If you ask me, this is one of the most important buildings in all of Denver. A glorious testament to the human drive for exploration and curiosity. It has one of the largest and most interesting dinosaur exhibits in the United States. The whole thing being arranged has a walk-through time allowing you to witness the world change and how animals responded to that change. I'm a little disappointed in how it's space section has become a little dumbed down in recent years if you ask me, but that's likely due to the lack of interest in space travel among the general populace. An amazingly underrated portion of the museum is its Rock exhibits, showing off a wide array of beautiful gemstones geodes and other natural formations that can be found all across our beautiful. Kind of wish the taxidermy section was a lot smaller, especially with how close we are to the zoo. In recent years there has been a push to make the museum more of a place for kids and to prioritize demonstrating the various discoveries that have happened around the state. I don't disagree with these decisions and in fact I highly encourage both of these mentalities showing off what we are capable of is exceptionally important and demonstrating it and an engaging way to children is how we build smarter adults. However, it does make it hard to justify a membership for a single individual like myself who's just interested in science and would like a nice place to sit and be around important things. I greatly appreciate the push they've done in recent years to make these special exhibits, less of a premium feature and more of something that's just wrapped into the price tag, as I remember how devastating it was as a kid to learn that even though we had paid for a ticket to go to the museum, I wouldn't be able to see the cool special limited time exhibit because my family was poor. I'll also mention that having one of the first IMAX theaters ever is a pretty cool accomplishment, and means that you can go see a documentary like it's a movie, and you get to talk about it because it was actually a very very cool tourist attraction. I also adore the health section of the nature and science museum, The whole thing is based around a expedition that they did back in the day with a group of young Bright minds taking them into the mountains. While the preserved specimens can be a little off-putting, I don't anything quite help me understand how amazing our body truly is until I got to see all these systems and how they connect. Well, sometimes the volunteers don't know as much as the people who are interested in the topics. I think that boils down to the problem that society in general has with hiring people with experience rather than passion or commitment. The cafeteria is nothing to write home about, but it does exist in case you get peckish. Upon my last visit I did feel a little disappointed in the gift shop, I'd be a Miss not to mention. When I was a child there were a lot more interactive toys and games within the gift shop. These were almost as vital to my love of science and enjoyment of learning as the exhibits themselves. As it allowed me to take the science home and get a real tactile experience with the concepts I was just introduced to. Most of the stuff in there now seems to be superficial local goods which is fine, but I'd like to see a return to form soon. I miss the replica fossil jewelry, and the chemistry kits, I also missed the DVD section that sold physical copies of documentaries. I know it sounds silly and I probably would be the only one buying them. But just being able to see them on the shelf helped me explore a whole new world of entertainment. Edutainment.