Welcome to the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery! We’re a hands-on history and science museum, filled with interactive exhibits and fascinating artifacts that tell the stories of Northern Colorado.
Mission: The museum creates meaningful opportunities to learn, reflect, and have fun through hands-on and collections-based explorations in science and culture.
Vision: To inspire inquisitive thinkers and encourage responsible stewardship of the future.
History Fort Collins Museum of Discovery is the result of a unique public/private partnership between the City of Fort Collins Museum (est. 1941) and the nonprofit Discovery Science Center (est. 1989). After merging operations in 2008, we built a new Platinum LEED-certified facility, and opened in November 2012. Since opening, Fort Collins Museum of Discovery has served over 500,000 visitors from all 50 states and 30 countries across 5 continents—but our primary audience remains Coloradans (80%).
