Reviews of Idaho Museum of Natural History (Museum)

Dj Barry

The shark was fascinating, didn't realize how small this museum actually was though. The displays there are worth seeing, but it only takes 15 minutes to go through!

Nikki Funke

These guys do a great job setting up beautiful displays & my kids love the hands on play room for the kiddos.

Forde Howes

A wonderful little museum. The kids absolutely enjoyed it!

Jess

For the price of entry there was not much to do we went threw in about 30 mins.

Larry Ward

Nice museum

Jeff Johnston

I'm sorry, but this is a very sad museum. There's not much here. The price is definitely too high for this tiny place. It's one large room, one small room, and then there is a small classroom. It really should be a free museum with donations encouraged. I wish I'd known how much it was not worth it before I paid. I love Pocatello and ISU, so when we visited from out of town I thought it would be fun to visit some local spots with our kids. Was pretty disappointed with the current state of this museum, unfortunately.

Tymber Murray

Staff was nice. The museum doesnt have very much and for the price of entry it wasnt really worth it. Alot of the stuff in the kids room wasnt working. We didnt stay very long.

Sherri Foreman

Small but interesting museum.

Ursula Yulis

Family time! Awesome museum on campus!

Maggie Smith

We had lots of fun learning

SPM

Great place to learn--at any age!

Charles Hawkins

Not much of a museum. Certainly not worth the seven dollars admission.

Raymond Cornwall

needs more exhibits .Cost to high for what there is

Timothy M McClanahan

Great Place for learning!

Kr Smith

Very well advertised, they should put that money into the museum because it is Small, very pricey, and oh be VERY careful where you park. Or you get a parking ticket from the university. If I could do it again I'd skip it.

Alex Lystrup

This has always been a great museum. They constantly work to improve the exhibits and make it interesting. I would go here weekly as a kid and loved it every time. If you've never been before, it's definitely worth the visit.

Cheryl Hurst

Kids enjoyed the museum, we all learned a few things

Tawnie Lord

Exhibits really go above and beyond, it's just a small space. They only have a few exhibits that stay constant.

AMF F

Great place to visit. Very interesting and informative. Great staff. Loved the exhibit.

Sid Lewis

Wow, way over advertised for Dinasour exhibits. Too pricey as you can only spend 20 minutes before begging to get out of the museum. If your coming for the dinosaurs, save your money and go to the zoo or something. If you want to know about Idaho wildfires, this will help ease the pain

Brandon Holst

Good for how small it is but there was some false statements made by the staff.

Larry Leibrock

Nice and interesting. Great staff. Cool exhibits. Well recommended.

Moses T Collier Jr

Small museum, but very cool. The exhibits change from time to time. Lots of activities to engage the public/community.

Mark Rau

Very disappointed. After paying $5 per ticket our family expected to see everything about "Idaho" Natural History and Geology but instead a third of the museum was devoted to wild fire safety and the rest was primarily about Dinosaurs (not something Idaho is know for). The dinosaur simulator was very cool but I kept getting a loser Triceratops dinosaur to run through the Cretaceous period with and when I tried to join the other triceratops I kept getting gored . My son got to strut through the Cretaceous with a T-Rex and got to kill, eat and poop out a lot of things. Where are all the Indian artifacts, the archaeological dig exhibits, gemstones, research projects, Oregon trail artifacts etc. etc... When we circled back to the gift shop I was looking for more floors but was told there are none.. I tried to salvage the visit and purchase flint napping video by Crabtree from the gift shop but $50 was way out of my price range. Expect more from a university that is the undisputed leader in "IDAHO" natural history.

Nissel Baker

We love going here! Great for all ages!

Josh West

It is a small museum but it has culture and that is something we are losing in this day and age, I think with some time and help it could grow into a great place.

Penny Lawton-Reynolds

My family spent a fun sunday afternoon at the museum enjoying the space, horse and shark exhibit. Cant wait to come back and see the new displays.

Atypical Motorcycle

Brilliant, informative and beautiful.

Peter Eckert

Great exhibits showcasing the history of Idaho, and interactive fun for kids of all ages!

Carrie March

Great little museum! Loved the exhibits! Great afternoon activity with my family while visiting my daughter at ISU!!♥️

Jessica Hope

I took my son here for the Harry Potter day there are so many fun activities it was well organized and the students were very insightful I also found out that they do activities here twice-monthly for the public and young children I never knew this before I look forward to bringing my kids in the future for more activities and supporting what they are doing for our community

Tanner Hernandez

A wonderful place to learn about some of the history of Idaho. Always changing exhibits so if you go once you have to go back to see what is new. This museum supports much more then just a walk through museum. They are in the community teaching. They have the most extensive storage of artifacts safely stored for research and future use. The Team of People here are plain AMAZING! Very knowledgeable. Supporting our local resources like this is a good thing. :-)

Jacob Marvel

Amazing for the space they have

Earmal McKinley

Excellent place for the family!

Jenifer Haley

Great exhibits that really show wildlife from ancient Idaho.

Courtney Varela

Way too small for the price you pay, feels like a tourist trap. Go to the zoo instead.

ann mason

Great lecture by Dr Mary Thompson on the Pleistocene geology, mammals. Great to see the skeletons of key mammals.

Jonathan Harper

A good place to visit injoyed very much

Daniel Radcliffe

Super small. We were only able to kill about 20-30 minutes. I've been to other natural history museums and they were much larger. The information there was nicely presented, but there wasn't much there.

Blythe Passanando

It's small but big in heart because those that work there really enjoy science

Machandra Wilson

What they had on display was fun and interesting to learn, however it is very small. 3 rooms of exhibits... dinosaurs, exploration room and fire history. That was it. Not even 1/1000th what their website boasted they had. When I asked, I was informed the website is talking about their private collection, not their public display. Had I know that, I would have saved my time and money.

William Angle

A great place for the entire family. Learn about Idahos natural history from prehistoric times to the present.

Erin Lyle

It was cool but there wasn't much to see and for the price of admission I'd say it wasn't worth it. We walked through, even stopped and read about all of the exhibits, in about 15 minutes. They had some pretty cool exhibits and the staff were nice, only negative thing was high entry price.

Travis Johnson

I feel $3 a person would be fair. If you go with kids- be sure they want to stand by your side while you read.. the majority of the ‘museum’ is reading. A prior post read as 30 minutes- we were back at entrance in 15. Kids’ prize was as wasteful as a straw in California or a grocery bag in the ocean. Save your money for Bozeman, MT’s actual museum...

David Johnson

Amazing

Daniel Parker

Wonderful learning experience for me and my children. Great, kind staff.

Rayid Alotaibi

I hate Art

Michele True

My son and I have really enjoyed the Shark Exhibit and have had the opportunity to go through on several occasions. I would highly recommend it to everyone (even if you don't have kiddos) before the event is over at the beginning of May!

J.M.R.H Jaber

Great Family fun.

Lena Pruitt

They are so friendly and the exhibits are awesome.

Clint Housley

Fun museum bit it is small. We went for a dinosaur exhibit.

Marlene Ascencio

Smaller than expected

Cody Keller

Awesome time!

Jon Lamb

Wished ther was more, kind of expensive for what they have to see.

CTG Psycho

Nothing in it not worth the time

Boris Villanueva

People working there were really nice and very helpful , I am surprised for the bad reviews, my kids loved the dinousars in motion exhibits. Thank You.

Paul Brugh

Nice exhibit. Learned something new about fossils.

caroline Underhill

Awesome

James Rutherford

Kind of small but I guess the kids liked it ok.

Danielle Grayson

Very small, but pretty neat exhibits. My son LOVED their "Be The Astronaut" exhibit!

AJ DeCato

It's all natural and full of Idaho's history. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.