DENVER MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & NATURE DINNER
Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 6:45 PM – 9:00 PM
Hotel Bus Departure Time: 6:30PM
Cost (for guests/companions and one day participants only) $130.00
This dinner is included for all full conference participants. One day participants and spouses and guests are welcome to attend for the admission price listed above.
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the Rocky Mountain region’s leading resource for informal science education. A variety of exhibitions, programs, and activities help Museum visitors experience the natural wonders of Colorado, Earth, and the universe.
Got your hard hat? In Coors Mineral Hall, follow the mine shaft into a Mexican silver mine, where a cavern glistens with milky white gypsum crystals and stalactites. Then enter Colorado’s own Sweet Home Mine to discover a six-foot wall of blood-red rhodochrosite crystals.
Colorado was founded on mining, and in the historical mining section you’ll see more local finds, like Tom’s Baby, an eight-pound nugget of crystallized gold unearthed in Breckenridge in 1887.
You’ll also uncover Brazilian topaz, California watermelon tourmaline, Australian opals, intense blue azurite, green malachite, four-inch zeolite needle sprays from India, and hundreds of other dazzling specimens from around the world. Hands-on activities and videos help learn about mineral characteristics and how minerals form.
You will also have the chance to see our planet’s amazing fauna diversity. From Alaska to Argentina, Africa to Australia, more than 90 wildlife and habitat scenes illustrate, like three-dimensional “postcards” from places near and far, moments in time showcasing the world’s wondrous animals and the delicate ecosystems in which they live.
We hope that you will join us for an evening of relaxation, catching up with old friends, making new ones, and exploring the galleries that will be open for viewing.