Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Decided to go to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science today, and I also caught the IMAX film The Alps. The museum is about what you would expect, numerous life-size displays of various animals and habitats along with some other stuff. The educational quality is so-so...the museums of Europe provide more in depth knowledge. However, since the DMNS appears to cater mostly to school age children, the information was probably adequate. The taxidermy was top notch and they had some very good mineral and gold displays. Tips: if up go on a weekday, show up after 2:00pm so as to avoid the school field trips. But, the museum is located on the western end of Denver's City Park, so if you go early, you can take in the park and then go to the Museum.

The IMAX feature The Alps was interesting, but not as good as Everest. The story was not as compelling and the footage did not really take you into the climbing experience, but having been to the Italian Alps, the film made me long for a visit back to the mountains of Northern Italy. The film is largely shot in Switzerland and recounts a story of son who attempts the north face of Mt. Eiger (the most difficult climb of the Alps) on which his father died 40 years earlier. The soundtrack featured music for Queen, so that was good, but all in all, I would rate this IMAX feature as average.

Crystallized Gold