Night at the Museums

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Experience Denver’s top museums like never before! More than a dozen of the city’s best museums and cultural institutions stay open late from 17:00–22:00, and admission is free. Explore world-class exhibits, discover hidden gems, and take advantage of free shuttles that make it easy to hop between locations and maximize your evening of discovery. Participating museums offer free general admission and, in some cases, special activities, workshops, tours, and performances. Free shuttle routes connect many of the sites to help visitors experience multiple museums in one evening. 2025’s participating museums (content on the page is from the 2025 edition; the main heading notes to check back for 2026 details): - Black American West Museum - Center for Colorado Women's History - Children's Museum of Denver - Clyfford Still Museum - Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL) - Denver Art Museum - Denver Botanic Gardens (Freyer–Newman Center for Science, Art & Education) - Denver Firefighters Museum - Denver Museum of Nature & Science - Dinosaur Ridge - Forney Museum of Transportation - History Colorado Center - Four Mile Historic Park - Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art at the Denver Art Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art Denver - Molly Brown House Museum - Morrison Natural History Museum - Museo de las Americas - Museum for Black Girls - Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum Free shuttles run between participating locations throughout the evening, making it easy to experience more than one museum.

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