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The Children’s Museum of Denver aims to “champion the wonder and joy of childhood,” according to its mission statement, and it absolutely succeeds with its rocket launching station. Part of the museum’s exhibit devoted to teaching kids about energy, the station lets visitors make paper airplanes of various forms before using compressed air to shoot the “rockets” into a solar system. The task is trickier than it seems, but somehow, there are paper creations stuck all the way up in the rafters. Try it, and your stress will melt away — at least until the nine-year-old next to you creates a rocket that completely outmatches yours.

Although it’s possible to spend hours delving into the life and art of abstract expressionist Clyfford Still, museum visitors who only have an hour to spare won’t feel like they’re missing anything after making a quick tour of the museum’s nine galleries. Still wanted all of his art to have a home together so that people could better understand his work as a whole, and when John Hickenlooper was mayor of Denver, he worked to win the collection and push construction of the museum. Situated adjacent to other cultural attractions, including the Denver Art Museum, the Still Museum is the perfect refuge for anyone who needs a quiet hour to immerse themselves in creativity.