Reviews of Anniston Museum of Natural History (Museum)

800 Museum Dr, Anniston, AL 36206, United States

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REVIEWS OF Anniston Museum of Natural History IN Alabama

Michelle Dozier

I love coming here. I bring my grandchildren so we can walk the Birds of Prey trail (for free) and see all the beautiful birds and the coy fish pond. There is also a park on the other side that the kids can go to. There are two museums on site as well. This is an awesome place to take your kids and grandkids to spend the afternoon.

Natasha Hurston

We had an amazing family time together. We needed this for a minute. I love you both. I am glad that we had a amazing time with each other. I can't wait until we get more amazing time again. Come check it out. You will love what you see here at this place.

Holli Edwards

What a treasure for Calhoun County. The museum and grounds are very interesting. Plan to spend several hours. We had a picnic there. Nice way to spend a day.

KittyGacha 6137

Great Museum!!!! Very educational and hands on and friendly workers.

Juan Pinedo

Crazy good didnt even know there was a museum in Aniston needs to hurry with the renovations tho

Kyle Ross

A nice experience and very, very affordable. Worth the drive if coming from the Atlanta area.

Toni Lachapelle

My daughter and I enjoyed our visit. Really enjoyed the mummy that they had there. Also visited The Berman Museum next door. Very informative

Alexandra Reese

Great little hidden gem. I grew up around the area, and kind of took the museum for granted. We went every year, and always had a blast, but I didn't realize how awesome it was to have a place like this so close. As an adult, I now travel a lot and I have yet to find another museum like this in a small town. The price is AMAZING and if it were in a larger city, they could easily charge 4-5 times the price that they do.

Katie Sears

Had a great time with the family and out was free so that was even better worth 3young boys

Maxine Kaylor

Loved it!!!! Very educational and interesting

Mrs. B

Wonderful place to take your children on a day trip. My children are 10 and 7 and both loved it. Their favorite parts were the mummies and the different animals.

Angela Rotter

This is a hidden Alabama gem. I was born and raised here and had no idea this existed. The live animal show was fun and informative. The exhibits are clean and tastefully done. They even have Egyptian mummies! Who knew?? Nice, shady grounds with picnic tables if you want to pack a lunch. My only suggestion would be to hire a PR person and get the word out about this place! Offer summer camps perhaps?? Definitely get into Birmingham Parents magazine. People (in Alabama especially) should know this place exists. Great little day trip for kids and adults alike.

Tim Gleason

An absolute gem. Not as big as the museum's you'd see in the big cities. But the presentation was spot on (probably better than many major natural history museums.). They have a fantastic taxidermed collection -- displayed perfectly. If you love nature and you are anywhere nearby, definitely stop in.

Florida Boy

Great Little Museum wife and I had a nice Saturday exploring. Cool nature walks behind it..

kelly johnston

We love going here such a cool place

Tim Culver

My children and grandchildren all learned how to say, spell and the life of elephants here

Brandon Waldrup

Really great place to take the kids too and the staff are really nice people as well,the exhibits are interactive and my little boy had a blast in there.

Tonya McGaha

I took my niece to the museum on a cold rainy day. We walk in they were so excited. It's was warm and the place is full of natural artifacts.we looked at so many different types of creatures bones and arrow heads . it's set up in a maze form. Every room was a different type of era in time. The younger generation will be delighted with the the very ending room it's just best described as the fun room.

Josh Sutton

My gradnson loved it!!

Fred Luhn

Wonderful place! We go every year. Very kid friendly too!

Nancy Forshaw

Delightful museum with playground and picnic area nearby. Pack a picnic lunch and let your kids enjoy the playground after touring the museum.

Tana S Payne

I love going to the museum see what they have on exhibit but they usually have something good and it's very interesting and I learn a lot of things about a lot of history and left in museum I really love going so I recommend this to anyone

Ran Johnson

We love our local museum! They just remodeled, and it looks amazing.

Ranger Joy Snow

I volunteered here as a docent in the late 1970's to early 1980's. My employer, the late Mr. Tom Potts, assured me that I would enjoy guiding tours to fill my weekends. He was right... Being a docent was one of the most rewarding experiences of my lifetime. Some of the most beloved exhibits were the two Egyptian mummies, the African musical instruments and the birds from the original museum which was located in downtown Anniston where the public library now stands. Most of the younger guests giggled non stop at the naked mole rat... What can I say?He is a favorite of many. Set aside several hours when planning your visit as there is much to see and do. Bring the babies and the grand folks and do not forget to visit the gift shop! Have a happy safari

janis porter

Very spacious, the grounds were arranged nicely for the winter.

Foxysbaby Fox

So much fun close to home

James Guntharp

Very interesting place. Lots of stuff to look at and enjoy.

Jessica Crihfield

My best friend is the registrar here, both the natural history museum and the Berman have a lot of interesting things to offer and entertain. Staff was friendly.

James Parker

Need to update the place but still fun to go to

V S

Great little museum!

Krissy :D

Very fun!

Kimberly Copley

Loved this place!

RON DAYE

One of the best! place to go for fun with the family.

Stephanie Isbell

It was alright I enjoyed it! Kids got bored I think towards the end my fav part was the gold fish and they have a live rattlesnake as you see in one of the pictures. I think it would have been better if we would have had a guide to walk us through telling us about the stuff but it was fun I enjoyed it

Jennifer Quinn

Amazing.

Ervin Tyler

Wonderful place to bring ur children for them to learn

Dwight Hallmark

This place is outstanding, for young and old

Vickie Deems

AWESOME

Amanda Stuart

I like this museum, a fun, affordable family outing. The dino, gem/mineral display and large shell collection are our favorite parts and where we spend the most time. Please not it does have large collections of taxidermied animals, so if that is not okay with you I'd skip it.

J Passmore

Nice clean store good friendly employees only complaint is that they always only have one register open no matter how many people are in line

Michel Anders

Nice museum with well designed exhibits. The collection of taxidermy (mammals and especially birds) is large and excellent; a great way to compare animal characteristics up close. Great way to spend a few hours.

John Hay

This museum is an under-appreciated gem. VERY kid friendly and lots to see. Geologic exhibits, stuffed animals of all kinds in dioramas, and some hands on exhibits. Their bird collection is especially comprehensive. This place is literally a must-visit.

Barbara Southers

Kids had a lot of fun

Josh Harbin

Great place to take your family!

Annette Campbell

Great way to spend the afternoon. My grandson loved it!

Mary Henry

Thank you for free fun day today my kiddos had a blast

Matthew Ivey

It's a great experience for all ages I appreciated it more as an adult than I did as a kid. Great for the whole family! Don't forget the area outside of the meseum lots of little places to explore!

Madison Johnson

We loved it. The kids loved it. We will be returning.

Mike Miller

Great naturally history museum.

Krystal Gardner

We loved it. My kids are fascinated by all the animals. I liked the Egypt exhibit.

Matthew Berry

Very educational and a staple in the community

charity Singleton

Boys really enjoyed the animals

Chelsey full of life jenkins

Love it awesome exhibits. Folks the museum has had a brand new internal face lift and it is breath taking amazing.... Please go check it out soon you won't be disappointed

Jessica Burk

We have been to this museum several times throughout the years and it never disappoints! Great place to bring the entire family!

I am a moki

Love this museum bored come here

Sydney Tinney

A beautiful museum. Several exhibits are originals from its opening which I found fascinating, others have been updated. I love the few interactive exhibits as they keep my 6 and 3 yr old connected. I went to this museum as a child and I still love it as an adult. I'm glad I can share this experience with my kids!

Cindy Lee

My brotherinlaw (Uncle Bubba) decided to get the whole family together to take my son to this wonderful museum! It may be a bit of a drive but it made for a great day trip. There is a lot of good food in the area as well. The admission is reasonable, parking easy with some shade. They even have a very shaded playground to run off your kids energy before or after the museum. The exhibits are well done and fun. They have something interactive at almost every one! My son is an extremely active 5 year old and didn't get bored once!*score* He got to see his first dinosaur and was in awe! The tour is a reasonable length with lots of seating throughout. If you read everything it's an educational length. If you want to look and go - it's short and sweet (and still worth the price)! If anyone has mobility problems you can get a chair at checkin. As a souvenir Uncle Bubba gave my son a disco snake from the gift shop. Its longer than he is and currently the coolest thing EVER.

Beatrice Stjohn

I love coming here for a good history reminder .

Jeffery Jenkins

The Anniston museum is awsome and a wonderful place to go spend the day with family you can learn a lot there and see things you normally wouldn't see everyday so go check it out sometime

Bruce Weaver

Interesting tour. My grandson really likes it.

Cade Somers

My favorite exhibits are the traveling exhibit Live Salty, Ancient Egypt, Environments of Africa, & Birds of the Americas. A visit here must also include a trip to the Berman. Outdoors are trails, including a birds of prey trail. An incredibly knowledgeable, friendly, fun staff puts on many special events throughout the year to get folks of all ages learning about the natural world around them.

Michelle Moore

Parking wasn't great but it's a way to pass some time.

KriSSy Johnson

Great place for family and children. Lots of interesting things to see and learn about!!!

Nicholas Morbidelli

Fascinating place to spend an afternoon and it only costs a few dollars to get in. I highly recommend it.

Chantel Ramadani

Loved the whole place!

Georgia Hunter

Not bad. Got it with the combo ticket with the Berman Museum. Very impressed with the Berman Museum.

sweet william

This place is crazy cool. It has it all. A do not miss

Danny Kingery

Great place to take the family and it doesn't cost that much either

Ezekiel Prophet

Cool place. Great exhibits. Perfect for the whole family at a very good price.

Lindsey Colvin

I was so pleasantly surprised at the quality and impressiveness of the museum. All of my children, aged 5, 3 and 1, were totally immersed in every display and interactive activity. My 5 year old's favorite area was the caves of Alabama and the dinosaur display. There was a full stegosaurus skeleton, a triceratops skull and a full scale Pteranodon model. My three year old was completely fascinated by the ancient Egypt area and asked me questions about the "mommies" all the way back to Birmingham. All in all, I give this museum five huge stars and plan on going back several times this year!

Jake Hunter

This is a great museum if you're interested in science and the natural world they have specimen of many extinct animals from around the world. As well as live animals in the nature trail outside of the museum itself. There is a nice little park with 2 playground areas available as well along with multiple pavilions and picnic areas. It's a great place to bring the family for a day trip to the museum and a picnic.

Matthew T

Enjoyed it alot, lots of new exhibits that I don't remember.

Terri Snipes

Great. It. Was a little warm. But it's the end of September in Alabama....

Yvonne Macneill

Wonderful museum. Loved all displays. Have been coming here since I was a child before it was even located here.

Katie Darden

I remember coming here as a kid and enjoy taking my son here now. It has held up well. They are currently doing some renovations to the entrance but the exhibits are still great!

Scotti Simpson

The Anniston Museum of Natural History is a gem in the foothills of the Appalachians. With constantly changing exhibits and a newly remodeled interior, the museum is fun for the whole family!

Mindy Schramke

Great for kids

Akin Akinsanya

The museum was great and they have a calm environment

Cindy Segredo

Excellent place to visit. They offer many educational programs for children and families. They also host events such as the legendary Sudsfest.

Joey Casey

Largest number of displays I've seen as well as the coolest, most action packed displays I've ever seen. Plus, live reptiles and birds of prey.

Jessica Tirado

Amazing little stop

Michael Oney

Love it been going since I was a little kid

Paula Stewart

Had a wonderful time with my granddaughters

Heather Alvarado

Not much has changed since grade school field trips

Debbie Ball

Kinda pricey but it's good to go to ocassionally

Mark Abeyta

Great place to go and relax great beautiful walking trail and bike trail meseum is very educational great staff must check out also don't forget the bermun musem as well lots of antipue firearms and things very cool

Lacey Byers

Such a neat experience. I had no idea this existed until a friend invited me to go. Very well put together. Much larger than I was expecting.

Marianne C

Very nice just needs some upgrades on old tech used for animal sounds and visual effects. I enjoyed the mummies the most.

Tara A.

This is a first rate museum! Great for all ages! Very impressive variety in their collections. Be sure to visit both the Natural History and Berman museums on site.

LP

A nice little museum. Very inexpensive and fun. My kids, hubby and I really enjoyed the exhibits.

Terry Luna

Had a great time.

Rebecca Hofsommer

I loved this museum. My family and I drove from Birmingham and I found it well worth the visit. Our favorite part we're the dinosaurs, however, the bird exhibit is quite impressive.

Gunnar Whaley

Presenter of the water animals was fantastic. We enjoyed the information she shared and she kept our interest.

Cathy Taylor

Love this museum. I have been coming here since my daughter was a little girl. They have interesting events and it's well maintained.

Mitzy S

Amazing place my kids love it! It has beautiful displays with great information. I would come back anytime.

winston combee

Great place to visit and to learn a lot about the world we live in, there is also a great park with a running course and a playground

Wendy Jones

I love our local museum. So does my 4 year old.

Rod Peeks

Today we took our grandchildren; the last time there was with our sons 25+ years ago. We were thoroughly pleased with our visit. The displays were interesting and well-documented. The display rooms were spacious. The variety of artifacts was pleasing and they appealed to our guests ages 7 and 5. Thank you for giving us a very enjoyable afternoon. We’ll visit and and enthusiastically recommend it to you.

Will Hallman

My kids loved it. I liked it as well bc it gave me flashes of when I was a kid. Two thumbs up and 5 Stars!!!!

Tonya M Marshall

I have been going here since I was a kid

Anatoli Cioclea

Very nice collection of firearms from different eras.

Cindy Cowan

Great birds of prey trail

Cassandra Naylor

Such a great experience

Adam Berry

Incredible place to visit in a small town. I loved it.

Will Ready

Fantastic museum. I grew up going here, and it continues to be a fantastic visit as an adult. I can't wait to take my kids here. It's a pleasant surprise for a town of this size to have such a great museum.

Patrick Barry

Overlooked local resource. Helpful and friendly staff

Jenny Braden

One of the best natural history museums we've ever been to. We are buying yearly membership. Wonderful people and so much to do and see.

Alex Townsend

This place is great.

Cary Richardson

For a small area, the museum has the quality exhibits you expect in a large place like Birmingham or Atlanta. But with a most friendly knowledgeable staff! Great exhibits and caring staff, who could ask for more!

Gerald Guemmer

Took our grandkids and they loved it

Toni Jones

Great for families!

Michelle Betford-Pujoe

Sorry for the previous post. I confused the miseum's I had visited.. Anniston's Museum is a nature museum. There is a hike trail with a small cozy pond and an area for birds of prey - very safe for visitors. The inside exhibits focus on the different periods of history (i.e. crustacean period), geology and animals in different areas of the world. I believe adults were $11 and kids were $3-$8 depending on age. It was a great outing. I was visiting from Indiana and we really enjoyed ourselves.

Wendy H

This is a HIDDEN GEM!! You would not think a smaller town would have such an amazing museum but we went as a "you wanna stop" kinda visit and WOW -- wish we had planned more time because it was a very cool museum with a variety of exhibits. Not to be missed!!

Jennifer Frost

We've taken all of our children here on multiple occasions and have purchased memberships several times. I just wish they would update their children's room (fix the broken and worn out displays). I would also like to see a new display or two every year or so.

J Waay51

Very good experience here. The kids love the exhibits!!

Alex Doyle

Always love going here, whether my work takes a business trip there, or whenever I just go on a visit. Very good people and very nice museum with a lot of information and cool items.

Beverly Butler

Love the walk to look at the beautiful birds. This beautiful cozy pond also out back in the shade.

Samantha Lee

Ok size i thought it be small but its pretty perfect for a so call small museum. I loved all the exhibits. I highly recommend checking it out.

Wayne Meador

We love going here to relax and get away from the busy city life! If you’re a photographer, bring your camera. This place is beautiful!!

Jeff Doby

Love this place been going there since I was a kid

sunsoul aevis

This place has an astonishingly hefty collection for such a random place in Alabama. Especially the taxidermized bird and gun collections, among many other great exhibits. Plus they have a live bird trail, a beautiful garden area and eventual arboretum that is to open. I spent many fun weekends here and loved every second of it. Highly recommend it!

Patricia Wright

Great place awesome

river song

Very, very impressed with this big city caliber museum located in a small town. Great entrance price as well!

Daniel S

This is a great little museum. We bought memberships here because we go so often. There is a nice outdoor area to walk around and enjoy a picnic.

Mark Mandica

A wonderful learning experience for the family

Christa Morphis

So fun to see everything. Must do a guided tour, there's so much to learn. Also highly recommend a behind the scenes tour!

Mark Phillips

Very well put together museum that's interesting enough to get the kid's attention. It's affordable and fun and I only really have ONE complaint. On the ostrich display...redo your math because your pound to kilo conversions are backwards! But that's no reason to take away a star :-)

Wayne Worley

Great place to bring the kids

craig johnson

Visited here when I was a boy so 40 years later brought my girls here to see the museum. It has expanded and grown since the late 70's early 80's but in a good way. Very nice museum full of relics you only read about or see on TV. Here you can see it in real life and understand things you cant from looking at pictures or tv.

Ernest Thurston

A hidden peace of education and culture. Nice place to go and get away while learning something. Adult admission $6.00

Beth Sellers

Great exhibits

Lydia Cooper

Love it!

Lee Lee Williams

Love❤❤❤ This museum is well put together. I came for the Egyptian artifacts

Sean Bergstrom

Such a wonderful place an amazing collection of taxidermy and mummies

April Whisenant

Awesome place to be! Only thing is outside on the nature trails there is ALOT and I mean ALOT of poison. I'm sure they can get this under control. Even the little arbor heading to the koi pond was completely overrun by it. Other than that was a great place!

Tiffany Upchurch

Variety of information. Staff able to able to children's questions. Lots of hands-on material.

x404x xFluzhx

Always a pleasure going there, love walking the trails as well as seeing the taxidermied and the mummies they have aquired.

Natasha Spears

Great family friendly place to go. Activities inside and out!

Amy W

Always enjoy visiting

C Pilkington

Super cool place for a Saturday outing with the kiddos. Especially if they love animals!

mamacat321

Went to this place for a field trip, awesome, got a bunch of pictures

Joe Tipple

Such A great place for the entire family. Can't wait to go back. Beautiful layout of exhibitions. Great facts & fun filled things that are fun for everyone in the family.

MightyEighthGaming

Cool place!

Danny Johnson

Amazing place to sit in nature.

Shalene Wheel

My kids loved this museum! I was very impressed!

Tanya Lett

I have loved this place since my sons were little. I like I visit often. The walking trail was a great addition.

Brandon Davis

These folks do a great job! Nice to have a place like this within driving distance of home

Wanda Stephens

We took my grandson. He is 2yrs old it was a fabulous experience watching our two year old be amazed at all of the Museum but most of all the owls was the best .

Sally Benson

Great museum, small but it has a lot of interesting things to learn about

Jane Abeyta

Great place to bring kids hands on experience for kids has a boring trail for adults and a nice nature trail wroth the money also has a Berman museum with old guns and artillery

Alicia Rhodes

This is absolutely an awesome place for anyone. There's so much history and a great place to learn so much about historical events that took place right here in Calhoun County Anniston area. My son's and I absolutely loved our visit. This place is totally family oriented and the gift show is pretty cool as well. I 100% recommend this museum for field trips Church events or a family outing and the price is very inexpensive.

Alexandra Buckland

This is a nice museum with decent exhibits and an appropriate size for me to complete all its exhibition in a little over half a day. I like when my ticket gets fully paid off by visiting all I want to see in a museum. Great museum in the county.

Desmond Allen

Great little gem. So much packed into the space and well done. Very helpful and courteous staff

KG GroupLLC

Very nice museum. Everything was organized and we'll put together.

Kent Archer

It was more impressive than I expected.

Erin Ford

Great place to go but the displays need a good dusting. They have let this place go somewhat.

gina cooper

Awesome museum with quality collection. Dan Spaulding is the best of the best curator. However, most of the staff lacks knowledge and does not offer any guided tours. Open until 5:00 yet will not allow admittance after 4:30.

Helen Dudley

Great family time. Really enjoyed it.

Business Hours of Anniston Museum of Natural History in Alabama

SUNDAY
1–5PM
MONDAY
(COLUMBUS DAY) CLOSED HOURS MIGHT DIFFER
TUESDAY
10AM–5PM
WEDNESDAY
10AM–5PM
THURSDAY
10AM–5PM
FRIDAY
10AM–5PM
SATURDAY
10AM–5PM

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