Leisure Travel

Museums and Galleries

MooseTrack (7 mi)
5924 South College Avenue
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 419-3513

MooseTrack Gallery is a gallery featuring local artists’ photography, antler art, log-cabin decor, moose related gifts and canyon art.

Trimble Court Artisans (11.5 mi)
118 Trimble Court (Downtown)
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 221-0051

A gallery featuring local talent including stoneware & raku pottery, stained glass, photographs, jewelry, wearable art, watercolors and weavings.

Walnut Street Gallery (11 mi)
217 Linden Street (Downtown)
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 221-2383
Toll Free: (800) ROCK-OUT

A great gallery with a little bit of funk and a lot of style. Everything from regional artists’ work to the art of rock 'n roll.

The Center for Fine Art Photography (11.5 mi)
In MOCA building: 3rd floor
201 S. College Ave.
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 224-1010

The center is dedicated to fine art photography and supports creative artists. The Center provides ongoing exhibitions and juried shows of the finest photography from around the world. Presents programs that promote public awareness for and appreciation of fine art photography.

CSU Environmental Learning Center (6.5 mi)
3745 East Prospect Road #205
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 491-1661

The ELC is situated on 212 acres of land located approximately three miles east of the main campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, on the banks of the Poudre River at the end of the Poudre River Trail. It is managed through CSU's College of Natural Resources, with the staff comprised of mostly CSU students. (Visitor Center open by request.) Trails open daily, dawn to dusk.

Discovery Science Center (10 mi)
703 E Prospect Rd
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 472-3991

Discovery Science Center is northern Colorado's only hands-on science and technology center, loaded with 120 incredible interactive exhibits to ignite your curiosity and make learning fun for the entire family. Explore our interactive science exhibits! Learn basic principles of science! Loaded with over 111 incredible hands-on exhibits guaranteed to thrill your imagination; this is a place for the whole family.

Lincoln Center (11.5 mi)
417 W. Magnolia Street
Fort Collins
Scheduling: (970) 221-6733
Box Office: (970) 221-6730

The Lincoln Center is the City of Fort Collins' cultural arts center. The Lincoln Center features three indoor galleries, two indoor performing arts spaces and an outdoor sculpture garden. The Lincoln Center presents over 20 exhibits a year, including annual events like the Northern Colorado Artist Association National Exhibit, the Crossroads Quilt Show, and the bi-annual Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibit.

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) (11.5 mi)
201 S. College Avenue (Downtown)
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 482-2787

Housed in a renovated 1911 Post Office, MOCA has two galleries with rotating contemporary visual art exhibits in all media. The mission of the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art is to engage our community in cultural experiences that promote the creation and appreciation of contemporary art. Contemporary art is the art of our time, including living artists and those from the past whose work informs the present.

Observatory Village, Stargazer Observatory (6 mi)
3733 Galileo Drive
Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 226-1560

Stargazer Observatory has been said to close the gap between earth and outer space, by allowing exploration of the outer limits through a real, working observatory. Events will be brought to life through a 14” telescope (Celestron C-14 Optical Tube Assembly) and a Bisque Paramount ME mounting system. Both are computerized to track the night sky. Stargazer Observatory also features a CCD camera that can take high-resolution pictures of the discoveries made. Stargazer Observatory is open to the public the 3rd Sunday of every month (weather permitting).