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Help Us Achieve Discovery for All!
As 2024 draws to a close, we take a moment to reflect on a full and meaningful year of discovery! This year at the museum, we exprienced...
We provide deeply meaningful opportunities to learn, reflect and have fun here at the museum and we want to make sure every member of our community can access these experiences -- that’s where you come in! Our Discovery for All initiative provides an array of responsive and flexible programs aimed at reducing barriers to museum access so that we can learn, build memories, and engage in lifelong discovery together. As a community-powered museum, Discovery for All is only possible with the support of donors and members such as yourself.
Some examples of what your gift can help support include:
$60: Museum admission and a show in the OtterBox Digital Dome Theater for a family of four experiencing economic hardship.
$135: An Explore 5 membership to a local family who otherwise would not have museum access, providing a year of admission to FCMoD and access to hundreds of museums and science centers worldwide.
$500: A FCMoD field trip for 50 students, including explorations of our gallery, OtterBox Digital Dome Theater, and the Archive/Collections.
$1,750: Scholarships for five youth to our Museum Explorers Camp where they will engage with exciting concepts in science, history, and culture.
Every gift, no matter the size, fuels our mission and enables us to continue inspiring inquisitive thinkers and encouraging responsible stewardship of the future. Together, we can ensure that our space remains accessible and welcoming to everyone in our community.
Join us in giving the Gift of Discovery today!
P.S. Make the most of your gift! Gifts of $250 or more may be eligible for the Enterprise Zone Tax Credit which allows a state income tax credit of 25 percent of your gift. Check with your tax preparer to see if you qualify for this incentive.
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery creates meaningful opportunities to learn, reflect, and have fun through hands-on and collections-based explorations in science and culture.
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery is the result of an unprecedented private-public partnership between two legacy museums. Discovery Science Center (DSC) a hands-on, science museum and the Fort Collins Museum (FCM), a dynamic public history museum.
Although the Fort Collins Museum was officially founded in 1975, it actually began in 1939 with the acquisition and restoration of the historic Janis Cabin. In 1941, the FCM opened in Library Park as the Pioneer Museum. By 1976, the Pioneer Museum had outgrown its small building and moved to the 1904 Carnegie Library building, becoming the Fort Collins Museum. FCM offered minds-on and hands-on three-dimensional historical experiences for the community. FCM was the oldest collecting institution in Fort Collins--and the only one focusing on preserving the cultural and natural heritage of our community and the surrounding region.
The Discovery Science Center began as a grass-roots volunteer run museum in October of 1985, when a group of interested people united to discuss the idea of establishing an interactive science museum in the Fort Collins area.
On March 6, 2008, Discovery Science Center and the Fort Collins Museum formed an unprecedented partnership to build a new science and history museum in downtown Fort Collins, Colorado. The result of that vision is the world class, state-of-the-art facility offering hands-on and artifact based science and cultural experiences which opened in 2012: Fort Collins Museum of Discovery (FCMoD).
FCMOD offers a unique, innovative blend of educational programming and exhibits, unmatched in the region. From 16,000 square feet of interactive exhibits, to the state of the art OtterBox Digital Dome Theater, to the extensive local history materials found within The Archive, to the fully equipped Learning Labs for school groups and birthday parties alike, and the 5,000 square foot special exhibition space - there is so much to discover at Fort Collins Museum of Discovery.
Organization name
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery
other names
FCDM, FCMOD, FCM&DSC, Fort Collins Museum & Discovery Science Center, Discovery Center Science Museum, Discovery Science Center
2008
Tax id (EIN)
74-2541265
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
408 Mason CourtLarimer County, CO, US