Project Updates

Recycled Water Pipeline

A recycled water pipeline is being constructed outside the Museum in the park. The line will run from the Museum's new addition on the south side, along the west side of the Museum, and through City Park Golf Course to connect with a Denver Water recycled water main near the zoo. The recycled water will use heat pump technology to increase efficiency of the new wing’s heating and cooling plant. The water will not be consumed; 100 percent of the water will return to the original line. In the summer, after removing heat from the building, the water will be returned to the line approximately 10 degrees warmer, and in the winter it will return 10 degrees cooler. This innovative project is partially funded by a grant from the Department of Energy. 

Project Updates

Work continues on the Morgridge Family Exploration Center, on schedule for a February 2014 opening! Check out the latest progress on the addition.

Details

The Addition

The brand new addition on the Museum's south side will add 126,000 square feet and five levels of discovery to the Museum, providing even more space to engage, delight, and spark your imagination.

See the plan

How Can You Help?

Become a lasting part of the new Morgridge Family Exploration Center at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and help excite and inspire generations to come. We invite you to personalize a leaf that will be displayed on a new Nature Art Wall on the second-floor entryway to the new wing.

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