Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

In this Museum-produced show, zip through other-worldly wormholes, experience the creation of the Milky Way Galaxy, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole.

Run Time: 25 minutes

Showtimes:

March 29 - June 13, 2013
Mon - Fri: 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.
Sat - Sun: 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.

*There will no 1 p.m. showing of Black Holes on Sunday, May 19 due to a private event.

Cosmic Journey: A Solar System Adventure

Volcanoes tower 80,000 feet above a barren surface. Monstrous hurricanes rage for 400 years. And multicolored rings sit suspended in air.

In Cosmic Journey: A Solar System Adventure, travel through our solar system at many times the speed of light, taking in the wonders of the planets and their moons.

Run Time: 22 minutes

Showtimes:

March 29 - June 13, 2013
Mon - Fri: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., noon, 2:00 p.m.
Sat - Sun: 10:30 a.m., noon, 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.

Deep Sea 3D

Dive deep and swim with some of the most extraordinary sea creatures ever seen on the IMAX 3D screen! Deep Sea 3D is an underwater adventure that transports audiences way down below the ocean surface. You will encounter some of nature's mysterious and colorful creatures, from the unusual wolf eel to the giant Pacific octopus to the fearsome-looking sand tiger shark. Discover their peculiar and amazing behavior, and how they rely on one another for survival.

Narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, with an original score by Danny Elfman, Deep Sea 3D takes you and your family on a magical journey to places that most of us have never been.

Run Time: 40 minutes

Showtimes:

May 31 - June 20, 2013
Sun-Thurs: 2:00 p.m.
Fri-Sat: 2:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. 

June 21 - September 5, 2013
Sun-Mon: 4:00 p.m.

Flight of the Butterflies 3D

Location:  Phipps IMAX Theater, Level 2

A scientific adventure. A compelling detective story. A stunning sight to see. Flight of the Butterflies 3D is all this and more. Dr. Fred Urquhart spent nearly 40 years working to discover the monarch butterflies’ secret hideaway and solve the mystery of their unique migration path. In this dazzling 3D film, you will experience the inspiring story of this scientist’s passion and see up close the lifecycle of these beautiful creatures. Get a butterfly’s-view of the world as you fly over North America and into the isolated mountaintops in Mexico where you will encounter hundreds of millions of fluttering monarchs. 

Showtimes:

May 31 - June 20, 2013
Mon - Sun: 11:30 a.m., 4:00 p.m.

June 21 - September 5, 2013
Mon - Sun: 11:30 a.m.

Galapagos 3D

Part adventure, part scientific expedition, part personal quest, and part fantastic voyage, this unprecedented non-fiction film takes audiences on a journey with marine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin, from the Smithsonian Institutions's Museum of Natural History, on her first trips to the famed Galapagos Islands.

An amazingly immersive cinematic experience, Galapagos 3D delves deep into the largely unknown waters surrounding the volcanic archipelago to explore the natural wonders of a realm that is truly a living natural science laboratory.

Run Time: 40 minutes

Showtimes:

May 31 - September 5, 2013
Sun-Thurs: 1:00 p.m.
Fri-Sat: 1:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m.

Hubble 3D

Hubble 3D, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, takes moviegoers on an unprecedented voyage through distant galaxies to explore the grandeur and mystery of our celestial surroundings. Experience never-before-seen 3D flights through the farthest reaches of the universe, and accompany spacewalking astronauts on some of the most difficult and important endeavors in NASA’s history.

In May 2009, the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched a mission to make vital repairs and upgrades to the Hubble Space Telescope, the world’s first space-based observatory, 350 miles above the Earth. On board was an IMAX 3D camera, operated by the shuttle astronauts. It captured stunning sequences of the five intricate spacewalks required to make those repairs, as well as close-up images of the effort to grasp the orbiting telescope with the shuttle’s mechanical arm at 17,500 mph, and one unexpected problem that threatened to sabotage the entire mission.

Run Time: 43 minutes

Showtimes:

May 31 - September 5, 2013
Mon-Sun: 3:00 p.m.

One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure

One World, One Sky is a brilliant spectacle of light and color that follows Sesame Street's Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a new friend from China. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth. This cross-cultural adventure opens children's eyes to the sky, helping them see how people all over the world are connected.

Run Time: 23 minutes

Showtimes:

March 29 - June 13, 2013
Mon - Sun: 10:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m.

Realm of Light

This visual feast for the eyes enhanced with breathtaking music follows the incredible story of life on Earth. From the Big Bang to the modern age of humankind, viewers of all ages will be inspired by the marvel of nature and the power of human curiosity through this immersive dome experience. Both poetic in its words and philosophical in its ideas, Realm of Light  elegantly tells the 13 billion-year story of our universe in a way that lifts both the heart and the mind.

Run Time: 24 minutes

Showtimes:

March 29 - June 13, 2013
Mon - Sun: 3:30 p.m.

Rocky Mountain Express

Rocky Mountain Express takes audiences on a steam train journey through the breathtaking vistas of the Canadian Rockies as it tells the epic story of building the nation's first transcontinental railway. The film weaves together spectacular IMAX aerial cinematography, stunning landscapes of the West, archival photographs and maps, and the powerful energy and rhythms of a live steam locomotive.

This film is presented in 2D. 

Showtimes:

February 15 - May 30, 2013
Sun - Thurs: 2:00 p.m.
Fri - Sat: 2:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m.

May 31 - September 5, 2013
Mon - Sun: 5:00 p.m.

Sci-Fi Film Series Festival Pass

Sci-Fi Film Series

Presented by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Denver Film Society.

Science fiction feeds the imagination and helps us to explore possible futures, our hopes and fears, and the unfolding of technologies. Join Museum scientists and Vincent Piturro, PhD, English professor at Metropolitan State College of Denver, to screen famous sci-fi films, break down the science behind these alternative possibilities, and separate fact from fiction.

Viewers' Choice-Vote online at www.dmns.org/scififilmseries
With Michele Koons, anthropologist
Wednesday, July 10
Sie FilmCenter on Colfax

Primer
With Ka Chun Yu, curator of space science
Wednesday, July 17
Sie FilmCenter on Colfax

Jurassic Park 3D
With Joe Sertich, curator of vertebrate paleontology
Wednesday, July 24
Phipps Theater, Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Limitless
With Nicole Garneau, curator of human health
Wednesday, July 31
Phipps Theater, Denver Museum of Nature & Science

$12 member, $15 nonmember, $8 student (per film)
$40 member, $50 nonmember (series)

Tickets: http://www.denverfilm.org/filmcenter/ or 303.595.3456

The Mysterious Life of Comets

Titans of the Ice Age 3D

Location:  Phipps IMAX Theater, Level 2

Titans of the Ice Age 3D transports viewers to the beautiful and otherworldly frozen landscapes of North America, Europe and Asia ten thousand years before modern civilization. Peer through the 3D canvas to an ancient world of ice, the dawn of our species, a time when man shared the tundra with majestic woolly beasts.

Dazzling computer-generated imagery brings this mysterious era to life -- from saber-toothed cats and cave bears to dire wolves and woolly mammoths -- giants both feared and hunted by prehistoric humans.

Showtimes:
February 15 - May 30, 2013
Mon - Sun: 10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m.

May 31 - September 5, 2013
Mon - Sun: 10:30 a.m.

Wildest Weather in the Solar System

Location: Gates Planetarium, Level 1; enter through Main Entrance

Take a spectacular journey to witness the most beautiful, powerful, and mysterious weather phenomena in the solar system. From a storm the size of a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb, to a 400-year-old hurricane, you'll be glad you live on Earth.

Showtimes:

March 29 - June 13, 2013
Mon - Thurs: 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m.
Fri - Sun: 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m.