Museums & Educational Attractions in Denver, CO
We list 14 museums & educational attractions across the Denver area. Compare prices, hours and age ranges in one place, then pick the one that fits your day.
Sorted by distance from Denver, nearest first. Those are straight-line miles, so every drive is longer than the number on the card.
Museo de las Americas is a museum dedicated to Latin American art, spanning ancient, folk, and contemporary works. Families visiting find three to five major…
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A museum in Denver housing the paintings of twentieth-century artist Clyfford Still. Nine galleries display his abstract works, with the building itself designed…
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Museum of Illusions in Denver, Colorado features perspective-changing rooms, mind-bending installations, and optical illusions designed to create visual and…
The Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver (MCA) is an innovative forum for contemporary art that inspires and challenges all audiences, creating understanding and…
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RedLine is a nonprofit contemporary art center in Denver that exhibits work by current artists. Families can explore rotating exhibitions on site. The organization…
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science, located at 2001 N Colorado Blvd in Denver, Colorado, is a natural history and science museum offering exhibitions on Colorado…
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Wings Over the Rockies is an air and space museum located on East Academy Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. Families and children can explore more than fifty aircraft…
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Play Street Museum – Lowry is an interactive children's museum in Denver, CO where families can explore a kid-sized play city featuring hands-on exhibits centered…
Kids Wonder is an indoor playground in Centennial, CO, offering 13,000 square feet of play space designed for children from 6 months to 6 years old. The facility…
Play Street Museum Westminster is an interactive children's museum in Westminster, Colorado, designed for kids up to 8 years old. The museum features hands-on…
Play Street Museum in Highlands Ranch is an interactive children's museum featuring hands-on exhibits designed for kids to explore, discover, and learn through…
BMoCA is a dynamic venue dedicated to the presentation of significant art of our time. The museum’s program vision is unique in its focus on the intersection of…
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Where a card says no price or no hours listed, the venue does not publish it. We would rather leave the gap than fill it with a guess. Prices come from each venue's own website, and we publish one only when the figure appears on the page we took it from. Tell us if we are missing one you know.
Which one, by age
Two children three years apart do not have to be a compromise. The age line on every card shows what that venue serves.
Play Street Museum – Westminster
Best here for under 2, 11 miles out, listed ages 1–9 and admission $18.50.
Play Street Museum – Highlands Ranch
Best here for two to five, 13 miles out, listed ages 1–9 and admission $17.
Museo de las Americas
Best here for six to nine, 1 miles out, listed ages 6–16 and admission from $5.
Denver Art Museum
Best here for ten and up, 1 miles out, listed ages 6–16 and admission from $19.
By town
Most of these are not in Denver proper, and the town is usually what decides whether a place is worth the trip.
Museums & Educational Attractions in Denver
9 of them: Museo de las Americas, Clyfford Still Museum, Denver Art Museum, Museum of Illusions and Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the closest 1 miles from the middle of Denver and 7 with a published admission price.
Planning a visit
These run from 1 to 25 miles out from the middle of Denver. Hours move with the season and with school holidays, so check the listing before you set off. If you run one of the places on this page, you can claim it for free and keep its hours and prices right.
Before you go
Grip socks. Almost every venue requires them for children and several require them for adults. Most sell them at the door for a few dollars. Bringing your own is cheaper and means you are not buying a fourth pair.
Check whether adults pay. It runs from free to full price and it changes the cost of a visit by a lot when there are two of you.
Weekday mornings are the toddler rush. If you want space, aim for after two on a school day. Weekend mornings are the busiest hours of the week almost everywhere.
Ninety minutes is the realistic ceiling for most children under five. There is rarely a gradual wind down. Leaving with time left on the clock is not wasted money, it is a better afternoon.
Call ahead in school holidays. Several of these venues run camps and private events that close open play with no notice on the website.
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Common questions about museums & educational attractions in Denver
How many museums & educational attractions are there in Denver?
We list 14 museums & educational attractions within 28 miles of Denver, CO. Every one is a published listing with an address we checked.
Which museums & educational attractions in Denver publish their prices?
9 of the 14 here do, and each price was checked word for word against the venue's own page before we published it. The rest do not publish one, so their card says no price listed rather than carrying a guess.
Which museums & educational attractions in Denver suit a toddler?
4 of them list an age range starting at two or under. Check the age line on each card, because a place that suits a six-year-old does not always suit a two-year-old.
How did Mini Navigators choose these museums & educational attractions?
We list every one we have within 28 miles of the center of Denver. Each is a published place with an address we geocoded and checked, and the business can claim its listing to keep the hours and prices current.
Do adults have to pay?
It varies more than you would expect, from free to full price, and it changes the cost of a visit by a lot when there are two of you. The price on each card is what it costs to get a child in. Where a venue publishes an adult price it is on the listing, and where it does not we have left it out rather than assume.
Do I need to book ahead?
Usually not for open play, but several venues cap capacity at weekends and during school holidays, and some close open play entirely for private events. Where a venue has its own booking page, the listing links straight to it.
What should I bring?
Grip socks, a water bottle, a change of clothes for anyone under four, and a plan for leaving before the meltdown rather than after it.
What else is there to do with kids in Denver?
Denver has 12 categories of kid-friendly places on Mini Navigators, from playgrounds and museums to splash pads and zoos. The Denver hub lists all of them.
Listings last checked September 19, 2026.