National Museum of Wildlife Art

This 51,000-square-foot museum, situated on a bluff that overlooks the elk refuge, offers one of the country’s best wildlife-art collections, with interactive exhibits that kids love, as well as traveling shows, lectures and educational programs. Constructed mostly out of red Arizona sandstone, the building features lots of green details, like timber salvaged from Yellowstone forest fires and the on-site capture and treatment of storm water. The café is pleasant, especially during the warmer months, when guests can sit on a terrace and gaze at the nature that inspired so many of the works displayed inside. Open daily, with reduced Sunday hours from mid-October through mid-May.