Northglenn residents are within minutes of a full gamut of museums, zoos and botanical garden locations offering a broad spectrum of cultural artifacts and natural history of the state. Below is a list of the popular family-oriented leisure and learning environments that are fun and exciting for the family to visit, explore and enjoy.

• Butterfly Pavilion
  6252 W. 104th Ave.
  Westminster, CO 80020
  303-469-5441
  www.butterflies.org

• Children's Museum of Denver
  2121 Children's Museum Drive
  Denver, CO 80211
  303-433-7444
  www.mychildsmuseum.org

• Denver Art Museum
  Free general admission the first Saturday of every month.
  Free general admission every day for kids, 5 and younger.
  100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway
  Denver, CO 80204
  720-865-5000
  www.denverartmuseum.org

• Denver Botanic Gardens
  1005 York St.
  Denver, CO 80206
  720-865-3500
  www.botanicgardens.org

• Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield
  8500 Deer Creek Canyon Road
  Littleton, CO 80128
  303-973-3705
  www.botanicgardens.org

• Denver Museum of Nature and Science
  2001 Colorado Blvd.
  Denver, CO 80205
  303-370-6000
  www.dmns.org

• Denver Zoo
  2300 Steele St.
  Denver, CO 80205
  303-376-4800
  www.denverzoo.org

• Downtown Aquarium
  700 Water St.
  Denver, CO 80211-5210
  303-561-4450
  www.downtownaquarium.com

• MCA Denver - Contemporary Art
  1485 Delgany St.
  Denver, CO 80202
  303-298-7554
  www.mcadenver.org