FUN

DOWNTOWN AQUARIUM

The Downtown Aquarium mixes family fun, upscale dining, and spectacular marine life in Denver. Explore the Aquarium Adventure Exhibit with over one million gallons of extraordinary exhibits or dine in the Aquarium Restaurant seated around a 150,000-gallon aquarium while you eat a variety of delicious selections. COORS BREWERY

“Taste the Rockies!” The legendary Coors Brewery is the largest brewing site in the world and can brew up to 22 million barrels and package up to 16 million barrels annually. Free, self-guided tours of the brew house, malt house, and packaging complex detail every step of the production process and ends with free samples of variety of beers.

DENVER’S U.S. MINT

Learn how to make money by taking a tour at the Denver’s US Mint. Over 50 million coins are produced here every single day, each one stamped with a little “D” for Denver. Free guided tours showcase the history of the US Mint as well as highlight every step of the process of turning a dull, blank metal slug into shiny pocket change. DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS

This 23-acre oasis in the city has 45 different gardens, some 33,000 plants and one of the nation’s top 10 conservatories. The garden emphasizes native plants and sustainable, environmentally responsible practices. Relax in the Japanese Garden, climb through the Rocky Alpine Garden and explore Marnie’s Pavilion with orchids, ferns, and waterfalls.

MEOW WOLF

This 4-story exhibition is home to 70+ unique installations, rooms, and portals. Together, they tell an unforgettable, cathartic tale of converged worlds. Arrive as you. Leave transformed. Three years in the making with art from 300 creatives (110+ from Colorado), explore your own imagination and reconsider what’s possible. THE BUTTERFLY PAVILION

Home to over 5,000 specimens. Embark on an adventure to the realm of Rosie the tarantula, step to the water’s edge to be immersed in an underwater world full of sea creatures, explore a tropical rainforest of 1,600 butterflies, and end your journey in the gardens and nature trail with critters of all kinds.