Press ReleaseFamily Fun Day at The Wildlife Experience - May 1DENVER – April 27, 2004 – Colorado's newest cultural attraction, The Wildlife Experience Museum, hosts a family celebration on the first Saturday of every month. The museum invites visitors of all ages to experience the wonders of the earth's wild places and celebrate our world's diverse cultures and wildlife through an array of fun-filled activities. The next Family Fun Day will be Saturday, May 1, 2004. Family Fun Day features a variety of cultural and educational activities for children of all ages. Activities may include arts and crafts, storytelling, games and wildlife presentations and slideshows. Our arts and craft activities allow guests to let their imaginations flourish as they design their own wildlife art. At the end of their visit guests will leave with their own wildlife art masterpieces. At 1:00 on May 1 st , Colorado artist J.B. McCoy will take visitors through his exhibit, Jewels of Earth and Sky , and will have microscopes available to take a closer look at butterflies and insects. Activities vary from month to month. Visit www.thewildlifeexperience.org or call (720) 488-3300 to find out what is available at the next Family Fun Day! In addition to the various art and natural history galleries, several innovative multiple-media exhibits are featured throughout the museum. The largest of these exhibits is the 315-person iWERKS Ò and DTS digital sound theater where guests are able to view an array of large-format films. The theater is now showing Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets and Africa: The Serengeti . Films run daily on the hour every hour beginning at 10 am. Along with the iWERKS® Theater, there are several large screen displays that project high-definition video and 3-D computer graphics on various conservation efforts from around the world. Throughout the museum, there are interactive kiosks that allow visitors to learn about wildlife and conservation through video, animation, text and video games. One of these interactive areas is the National Geographic Channel Theater. Each of these theaters and interactive stations communicates the museum's mission to visitors through advanced technologies in compelling and dynamic forms. |





