Restoring History

Martin Luther King in Sapphire on Display

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is pleased to host and display a rare carving by Vasily Konovalenko.

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Museum Explorers

Ages 4 & 5
Strike gold in Gems and Mineral Hall, compare your height with the giant totem poles, search for hidden elves, and study all the different dinosaurs in Prehistoric Journey.

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August 10, 2010
For more than a century, natural history museums have collected objects from Native American cultures. Most of them were gathered through scientific expeditions, purchases, and donations. However, some objects came to museums in more questionable ways.

In this Science Bite, Museum scientist Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, explains the law that's helping thousands of cultural items get returned to the tribes to which they belong.

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