Two floors of big paintings, with soundscapes playing in the largest galleries through Feb 14. The museum lends free noise-dampening headphones and turns the sound off for an hour twice a month. The quiet hours and the headphones are the whole plan.
“The Museum will offer quiet hours without soundscapes from 10-11 a.m. on the first Saturday” and “the third Wednesday of each month.”
“Due to the immersive soundscapes in Still in Sound (May 16, 2026-February 14, 2027), visitors who prefer a quieter environment may borrow complimentary noise-dampening headphones.”
The museum turns its soundscapes off from 10 to 11 am on the first Saturday and third Wednesday of every month. That makes the next quiet hours Sat Nov 7, Wed Nov 18, Sat Dec 5, Wed Dec 16, Sat Jan 2 and Wed Jan 20. Sat Nov 14 has one too, 10 to 11 am, right after the morning meditation.
Sat Nov 7 is also a free day and Night at the Museums, with Maker Mornings at 10:30, so expect it to fill up after 11. The Wednesday mornings should be calmer.
Music in the Galleries (Sun Nov 8, Sun Dec 13) and Carolers in the Galleries (Sun Dec 20) add live music on top of the soundscapes. If sound is the hard part for your kid, those are afternoons to skip.
The museum doesn't say where to pick up the headphones. Large print, tactile books and wheelchairs come from the visitor experience desk, so that's the place to ask.
Free noise-dampening headphones to borrow during Still in Sound (through Feb 14, 2027). Ask at the visitor experience desk.
17 and under always free. Visitors with disabilities and the aides or caregivers with them are free; ask at the desk, since this discount is not sold online. Adults $15 Colorado resident, $18 non-resident. With an EBT card, up to four adults pay $1 each.
No food or drinks in the galleries, water bottles included. Free token lockers and a coat rack on the main level.
Still in Sound soundscapes in the largest galleries (through Feb 14, 2027) (sounds “drifting through the Museum's galleries to create a holistic, immersive environment”)not stated
Interactive instruments: frame drum, kalimba, steel handpan (the exhibition is designed for “visceral, whole-body experiences”)not stated
Quieter
Benches on each floor; portable stools in the first galleryquiet zone
Open Studio cozy corner, gallery level (music plays here; ask if it's open that day)quiet zone
Buy tickets online before you go (csm.ticketapp.org). Online tickets get a 50% parking discount at several nearby lots.
ADA parking on level P2 of the Cultural Center garage (12th Ave between Broadway and Acoma) and in the lot across Bannock St. Metered street parking is free on Sundays.
Elevator next to the entrance lobby up to the second-floor galleries. Strollers welcome; a stroller and a wheelchair can be borrowed.
Free bilingual Family Activity Book at the information desk. Tactile books to borrow at the visitor experience desk.
Stand far enough back that you can't reach a painting with your arm out.
Caregivers may breastfeed or bottle feed anywhere, galleries included. Sippy cups and snacks stay out of the galleries.
STILLness meditation in the galleries: Sat Nov 14 and Sat Dec 5, 9 to 10 am, before opening. Pre-registration required; socks in the galleries; 17 and under free.
Free and pay-what-you-wish days: Fri Nov 6, Sat Nov 7 (free 10 am to 10 pm), Thu Dec 3. The first one in 2027 is Fri Jan 8, a week later than usual because Jan 1 is closed.
Staff are visitor experience (VX) staff at the reception and visitor experience desks. Phone 720-354-4880.
