Denver Firefighters Museum — Attraction in Denver

The boys that I nanny for, ages 2.5 and 5, had a great time. I planned for an hour and a half, but they would have definitely stayed longer. -Fun kid activities -Interesting facts -Easy parking

I had never been before so I didn't know quite what to expect. I was able to park on the street two car lengths down from the front door. There were plenty of spots all around. The self-guided tour has tons of interesting information and artifacts as well as plenty of pictures. There are things along the way that kids can touch so they aren't too restless. They watched the fire safety video, and were very excited to afterward dress up like firefighters and play on the half truck. Upstairs, there is another play area with a two-story playhouse and more firefighter costumes. There was another family with similarly aged children, so that made it even more fun for them. They would have stayed all afternoon. I went with my Douglas county adventure pass, so admission was free. If I had to pay, I would have thought it was a bit more than I would expect, though probably still worth it. We went on a Friday, and there were only a couple other families there. If it was busy, there would not be enough firefighter costumes and I'm sure the kids would have grown in patient, but when we went, it was perfect. The family that entered just before us had a member of their family in a wheelchair, and unfortunately the second floor is not handicap accessible. The employee informed him that there were no elevators due to the historical significance of the building. And I get it, but it seemed unfortunate. I would definitely take the boys...

I have been coming to this museum with toddlers for months now, but after today I know I will not be going back or referring any families/nannies here.

It was already kind of hard to come here because of the strict no food/drink rules but we made it work because we love the concept and they have great room for the kids to play and learn upstairs.

Well today caught me completely off guard. I am nanny to two toddlers and invited two other nannies to join us at the museum with their toddlers. Upon arrival the staff was very rude to us and made us feel unwelcome. I walked in with my water bottle and they took it from me at the front desk (very rudely and condescending). They said I was more than welcome to walk downstairs to ask for a drink when needed.

We went upstairs to play in the toddler play area and after a short while a different staff came upstairs and extremely rudely interrupted our conversation and said “You need to stop running up here. It’s walking only. Got it? Ok” and then just turned around and went down the stairs. It was the most rude, bizarre, and unprofessional thing. While I think toddlers should be able to run in the toddler play area, I totally understand if they have a rule against it we need to follow it. But the attitude and tone in telling us was so off putting which is the issue here.

For these reasons I will not...

This Museum was truly wonderful exhibit of firefighting past. It is a MUS SEE, It does not take long to walk through.

They pay touching tribute to Denver's fire fighters that have had Line of Duty Deaths up to the most current.

This is truly a museum and you will not see anything current which was a little bit of a bummer, I also wish they had touched one fire science or a live exhibit but they are severely limited on space. (I also visited in the winter and things may be different in the summer.)

The Denver Fire Fighting Museum did an excellent job covering the past of the DFD all the way back to the beginning, which was truly wonderful to see.

It was interesting to see some of the biggest fires in Denver's history. As a wild land fire fighter it was astonishing to see their multi day fire at the old airport where they had multiple underground tanks burn. It was jaw dropping to read the amount of water used, foam, and personnel.

All in all this was a...