Meow Wolf Denver Review: Convergence Station Photos & Tips

If you want to dive deeper into the Convergence Station storyline, you have a couple of options. The QPASS is an optional $3 RFID card that turns your visit into more of an interactive quest. As you explore, you “boop” the card at MEMports throughout the exhibit to collect fragments of lost memories, unlock stories about the residents of the Convergence, and dig deeper into the mystery connecting the four worlds. You can purchase a QPASS when you buy your tickets or from a QDOT agent in the lobby, and Meow Wolf recommends sharing one QPASS for families or small groups.

There’s also a newer digital option. The Meow Wolf app includes a feature called the Psychic Sensor, which uses your phone to detect transmissions and collect additional memories and behind-the-scenes content as you explore. If you want to use it, Meow Wolf recommends downloading the app, logging in, and enabling Bluetooth before your visit.

On this first visit, I was so excited to get into the exhibition that I blew past the Information counter straight to the elevator to board the TRAM to “C Street.” When Cheryl and I got to C Street and found our first information computer. We tried pressing buttons and pressing the screen and kept getting a message to “Boop the screen.” What’s a “boop”? We pressed the screen, swiped, flicked, and God bless Cheryl, who even tried to boop the screen with her elbow. We got frustrated and walked away. Another person went over and immediately booped the screen with their QPASS, and all of a sudden, they had access to screens of information, mems, videos, and other interactive content. 

Sometimes we would watch over someone’s shoulder to see what they were learning or getting out of their Boops. Then we realized it was an entirely different rabbit hole to go down, and one that would require our complete attention and not just reading over the shoulders of someone else’s experience.

Ultimately, we were having too much fun and getting so much out of our time we never felt the need to interrupt our experience by going all the way back to the lobby to buy a QPASS. There are also plenty of computers, and things to interact with that don’t require a QPASS.

As we were leaving, we stopped by the Information Counter to speak with the staff member about the QPASS. We learned that it doesn’t actually change the exhibits in any way or provide access to anything that non-QPASS-holders have (we had wondered this), and he said that only one is needed per group or family. He also said that it can be kept and reused at all future visits once one is purchased. We told him we felt silly for bypassing the Information Counter on the way in. He said that he actually thinks it is better and less distracting to skip the QPASS on the first visit to just experience the art and then dig deeper on the second visit with the storyline. So, that is my advice to you as well. And, since the whole thing took us 2.5 hours without a QPASS, you can count on it taking even longer with one.

Prepare for things to be weird, confusing, bizarre, misunderstood…. And loving it! My friend and I ran into a young woman on “C Street” who stopped us and said, “Excuse me, but can you tell me… what is this? I feel like I’m missing something. Are we supposed to be… interacting with the art? Where?” Bless her heart. She was standing in the art. She looked so confused and unprepared for what Meow Wolf was.

My first time going to Meow Wolf Santa Fe, I was well-prepared; I read about the House of Eternal Return for years and watched YouTube videos of people’s trips inside. Even knowing what to expect my first time, it was still mind-blowing and overwhelming… in the best possible ways. Since then, I have enjoyed accompanying first-timers to watch them react and explore. 

The young woman on C Street had not researched and had no experienced “guide.” But, I ran into her again about an hour later, in an exhibit far from C Street, and she was having a great time and was very childlike as she darted between the exhibits. It appeared she got it figured out: once you realize it’s supposed to be unlike anything you’ve ever done before, then it all starts to, ironically, make sense.

At 90,000 square feet, Convergence Station is significantly larger than House of Eternal Return, at 20,000 square feet. The art style is very similar in both: Of the more than 300 artists who worked on Meow Wolf Denver, 110 were local artists, and the rest were already part of the Meow Wolf brand. There are also little Easter eggs from House of Eternal Return and Omega Mart inside Convergence Station, which is fun for people who have been to the others.

If I had to choose, I would say that I prefer House of Eternal Return. This is partly because it was my first, and nothing compares to the complete and total bizarreness of the first visit to Meow Wolf. I also liked that at House of Eternal Return, you would pop in and out of the other “world” and into a totally normal, mundane house. (Like in Las Vegas, you are popping in and out of a different “world” and a mundane grocery store.) I found that jolting back-to-normal vibe was very fun and cool. You would push through a wall in the weird universe and realize you are coming through the fireplace in the mundane house’s living room. However, at Convergence Station, once you left the lobby transit station, you were in the weird universe for the rest of your visit. (Except for the stark-white, boring, transit-center bathrooms scattered throughout that felt jarring and out of place in the craziness of Meow Wolf and kind of gave a similar jolt.) 

As far as the storylines go, I also prefer the House of Eternal Return because it felt more like a Stranger Things storyline of “weird things happening to a normal family” instead of just a whole weird, unrelatable converged universe. 

With that said, if Convergence Station is going to be your first Meow Wolf experience, there’s a good chance it will be your favorite. As I mentioned, Cheryl didn’t really know what she was getting into and thought she was just going as a personal favor. She ended up loving it, and it exceeded her expectations in every way. Even though it wasn’t my favorite of the two, I already have tickets to return with the rest of the family and can’t wait to start digging into the storyline. Convergence Station is only an hour away from my house, and I imagine I will visit once a year at least.

Absolutely. Meow Wolf is appropriate for everyone. The storyline will probably be missed by younger kids (and even some adults), but they will be excited and delighted by the art, lights, sounds, and interactivity.

Some pieces of art are designed to be creepy or weird or even gross, but nothing is meant to be outright scary. But, really young kids might find some things scary anyway, but not in a haunted-house-way. To give a couple of examples, there are art installations that look like aliens, there are gigantic jellyfish, and a spinning dryer full of human teeth. There is also a maze of mirrors that is hard to decipher who is real and who is a reflection; I could see how that could be frightening to a preschooler who got separated in the maze from parents.

Sometimes there are words or political statements that some parents might find inappropriate for their kids, usually in the form of small stickers or magnets in an otherwise very busy display. They would be hard for a young child to pick out, and it would be a non-issue for a child not of reading age.

Everyone waits in line outside when you are waiting for your turn to enter Convergence Station. The ticket counter also has a temporary outside space. So, if it’s winter and snowing, be prepared to wait outside for a while for your turn. (And they request you show up 15 to 20 minutes before your assigned time.)

However, like any public space, or perhaps more so, people are still touching a *lot* of surfaces. Think doorknobs, stairway railings, and interactive pieces of art. Meow prides itself on allowing people to interact with the art in any way they choose, so you are encouraged to touch it, play with it, and interact with it. That’s a lot of fingers touching the objects. I don’t really think it would be possible to just “look with your eyes”… at Meow Wolf, you also “look with your hands.” There are stands with hand sanitizer strategically placed throughout the building.

The Meow Wolf website states that most people go through the museum in 90 minutes, but give yourself three hours. It took me about 2.5 hours, without the story, plus thirty minutes to enjoy a lavender-flavored latte. (Way more delicious than it sounds.) If you plan to do the QPASS on your first visit, you may want to give yourself even more time than that.

Location: Convergence Station is located at 1338 1st St., Denver, CO 80204, near Empower Field at Mile High.

Hours: Meow Wolf Denver’s operating days and hours vary, so check the current schedule when purchasing tickets rather than relying on fixed hours posted elsewhere online.

Tickets: Admission prices vary by date and time. Check current ticket prices and availability →

The QPASS is an optional add-on if you want to explore more of the Convergence Station storyline.

When to arrive: Meow Wolf’s current visitor FAQ recommends arriving about five minutes before your ticketed time. Guests can’t enter the exhibition early, and there is no re-entry once you leave.

Parking: Limited parking is available next to Meow Wolf on a first-come, first-served basis, currently starting at $15 per day. Parking rates and demand can increase during events at nearby Empower Field, particularly Denver Broncos games, so public transportation or rideshare may be easier on event days. If there is a Broncos game that day, plan on spending $60 on parking to park locally.

Bags: Leave the big backpack behind. Meow Wolf does not allow luggage, large backpacks, strollers, or purses larger than 8 × 8 inches inside the exhibition.

Photography: Personal, non-commercial photography is allowed, which is good news because you’re going to want photos. Professional recording equipment, camera lights, tripods, selfie sticks and drones are prohibited.

Absolutely. Even though I personally prefer Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe, Convergence Station is still one of the most unusual experiences in Denver and absolutely worth doing at least once.

Go if you love immersive art, strange places, hidden details, photography, puzzles, or experiences that don’t feel like anything else you’ve done. And don’t worry if you have absolutely no idea what’s going on. You don’t need to understand the storyline to enjoy it. You can spend hours trying to unravel the mystery, or simply wander around saying, “What the hell am I looking at?” Both are perfectly legitimate ways to experience Meow Wolf.

If you dislike sensory-heavy environments, crowds, flashing lights, dark spaces, or attractions without a clear path telling you where to go next, Convergence Station may feel more overwhelming than magical. For everyone else, embrace the weirdness.

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