14+ Denver Museum Of Nature And Science Gems And Minerals UK. It is a resource for informal science education in the rocky mountain region. Discover science and nature with museum scientists and collection managers.
A variety of exhibitions, programs.
The gems and minerals section is a reconstructed mine where visitors can learn about numerous colorful gems and minerals from around the world. You'll get to explore a silver mine leading to a cavern overflowing with stalactites and white gypsum crystals, and admire tom's baby, a nugget of gold that weighs in at eight pounds. It's located near downtown denver, next to city park and the denver zoo. Founded in 1900, the denver museum of nature and science owes its beginning to one man's extensive private collection of colorado's birds and so began the growth of the museum, which now hosts several permanent exhibitions including egyptian mummies, gems and minerals and.