Just like restaurants and schools, Denver’s cultural institutions — which can be an escape for families during the winter months — are having to adjust to stricter COVID-19 restrictions which mandates they operate at 25% of capacity.

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science currently has two special ticketed exhibits: “Dogs! A Science Tail,” and “The Art Of Brick.”

Maura O’Neal, the media relations manager for DMNS, said was prepared for the stricter measures.

“(Our special exhibits) are still open, and we’re requiring reservations for tickets at a specific time, so we can track where we’re at with capacity in the building, but in terms of any rearranging of when people have reserved their tickets, we haven’t had to issue any changes or refunds,” O’Neal said.

The Denver Art Museum must adjust to the shift from Safer at Home Level 2 to Level 3, just after their brand new exhibit, “”Frida Kahlo, Diego River and Mexican Modernism,” opened Monday/ Officials were expecting jam-packed crowds (at the capacity 50% limit).

Jenna Pruett, a spokesperson for the art museum, said in an email to The Denver Gazette  that: “Ticketholders for “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism” who are scheduled to visit starting (Oct. 28), have been contacted in advance of their visit, which may include rebooking for a later date, a refund or keeping their selected date to view the exhibition.”

She would not give any specific numbers.

Although the Denver Zoo is mainly outdoors, officials are currently discussing the immediate future of some indoor exhibits such as Predator Ridge and the Great Apes building.

“A couple of the smaller buildings, we’re looking to close those (for now),” said Jake Kubie, the zoo’s director of communications.

But for indoor areas that cannot close, like the gift shop and Tropical Discovery, the zoo will continue to have monitors outside the building to assure compliance.

“We have building monitors positioned at each of those places to make sure people are flowing in and out, to keep the capacity at what the health department has set for us,” he said.

As well as having similar procedures, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science says they’re limiting ticket sales so they never exceed 25% capacity.

“Right now we’re selling 300 tickets per hour, which keeps us under that 25% capacity … but that’s so we can confidently say we’re within the guidelines and safe for everyone,” O’Neal said.

O’Neal said there is one benefit that can come from this for visitors.

“I like to tell people that now is a great time to come, because it’s almost like a private experience these days with reduced capacity,” O’Neal said. “There’s really room to spread out, and really spend the time (anyone) wants in a gallery without a lot of crowds around them.”