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Vengan y acompañen a Big Bird, Elmo y Hu Hu Zhu en una emocionante exploración del Sol, las estrellas y la Luna, mientras aprenden de manera divertida conceptos básicos sobre la astronomía, desarrollando amor por la ciencia, y descubriendo ¡un mundo de posibilidades!
Duración: 23 minutos
Edades 3+
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Feel the Heat! Supervolcanoes explores rare types of volcanic eruptions that marshal the energy that lurks, like a sleeping dragon, beneath the surface of planet Earth. The story of these big blow outs is a tale of havoc and mayhem: mass extinctions, climate collapses, and violence beyond anything humans have ever witnessed. In this unique immersive experience, audiences will explore the impact of volcanism on Earth and other worlds in our solar system. Can a supervolcano erupt in our own time? The answer is surprisingly close to home.
Supervolcanoes is a co-production of Spitz Creative Media, Mirage3D and Thomas Lucas Productions, Inc., in association with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch.
Run time: 24 minutes
Suggested Age: 6 years+
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Come see our very own wild black-footed ferrets, the most endangered mammal in North America!
Join us in the Natural Areas Exhibit to learn about the conservation work being done to return black-footed ferrets to the wild, from the national captive breeding program to new advances in cloning from our partners at US Fish and Wildlife. They will also feed the black-footed ferrets their weekend meal during this presentation. Parental discretion is advised.
Museum admission is not required to attend this event, but space is limited.
Come listen to your neighbors share their stories of fighting for cleaner air in our community. Through personal stories and shared experiences, we'll explore what it means to stand up for what we believe — and how to pass those lessons on to our kids.
Event hosted at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery (408 Mason Ct. Fort Collins) as part of The Year of Conversation series.
Join us for an evening of storytelling, connection, and community.
Brick by Brick: Historic Preservation, the Bicentennial Commission, & Civic Action
Date/Time: Thursday, May 21, 7pm – 8pm (doors open at 6:30)
Location: Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Digital Dome Theater – 408 Mason Court, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80524
This year is the nation’s 250th anniversary, and Colorado’s 150th. Join staff from the Museum of Discovery and the City Historic Preservation office to explore how the Fort Collins community came together to celebrate the bicentennial in 1976, and how it created important momentum for the work of historic preservation in our city.
We’ll learn how community leaders from across the city worked together to celebrate together and save some important reflections of Fort Collins’ identity, and about their foundational efforts to build what we’ve come to know as Fort Collins today.
Bring your learning hat and your sense of civic pride as we explore stories from Fort Collins past that reflect the important civic values of shared responsibility, memory, stewardship, and active citizenship of Fort Collins past, present, and future.
This program is FREE but donations are welcome! Tickets are required due to limited capacity.
This event is part of our ongoing Year of Conversations program series. Learn more here!
Join us in our Animal Encounters exhibit and discover some of the amazing creatures we share this planet with. Animals of all kinds from creepy crawlies, wet and slimy, to soft and furry. Don’t miss an opportunity to make a new animal friend!
Free with museum admission.
Welcome to Fort Collins Museum of Discovery online admission.
Advance Tickets are not required, but you may reserve your tickets for ease of check-in.
The tickets reserved here may only be used on the selected date.
To change your intended arrival date, see above and select "Other Dates."
Members: Please click the "Sign In" button at the top of the page to reserve your zero-cost ticket. If you have not created a log-in before, please click "Register." Use a valid email and remember your password to continue to sign in for future visits. If you are not a member of Fort Collins Museum of Discovery and want to join, click here.
Tickets for any of the following accessibility programs can be purchased at the museum's welcome desk when you arrive:
- SNAP/EBT Pass
- Ability Pass
- ASTC Members
- NARM Members
- Community Pass
No discount admission codes are available at this time. Find more options for access to the museum at fcmod.org/discovery-for-all
When You Arrive
When you arrive, please have your tickets readily available. Follow the link in your confirmation email to print your ticket at home or to display it on your mobile device. We are unable to scan screenshots.
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Follow the adventures of Cy and Annie and their dog Armstrong as they embark on an unexpected journey into space! Explore the Earth, Sun and Moon system with a wise-cracking spaceship computer. See an asteroid crash into the Moon. Bounce along with them on the lunar surface. Get up close and personal with a solar storm. And gain a new appreciation of our home planet.
Runtime: 32 minutes
Suggested Age: 3 years+
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During the annual Autism Resource Fair at FCMoD, Dr. Temple Grandin will be speaking in the OtterBox Digital Dome Theater. Limit 2 tickets per reservation, reservation is required for this event. If you are no longer able to attend, please call (970) 221-6738 so that the next person on the waitlist can attend.
Date: May 3, 2026
Time: 2:15 PM (1 hr)
Location: OtterBox Digital Dome Theater (2nd floor) at Fort Collins Museum of Discovery (408 Mason Ct, Fort Collins, CO 80524)
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Who Is Dr. Temple Grandin?
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a professor, best-selling author, animal behaviorist, scientist, and autism self-advocate. Diagnosed with autism when she was three, Dr. Grandin’s mother rejected her doctor’s advice to institutionalize her, and provided her with intensive speech therapy, a structured home and a nurturing school environment. Later, with encouragement from her high school science teacher and an aunt who ran a ranch in Arizona, Dr. Grandin pursued a career in animal science. With unique abilities to think visually and recall small details she began to design humane livestock handling equipment, eventually revolutionizing the industry. Today over half the cattle in North America are handled in a system she designed. Other professional activities include developing animal welfare guidelines for the meat industry and consulting with McDonald's, Wendy’s International, Burger King, and other major companies.
Dr. Grandin obtained her B.A. from Franklin Pierce College, her M.S. in Animal Science from Arizona State University, and her Ph.D. in Animal Science from the University of Illinois. Today she teaches courses on livestock behavior and facility design at Colorado State University and consults with the livestock industry on facility design, livestock handling, and animal welfare. In 2010, Time Magazine named her one of the world’s 100 most influential people. In addition to Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism, her books Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior (2005) and Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals (2009) are best-sellers. Her life story has also been made into the HBO movie Temple Grandin, which won seven Emmy awards and a Golden Globe. In 2017, she was inducted into The Women's Hall of Fame and in 2018 was made a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member registration opens on November 21.
General registration opens on November 28.
Members: Make sure to Sign In above with your email and password to get access and receive your 10% membership discount! (Click "register" if you have not created an account with our website yet.)
School Day Out Camps feature a full day of STEAM-based activities, a professional team to lead the way, and a fun environment to learn and discover. We will explore a theme of the day, which includes topics such as music, animals, science, history, and much, much more all while making friends and having fun!
Important: Camp runs from Monday through Friday. Drop Off is from 8:30 AM– 9:00 AM at our School Group Entrance near the south-west corner of the building. Pick Up is from 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM at the same entrance. Please keep an eye out for signs directing you to this area. All participants must be checked in and out by an authorized adult with Photo ID.
WHAT TO BRING:
- Reusable water bottle
- Comfortable clothing and close-toed shoes
- Sunscreen and a hat
- A Discovery Mindset!
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery provides all camp materials. We do not recommend campers bring toys, games, electronics, books, etc. A lost and found is kept at the front desk for items left behind but Fort Collins Museum of Discovery will not be responsible for items not reclaimed by the end of the month.
MEAL & SNACKS:
Prepared and packaged lunch and snacks will be provided from a licensed facility inspected annually by a governing public health agency, however we cannot guarantee that the food provided is free of allergens. Students are invited to bring their own food as an alternative.
EXPECTATIONS:
Participants will:
- Participate in camp activities.
- Honor each other through respectful verbal, written, and physical expressions.
- Respect the museum, its staff, volunteers, and each other.
FCMoD strives to create an environment that is positive and secure for all participants. Bullying and related behavior that is counter to this will be addressed with participants and discussed with parents/guardians.
We welcome birthday parties, graduation parties, baby showers and more!
Our celebration package includes a two-hour rental for a private room and complimentary museum entry for up to 36 guests.
The package is available for $300. Please login above with your membership to receive discounts.
Please select the quantity of rooms you would like for your celebration below. Each room has a capacity of 36 people, if your party exceeds 36 guests please enter a quantity of 2 and click the "Register Later" tick box for "Registrant 2"
Please note rooms are available on a first come basis
We kindly ask that celebrations be booked at least two weeks in advance. To secure your preferred weekend date, we recommend booking at least four weeks ahead. For bookings needed within two weeks, please reach out to us directly at booking@fcmod.org
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Follow the adventures of Cy and Annie and their dog Armstrong as they embark on an unexpected journey into space! Explore the Earth, Sun and Moon system with a wise-cracking spaceship computer. See an asteroid crash into the Moon. Bounce along with them on the lunar surface. Get up close and personal with a solar storm. And gain a new appreciation of our home planet.
To apply Member discounts be sure to sign-in using the button at the top of this page. If you do not have a member sign-in, please register through the link at the top of this page. Your website sign-in is separate from your Membership Portal sign-in.
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Voyage beyond the planet and experience our home through the eyes of Astronauts. Orbital is an epic journey from the Big Bang, to the flourishing of life on Earth, to low Earth orbit. A new film by Guy Reid and Planetary Collective, Orbital transports you through an abstract landscape of light, inspired by bioluminescent earthly beings and atmospheric aurorae. Guided by the voices of the astronauts and cosmonauts of Constellation Coalition who have looked back and experienced the awe of our place in the universe, you will feel your own “Overview Effect” as you meditate on our planet in Shared Reality.
Run time: 30 minutes
Suggested Age: 7 years+
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MEMBERS, Don't Forget to Sign In!
Explore More Members provide invaluable financial support to the museum. As a key stakeholder at our museum, we'd love to invite you to connect one step further and see the impact of your Membership!
You are invited to Meet and Greet with our Co-Executive Directors, Shannon Quist and Cheryl Donaldson! Tour the building, ask questions, and get a behind-the-scenes look at all we do to make the museum run on a daily basis.
*We will meet in the Museum Lobby to commence the tour!
Please note: this is a benefit for Members with an Explore More 2, Explore More 5, or Explore More 8 Membership.
Not an Explore More Member and want to make a greater impact while accessing tons of great benefits like FREE Dome Shows for a whole year? Click HERE to purchase/upgrade your Membership, call us, or visit our Welcome Desk for a mid-term upgrade during your next visit.
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Mysteries of Your Brain takes you on an immersive, animated adventure into the human brain, exploring how the brain works and what makes the human brain so special.
Your tour guides on this journey are a curious girl and her crow companion—together you’ll zoom along the paths of neurons, fly through brains and experience illusions on a grand scale. You’ll learn how your brain makes you you and that, ultimately, we each have the power to change our brains.
Run time: 25 minutes
Suggested Age: 7 years+
To apply Member discounts be sure to sign-in using the button at the top of this page. If you do not have a member sign-in, please register through the link at the top of this page. Your website sign-in is separate from your Membership Portal sign-in.
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The One Sky Project, led by the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center and sponsored by the Thirty Meter Telescope, has produced a series of seven short fulldome films and a compiled full-length feature film focusing on cultural and Indigenous astronomy. This international collaboration seeks to build cross-cultural connections and increase understanding of different Indigenous perspectives while demonstrating how our one sky connects us all.
Credit: One Sky Project/SG360/TMT/‘Imiloa/CalAcademy/NSF's NOIRLab
Run time: 45 minutes
Suggested Age: 5 years+
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Join your favorite Sesame Street characters and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, as they take you on a journey of discovery to learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star, the Sun, and the Moon. We may live in different places, but we all see the same sky!
Run time: 23 minutes
Suggested Age: 3 years+
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What did it take to get humans to the surface of the Moon? What challenges did the engineers, scientists, and astronauts who worked to achieve that goal face? From award winning fulldome producer NSC Creative comes their latest show, an immersive historical documentary that showcases the achievements of the Apollo program and what it took to put the first human on the Moon.
Run time: 26 minutes
Suggested Age: 3 years+
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Member registration opens on January 16th.
General registration opens on January 23rd.
If you do not see registration info below, please click here for all 2026 dates.
Members: Make sure to log in above with your email and password to get access and receive your 10% membership discount! (Click "register" if you have not created an account with our website yet.)
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The Museum Explorers Camp at Fort Collins Museum of Discovery is here!
Museum Explorers Camp provides a behind-the-scenes, all-access pass to everything at FCMoD. Campers will have opportunities for a hands-on exploration of music, live animals, science, local history, and more all while making friends and having fun. Each day we will dive into several activities designed to engage kids’ curiosity and creativity.
Themes (Tentative, may be subject to change):
Music Monday
Tech Tuesday
Wild Wednesday
History Thursday
Friday Favorites
*Camp themes are the same from week to week, but activities may change to accommodate student interest and skill level.
Important: Our camps are for kids who have completed Kindergarten through 5th Grade.
Camp runs from Monday through Friday. Drop Off is from 8:30 AM– 9:00 AM at our School Group Entrance near the south-west corner of the building. Pick Up is from 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM at the same entrance. Please keep an eye out for signs directing you to this area. All participants must be checked in and out by an authorized adult with Photo ID. Please also note that the museum is closed to the general public every Monday of camps.
WHAT TO BRING:
- Reusable water bottle
- Comfortable clothing and close-toed shoes
- Sunscreen and a hat
- A Discovery Mindset!
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery provides all camp materials. We do not recommend campers bring toys, games, electronics, books, etc. A lost and found is kept at the front desk for items left behind but Fort Collins Museum of Discovery will not be responsible for items not reclaimed by the end of the month.
MEAL & SNACKS:
Prepared and packaged lunch and snacks will be provided from a licensed facility inspected annually by a governing public health agency, however we cannot guarantee that the food provided is free of allergens. Students are invited to bring their own food as an alternative.
EXPECTATIONS:
Participants will:
- Participate in camp activities.
- Honor each other through respectful verbal, written, and physical expressions.
- Respect the museum, its staff, volunteers, and each other.
FCMoD strives to create an environment that is positive and secure for all participants. Bullying and related behavior that is counter to this will be addressed with participants and discussed with parents/guardians.
E/MERSION360°
E/MERSION 360° is a live electronic music and visual art series transforming the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery’s Digital Dome Theater into an immersive performance space.
Each event pairs top Colorado electronic artists and DJs with curated full-dome visuals, creating a one-of-a-kind 360° sensory experience that blurs the line between sound, art, and technology.
Sound / Vision / Depth
Age restricted event: 18+
$17 presale/ $20 Day-of
$15 for Members
Doors at 7:30pm
Opener – 8:00pm
8:45-9:00pm – intermission
9:00-10:00pm - headliner
Jan 24
- Headliner: Teddy
- Support: Kanna
Feb 21
- Beyel
- BRILL
Mar 28
- Chelsmosis
- Badbwoy BMC x WADADA
Without Apology: Black History and Civil Rights in Fort Collins – A Walking Tour and Archive Open House
Join staff from the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery and the City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation office to explore stories of Black/African American history in Fort Collins, and Black residents who fought for civil rights in their lifetimes. We’ll begin by touring through the neighborhood around Washington Park to visit a few sites where important Black residents lived in the city, and then visit the Local History Archive at the Museum for an open house featuring resources our community has saved to help keep these stories alive.
Please wear comfortable shoes and dress warmly. The group will meet in the main lobby of the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery at 408 Mason Court in Fort Collins. This event is free but capped at 30 people, so register for tickets. We will cancel/reschedule if needed due to weather.
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Narrated by David Tennant. In Tales of a Time Traveler, you will discover that time is not so easily defined. Time is illusive, impossible to hold. It can't be owned. It can't be stopped. Time travel surrounds you – from the biological clock in your brain and the changing shadows on a sundial, to the history of life on Earth. Then the story expands to the lives of stars, the time scale of the Big Bang, and the distortion of time by gravity. Evans & Sutherland Digital Theater in association with Houston Museum of Natural Science.
Run time: 25 minutes
Suggested Age: 8 years+
To apply Member discounts be sure to sign-in using the button at the top of this page. If you do not have a member sign-in, please register through the link at the top of this page. Your website sign-in is separate from your Membership Portal sign-in.
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Once more, we are ready to take the audience on a rich and fascinating journey through our celestial neighborhood, as we look for one of organic life's key ingredients - liquid water. Why is Venus considered the hottest planet in the Solar System? Is Saturn the only Solar planet with rings? And what can possibly hide under the icy surface of Jupiter's moon, Europa? These and more questions are answered, as we visit the Sun in its cradle, the Earth as it used to be, the neighboring planets as they are today, and maybe even a yet undiscovered world which awaits our visit in the future.
Run time: 30 minutes
Suggested Age: 7 years+
To apply Member discounts be sure to sign-in using the button at the top of this page. If you do not have a member sign-in, please register through the link at the top of this page. Your website sign-in is separate from your Membership Portal sign-in.
ATTENTION, MEMBERS—FCMoD is extending operating hours to host “Monthly Member Nights” on the third Friday of the month!
Join us from 5 - 8 PM and enjoy all that the museum has to offer, exclusively for YOU, after hours.
Enjoy the gallery, shows in the OtterBox Digital Dome Theater, snacks for purchase in the Café, and local goods in the Museum Store, all to yourself as an FCMoD member.
Advance tickets are NOT required. Please bring your membership card or Photo ID to check in at the Welcome Desk.
There’s never been a better time to become a member. Our members support all that we do, and directly impacts our mission to create meaningful opportunities to learn, reflect, and have fun. We love our members!
Civic Saturday
Aprill 11th, 1-3PM
We need ways to build trust, restore civic faith, and move through the challenges of feeling disappointed, scared, angry, checked out, or even hopeless and powerless to impact our communities or society. Many people lack places to connect and reflect on the opportunities, challenges, and responsibilities we need to embrace in public life.
Civic Saturdays, which originated in Seattle in 2016, are an antidote that sparks inspiration, relationship-building, and meaning-making. Civic Saturdays have been hosted across the U.S. in local libraries, parks, museums, and more. They give folks a space to build community with no strings attached; come as you are, get to know your neighbors, and think through how we can build civic character together.
Whether a civic starting point, a refueling station, a spot for sense-making or celebration, Civic Saturdays help break down a sense of separateness and connect our hearts, inviting us to consider what it truly means to “live like a citizen” — and to commit to doing so, together.
Please join us for Fort Collins' first in-person Civic Saturday. We'll have live music from Veronica May, poetry from local community members, and opportunities to connect with your neighbors! We hope to see you there!
Now that City Nature Challenge is over, the real work begins. All of our amazing observations of local nature can only assist with biodiversity research once they’ve been identified! Join us at the museum to meet up with other City Nature Challenge Participants, learn a bit about how to ID observations in iNaturalist, and do your part for ongoing biodiversity research!
No wildlife knowledge or expertise required.
For more information about City Nature Challenge, see our post here!
This is a Pay-What-You-Can event. Please choose the price type that best suits your ability and interest. By supporting programs like this, you help create access for all members of our community. Thank You!