Denver Pavilions
500 16th Street
The DaVinci Machines Exhibition, on loan from the Museum of Leonardo DaVinci in Florence, Italy, contains over 60 hand-crafted inventions built from Leonardo’s 500 year old designs and is the life work of three generations of Florentine artisans, who have painstakingly brought to life the creations by the brilliant scientist, inventor and artist Leonardo DaVinci.
With over 60 machines on display, many of which are interactive, the collection features replicas of the major and most striking inventions of the original Renaissance
Man. The main features on display include the “bicycle”, “spring powered car”, “hang glider” and the “air screw”, a precursor to the helicopter and for the first time ever, the secrets behind Leonardo’s legendary robotic lion.
Runs through September 2012. Hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 10am -6pm, Friday –
Saturday: 10am – 7pm, Sunday: noon – 6pm, Monday closed. Docent guided tours every hour on Saturday and Sunday.
For tickets or more information, call 303-534-1335 . Children under 5 – Free, Children
5-10 $9, Students, Military, Seniors (55+) $11, Adult $14, Family Pack (up to 5 people)
$40.
Boettcher Mansion, 400 E. 8 th Avenu e
Every Tuesday, 1 – 3 pm, though August 21. Call 303-866-4686 for more information.
Learn about the fascinating history of ”Colorado’s Home”, the Boettcher Mansion
Governor’s Residence. For example: Claude Boettcher died in 1957, his wife Edna the following year. At her death, she left the house to a foundation, requesting that this beautiful mansion be offered to the State of Colorado to be used as a governor’s residence. With no takers, the house was about to be razed for its valuable land.
Governor Stephen McNichols, familiar with the mansion from following the kidnapping of Charles, the young son of Claude and Edna in 1933, finally agreed to accept the gift

of the mansion. Whatever happened to Charles? Take the tour and find out!