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"The Children's Museum of Denver offers 11 innovative and interactive Playscapes, educational daily programming and special events all year long for children newborn through age eight." |  Come visit the Denver Rail Heritage Society and ride an Open Trolley Car along the scenic Platte River Valley and See Denver From A Breezer! Our Trolley operates past Confluence Park, REI, Downtown Aquarium, the Children's Museum and Mile High Stadium. |
 Denver Museum of Nature and Science We’re defending our title as the best museum for families in Kids’ Pages Family Magazine’s annual contest. |  Denver Fire Fighter MuseumHands-on activities combined with the Museum’s exhibits, provides information about fire safety and prevention as well as the history of the Denver Fire Department and historic Fire Station No. 1. Try on firefighting equipment, slide down a pole and ride on our fire truck designed just for kids as you pretend to put out fires. Or watch videos and play video games to find safe ways out of the house on fire. |
 The Colorado Historical Society operates twelve historic sites and museums at 10 locations around the state, including the Colorado History Museum in Denver. Each has its own regional character and thematic focus-from the days of the fur trade along the South Platte and Arkansas Rivers to early Hispanic life and settlement in southern Colorado, the Ute Indians of the Western Slope, the Clear Creek gold rush, the Leadville silver boom, and the growth of Denver |  The Colorado Railroad Museum is recognized as one of the best privately supported rail museums in the United States. This "can't miss" site for railfans features over 100 historic narrow and standard gauge locomotives and cars exhibited on 15 acres at the foot of North Table Mountain, near Golden, Colorado. |
 University of Colorado Museum Free! With more than four million artifacts and specimens, the CU Museum houses one of the most extensive and respected natural history collections in the Rocky Mountain and Plains regions, making it one of the top university natural science museums in the country. |  Littleton Historical Museum Free! Located on 39 acres, the museum consists of two living history farms (one from the 1860’s and one from the 1890’s), a small lake, a collections center, and a main exhibition and administration building. |
 Black American West MuseumFounded in 1971 by Paul W. Stewart, the Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving and disseminating the contributions of Blacks in the Old West. While famous for telling the story of Black cowboys, we are broader than this with interests in the stories of all those early Blacks who came west and performed as miners, soldiers, homesteaders, ranchers, blacksmiths, schoolteachers, lawmen, and every other profession needed to build up the West. In fact, the Museum itself is in the home of Dr. Justina Ford, Colorado's first Black woman doctor! |  Buffalo Bill's Grave and Museum Free! See Sitting Bull's bow and arrows, Buffalo Bill's show outfits, Frederick Remington's "Portrait of a Ranch Hand," and many other objects from the Old West in the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum. Begun in 1921 by Johnny Baker, Buffalo Bill's foster son, the Museum illustrates the life, times, and legend of William F. Cody. It includes exhibits about Buffalo Bill's life and the Wild West shows, Indian artifacts, Western art and firearms. |
 |  Aurora History Museum!Free! “The Aurora History Museum constantly brings in unique visits whether it’s one focusing on pop sci-fi culture or a show focusing on Harleys. It’s the perfect place—and the perfect price—to view a variety of interesting traveling exhibits, bring friends and take in Colorado and Aurora’s history.” |
 Museo de las Americas Committed to preserving, presenting, and promoting the art and culture of the Latino people. Through innovative exhibitions and collections, bilingual programs, educational activities and special events, the Museo educates its public in the richness of Latin American arts. |  Stiles African American Heritage Center Grace Stiles retired after 30+ years in the Denver Public Schools. She created this museum in an old house in Five Points, and it's just CRAMMED full of stuff! She gives excellent programs, and does well with groups of different ages, which isn't always true. Definitely worth a trip! |
 The Denver Art Museum-Free to Colorado Residents the first Saturday of every month, there is always something intereresting going on there. Don't forget to check out their free things for kids to do area! |  Leanin' Tree Museum Of Western Art This collection was born of a passion for American western art that has spanned five decades and continues to grow today. The scope and quality of this rare collection will surprise you. |
 A museum dedicated to Judaica and to bridging people from all religious and cultural backgrounds. |
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| hipmama1970 | Stiles African American Heritage Center | 3 | Apr 9 2008, 10:17 AM EDT by PaulaOrdunez | ||
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This was one of the places we went where we were happily surprised. It really looked like it was going to be a good trip, and it turned out to be a GREAT trip!
Grace Stiles dressed up as Madame C.J. Walker, and told her life experience from Madame Walker's point of view. The kids were FASCINATED as she washed clothes in a basin, and told about building a mansion near the Rockefeller home. One warning: It was a little difficult to schedule our field trip with her. She's not the easiest person to reach. So, if you're thinking of going, this won't be a trip you can decide on today and take a crowd of kids down on Friday. But, any work you put in will be totally worth it! She also does Kwanzaa programs, but we had too many kids to go. When she gets them scheduled you can go as individual families, though. Just mentioning that as something else to look for.
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| hipmama1970 | Museo de las Americas | 2 | Apr 9 2008, 12:19 AM EDT by PaulaOrdunez | ||
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This is another really neat field trip opportunity. Their art changes out pretty quickly, so even if you've been recently you can go again and see something new.
The best part of this museum, in my opinion, is the wide variety of classes for kids. We've made Aztec masks, learned about the Mayan calendar, and decorated Sugar Skulls there for Dia le los Muertos. All were fairly inexpensive, and my kids (who are on the picky side) liked them all! Another cool thing is that most everyone who works or volunteers there is a native Spanish speaker, and they're pretty kind about letting you "practice" on them! My espanol is might rusty, but they're all pretty willing to work with me, and that's a pretty cool side benefit in my eyes. :-)
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| PaulaOrdunez | Littleton Historical Museum | 1 | Apr 8 2008, 7:14 PM EDT by hipmama1970 | ||
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I always enjoy the Littleton Museum! It is free and it is a lot of fun to go! Wheather it is a busy time for them or not! They always have a lot for the kids to see and do!
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