Resource guide for grandparents and their families
The global sensation “The Art of the Brick” is coming to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science next June. Renowned contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya has taken LEGO bricks from beloved toys to artistic marvels. Listen to the interview with this award-winning artist. His work is obsessively and painstakingly crafted and is both beautiful and playful.
Since the dawn of the Space Age, only Earth and its moon have been visited by more spacecraft than Mars. Beginning in 1960, about 40 missions (with about 60 spacecraft) have been launched toward the Red Planet. About 40 percent have succeeded, at least in part. Though the spectacular successes make it look easy, exploring Mars has proven to be one of the most difficult endeavors humans have ever attempted.
Get Robert Payo’s viewpoint of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Exhibition at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science available through September 3rd, 2018. Advanced ticket purchase is recommended.
For tickets and info: dmns.org/deadseascrollstickets
Listen to audio podcast as well. http://bit.ly/2HDLsEh
The regional premiere of this exhibition is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see authentic Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient manuscripts that include the oldest known biblical documents dating back over 2,000 years.
A breathtaking exhibition of an ancient world brought to life. Listen to an interview with Robert Payo, educational curator for the museum. For tickets and info: dmns.org/deadseascrollstickets
Photo Credit: DMNS
Listen to an interview with Jodi Schoemer, director of Exhibitions & Digital Media. Ms. Schoemer is bringing the museum into the 21st century, one exhibit at a time.
By Howard M. Wedgle
September 10, 2017
While we in the Denver metro area experienced sunny skies on August 25th, with temperatures in the upper 80’s, Houston and surrounding areas were pounded with over 40 inches of rain from the catastrophic hurricane, named Harvey.
By Stephen E. Nash
Two old but excitable miners rejoice at the prospect of future riches, even as their daily grind is full of hardship and ill-health. One, enjoying a smoke from his pipe, holds a gold nugget, too small to see, while regaling the other with tales of the many near misses of his long mining career. The man’s loyal but irascible burro brays its displeasure at hearing, yet again, tales of what might have been. The kneeling second miner pans away, fruitlessly continuing his search. [Read more…]
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has just finished upgrading the systems of the Gates Planetarium to bring the visitor a more immersive theatre experience. This upgrade is twice as sharp. On September 26th, I sat down with Dan Neafus, the Gates Planetarium Operations Manager. His job is to make sure that you and I walk away from such an experience with wonderment.
By Howard M. Wedgle
I attended a lecture from Ron Blakey, professor emeritus at Northern Arizona University. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the geologic history of the Colorado Plateau. He retired in 2007. For more than fifteen years, he has meticulously created maps that show how numerous past landscapes gave rise to the region’s stunning geologic formations.
