $1.00
Senior (65 & up) / $2.00
Child (0 - 6)
Hours of Operation:
11:00AM - 3:00PM
Tuesday - Sunday
Closed Mondays / Byers-Evans House Museum
Italianate house was built in 1883, and restored to resemble the 1912 to 1924 period. This Denver landmark reflects the character of two early and important Colorado pioneer families. Closed Mondays. Buses welcome with reservation.
Adult / $3.00
Senior (65 & up) / $2.50
Child (6 - 16) / $1.50
Child (0 - 6)
Hours of Operation:
10:00AM - 5:00PM
Monday - Saturday
12:00PM - 5:00PM
Sunday / Colorado History Museum
Explore Colorado's diverse past and present when you visit Colorado's own history museum. The fascinating exhibits feature Indian buffalo hunts, mining in the Rocky Mountains and life in early Denver. Detailed dioramas, historic photos, artifacts, and much more tell the stories of Colorado through the years. The museum hosts a variety of educational programs, special tours, lectures and events.
Adult / $7.00
Senior (65 & up) / $6.00
Student with ID / $6.00
Child (6 - 12) / $5.00
Child (0 - 6)
Hours of Operation:
9:00AM - 5:00PM / Colorado Railroad Museum
Fourteen acres of historic Colorado trains. Outside, see over 60 cars and locomotives from Colorado's historic mountain railroads. Inside, view artifacts, a model railroad, and an excellent railroad gift shop.
Adult / $7.00
Senior (60 & up) / $6.00
Child (2 - 16) / $4.00
Child (0 - 2)
Hours of Operation:
Summer Time
10:00AM - 4:00PM
Winter Time
10:00AM - 2:00PM
/ Denver Firefighters Museum
The Museum houses an extensive collection of artifacts, photographs, and documents dating from 1866 to the present, which relate to the history of firefighting. Educational programs focus on fire safety and prevention. Hands-on activities for children and adults.
Adult / $3.00
Child or Senior / $2.00
Hours of Operation:
9:00AM - 5:00PM / Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Explore fantastic fossils, stimulating space science activities, view amazing gems and minerals, Egyptian mummies, and much more. Watch exciting IMAX films and one of the best planetariums in the country.
Adult / $10.00
Junior (3 - 18) / $6.00
Student (with ID) / $6.00
Senior (65 & up) / $6.00
Hours of Operation:
10:00AM - 5:00PM
Tuesday - Thursday
10:00AM - 10:00PM
Friday
10:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday
12:00PM - 5:00PM
Sunday
The museum is closed on Monday.
The museum is closed on Independence Day (July 4), Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
*North Building galleries close at 5:00PM, except during special events. / Denver Art Museum
See "Building Outside the Box: Creating the New Denver Art Museum" through Summer 2006. Family programs; Museum Shop. The new museum complex, including the Hamilton Building, was designed by world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind and will open in Fall 2006.
Child (0 - 5)
Adult / $8.00
Senior (65 & up) / $6.00
Youth (6 - 18) / $6.00
Hours of Operation:
10:00AM - 4:00PM
Tuesdays - Saturdays
1:00PM - 4:00PM
Sunday
Closed Monday / Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls & Toys
Unique exhibits capture your imagination and bring back childhood memories. Learn about architecture, design, lifestyles, art, fashion, history and folklore. Special exhibits change periodically. Birthday parties, educational workshops, scout activities, outreach programs and gift shop.
Adult / $5.00
Senior (62 & up) / $4.00
Child (5 - 16) / $4.00
Child (0 - 5)
Hours of Operation:
September - May
10:00AM - 3:30PM
Tuesday - Saturday
12:00PM - 3:30PM
Sunday
June - August
10:00AM - 3:30PM
Monday - Saturday
12:00PM - 3:30PM
Sunday
/ Molly Brown House Museum
Home of the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Titanic heroine, has been restored to its original Victorian splendor. All tours are guided and last 45 minutes. Group tours are by reservation only; walk-ins are welcome.
Adult / $6.50
Senior (65 & up) / $5.00
Child (6 - 12) / $3.00
Hours of Operation:
9:00AM - 5:00PM
Tuesday - Sunday / The Wildlife Experience Museum
This museum is interactive and ever-changing. It features art, natural history, film and interactive galleries for kids. Combining a giant screen theater, children's gallery, a variety of educational programs—including arts and crafts classes as well as several changing art exhibits. It's more than a museum… It's an Experience.
Adult / $7.95
Senior (65 & up) / $6.95
Child (2 - 12) / $4.95
Child (0 - 2)
Hours of Operation:
1:00PM - 5:00PM
Tuesday - Sunday / Kirkland Museum
Kirkland Museum displays a nationally important collection of 20th-Century decorative arts with 3,300 examples of Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Wiener Werkstaette, De Stijl, Bauhaus, Art Deco, Modern, and Pop Art. A retrospective of Colorado's unique and important painter, Vance Kirkland, and the works of over 150 other 20th-Century Colorado artists are also on view. Children under 13 are not permitted into the museum. Young adults (ages 13 to 17) must be accompanied by an adult.
*By Appointments on Monday
Adult / $6.00
Child (0 - 13) / $5.00
Senior (65 & up) / $5.00
Hours of Operation:
8:00AM - 5:00PM
Monday - Friday
10:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday - Sunday / Leanin' Tree Museum of Western Art
Contemporary American Western Art
The Museum houses 200 paintings featuring Native Americans, wildlife, and monumental landscapes. There are also 85 bronze sculptures of cowboys. The Gift Shop offers Leanin' Tree greeting cards.
All Ages
Hours of Operation:
10:00AM - 5:00PM
Tuesday - Friday
12:00PM - 5:00PM
Saturday - Sunday / Museo de las Americas
The Museo de las Americas is the only museum in the Rocky Mountain Region which focuses on the art, history and culture of Latinos in the Americas, spanning ancient times to the present. See beautiful Spanish Colonial art from the 17th and 18th Centuries, pre-Columbian objects, contemporary works, and much more!
Adult / $4.00
Child (0 - 12) / $3.00
Senior (65 & up) / $3.00
Hours of Operation:
11:00AM - 5:30PM
Tuesday - Saturday
12:30PM - 5:30PM
Sundays / Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver
Denver's first and only Contemporary Art Museum. MCA is a non-collecting space, and functions like the European model of a kinsthalle, offering the ongoing presentation of innovative and challenging art of our time.
Adult / $5.00
Student, Teacher, Senior (62 & up) / $3.00
Child (0 - 12) - Complimentary
Hours of Operation:
10:00AM - 5:00PM
Monday - Saturday
12:00PM - 5:00PM
Sunday / Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
An extensive collection of aircraft, and related aviation and military exhibits, which preserve the history of the service men and women who served at Lowry AFB. There are 31 aircrafts on display.
Adult / $6.00
Senior (65 & up) / $5.00
Child (6 - 12) / $4.00
Child (0 - 6)
Art District on Santa Fe
This multicultural neighborhood, just minutes from downtown, features the largest concentration of art galleries in Denver. The galleries in the district are dedicated to promoting public awareness of Santa Fe Drive as a unique art and cultural district, and to furthering the arts and art education in the Denver Metropolitan Community. Free monthly events showcase the variety of art in the district: First Friday Art Walk (5:00PM - 9:00PM monthly), and Second Saturdays on Santa Fe (1:00PM - 4:00PM monthly). Maps and calendar events available.
Golden Triangle Arts District
Within walking distance of downtown, this unique neighborhood is Denver's Center for Art & Culture. The area includes the Denver Art Museum, Denver Public Library, U.S. Mint, Colorado History Museum, Byers-Evans House, the Colorado Ballet, Ballet Arts Theatre, Acoma Center & Curious Theatre Company, over 50 galleries, artist's studios, fine restaurants, and specialty stores. Free First Friday Night Art Tours occur from 5:00PM - 9:00PM every month, with a free shuttle to openings. Maps available.
Hours of Operation:
9:00AM - 6:00PM / Argo Gold Mine & Mill
Tour the Argo Gold Mine, Mill and Museum. Open mid-April to mid-October. A National Historic Site, only 30 minutes west of Denver on I-70, provides fun and educational tours that the whole family will enjoy. Free Gold Panning lesson with every tour.
Adult / $13.50
Child (7 - 12) / $8.00
Child (0 - 7)
Hours of Operation:
9:00AM - 2:30PM / Colorado State Capitol
Visit the three Mile High Markers, Allen True water murals, Women's Gold Tapestry, Colorado General Assembly Chambers, and the rose onyx wainscoting. Free tours: Monday through Friday.
All ages
Hours of Operation:
10:00AM - 10:00PM
Sunday - Thursday
10:00AM - 11:00PM
Friday & Saturday / Downtown Aquarium
This world-class aquarium immerses visitors on two journeys, from the Continental Divide in Colorado to Mexico's Sea of Cortez, the other from an Indonesian rain forest to the Pacific Ocean. From Colorado's state fish, the greenback cutthroat trout, to swimming Sumatran tigers, visitors experience a variety of fish, mammals and birds that all rely upon water.