Reviews of Missouri Institute of Natural Science (Museum)

2327 W Farm Rd 190, Springfield, MO 65810, United States

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To this day this business receives a score of 4.7 out of 5 and the score is based on 183 reviews.

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REVIEWS OF Missouri Institute of Natural Science IN Missouri

Amy Hinkler

Fossils, rock and minerals. Interesting for the young and old.

Ali Dedeaux

Amazing! Staff was so friendly and willing to answer any questions. Definitely will be paying another visit.

Kyle Turpin

A free natural history museum with engaged and informed volunteers was a welcome surprise.

Vicki Wells

This was a great outing with the grandkids! We now have a couple of budding paleontologists. It's not a fancy museum, but there are lots of exhibits, both fossils and rocks, and two very knowledgeable interns, Jeff and Kendra, I think, who gave us a great tour and answered many questions. It will be so interesting to see Henry the headless triceratops when they get him done. especially since we got to see him in his pre-restoration state.

Rebekah Vaugine

Denise F

A wonderful place for the whole family!

Greg Houston

Nice place to check out some really cool stuff. We enjoyed our time there.

Brandon

My son had such a blast here looking at all of the dinosaur bones and crystals. Workers, Chris and Christie, helped make this such a special day for us! I highly recommend checking it out.

Carrie Hulsey

Great docent! So knowledgeable!

Spencer Cox

Dan Chilton

L Ward

Awesome place with actual bones fossils and information about the Bluff cave. Must see. No charge-donation accepted.

Nick Walkenbach

It's okay, a good way to kill half an hour with the kids.

In memory

Mel Yo

My kids love dinosaurs and geological items , and this small museum did not disappoint! It also houses the most complete triceratops skeleton in the world. The staff is friendly and helpful. We really enjoyed it. Admission is free so you can help support them through donations or purchases in the gift shop. Two words... Megalodon teeth.

Dennis Correll

Great place and very interesting displays.

Jerry Pruitt

Alexandria Elder

Very neat place and educational!!

PizzaHero 303

Probably the best hidden museum I have ever found!! It's small, but the knowledge you can learn from this free museum is beyond wonderful!!

Heather Revie-Borland

Donavan Wilkins

Interesting exhibits

wes nicholson

stacey williams

Rachel Kendall

Love it there. The staff are great and quick to give you the full experience that the museum has to offer. Very cool atmosphere. The yoga class is one of a kind!

Elaine Ancipink

A great place to visit. Interesting and educational. Definitely worth a visit.

Nicholas Townsend

GOOD

Matt Forir

Desiree Branish

Tanya Roche

Winston Smith

Alexis White

This place is awesome. I love how you can buy fossils and I'm excited to see the cave!

anna lukavsky

Awesome!

Doug zz

Suzanne Echols

One of Springfield's hidden treasures! The kids love it! Great birthday parties too!

tim bays

It is a great place for the kids to go and have some fun and it is free

Neil Sawford

Yeah, sure, go out & pick up some fossils, take 'em home. Make a necklace with them, whatever it's cool. You don't hear that at many museums, but you do here & you should take them up on their offer. They may be crinoid fossils which really are almost literally common as dirt, but there's still a thrill to be found picking up something that is so mind bogglingly old, and then having someone confirm to you that yes, this funny looking rock really is that mind bogglingly old. And then check out the museum itself. It's a little "mad scientist garage" as far as organization goes, but it is clean, informative, and very informative about the specific history of the Southwest Missouri area and I appreciate that. Plus, free admission. Go in, look around, buy something from the shop to help them keep the lights on and then take some really old rocks home with you.

John Slaughter

A new building for a great small museum. They have some interesting fossils of both dinosaurs and ice age mega fauna in a quiet Riverside location.

Lore Murdock

It's very small but I enjoyed it.

Boos night

scrappy Mcelroy

Family fun and free

Mark Frazier

Judi Walker

The staff at this facility are phenomenal! It is an excellent opportunity to learn about the history of this area.

Tina Jaworski

Springfields hidden gem, a must see@

Jadyn Parsons

Jared Dudley

This place is AMAZING! Matt and his crew have created a place where you can marvel at, learn about and truly experience some of the planet's oldest creatures and witness the beauty and magnificence of the planet's rocks and minerals, and they are constantly updating their collection. We were able to spend hours here and still did not want to leave! We will DEFINITELY be back soon!

Kuleya Bruce

william horton

Small, but lots of interesting things.

Jana Bradley

Great place hidden away . Kids loved it !

J P

They have a lot of artifacts and the lady was so nice. She was really great at interacting with my children. They were working on their triceratops model when we went and my kids loved it. If you want to take your kids or yourself to a place that isn't overbearing with rules or tour guides this is a great place to visit.

Mike Casey

Fantastic experience! We took our 4 children (7, 5, 4, 1). The older kids loved it. We especially enjoyed the opportunity to find and keep the fossils from the limestone out croppings on site.

Faith Cole

I didn't go in but I was at the gem show and loved it!

Lena Wilson

Tammy Lindenberger

The kids had a wonderful time and the people were very friendly and helpful.

Matt Grantham

Awesome place to kill two hours if your on South side of spfd lots to see

Jerries Cobb

Chris Bork

Amanda McGinty

Had my daughter’s fifth birthday party here and they were amazing. All the kids had a blast!

Kimi Honeycutt

Susan Rives

Kristopher Stewart

Elizabeth Murray

kathy pratt

Interesting but very small.

Layne Forgey

Really boring If you're not interested fossils

Carmelle Moore

Small but interesting! Gorgeous crystals and pretty awesome dinosaur bones!!

Kendra Wilson

Had a blast! Hoping to return without the little two next time so we can learn more!

Jennifer Parnell

Loved this place. Such neat things to look at and helpful staff. my daughter is now a volunteer because this place was so cool. They do yoga on the deck and tons of birthday parties! Definitely will go back many times.

Gene Ballay

What a great place, for adults and kids alike.

Rich Conyers

Mystique Swift

James Williams

Very cool place, didn't know they were here until recently. Kids loved it

Lifelong Learning

Great place, friendly staff, can't wait to see what all they find in the cave!

Erika Pratt

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Matt B

James Jung

James Wells

This place is tucked into south Springfield. It's a tiny place but has a nice easy trail. This is the sort of place you won't spend more than an hour inside. There are guided tours. I didn't get one but I listened to another group's guide and he was very polite and thorough. When we left, the site was preparing for a birthday party.

Jessica Espinoza

Very nice and interesting place wish I knew about it years ago planning a trip on their trail once it gets colder outside but inside was awesome

Ginger Bryant

Louis Caponi

Hidden Gem. Knowledgeable volunteers. Worth seeking out.

Joane Gerken

Awesome place to visit, so many great things to see. It is free to visit, but donations are welcome. Also there is a large section of things to buy. Great service Kendra M. Gave me a tour of the museum, she was very knowledgeable and made my visit special.

Sherri Quinn

This amazing Museum that's connected to the more amazing riverbluff cave is such a very special thing we're so lucky in Southwest Missouri to have this and for the science that it's opened up for us to know about our area

Luke Merrick

Nice place, good people.

Patricia Wright

Lots of fun and interesting things to see.

Amanda Rupert

James Vroman

Bobbi GOSLEE

Faye Stanley

Jen Luhan

This place is small, but that just means that you get a more in depth look at each fossil and the staff is very friendly and informative. This place is a must see!

Charisse Chester

Jennifer Dickinson

Interesting place

Zach Haass

John Edgar

Small, out of the way, unexpected little museum exhibit of Ice Age era Ozarks. Loved it!

Jennifer Bartholomew

A friendly volunteer spent time teaching us about the fossils we found in a rock in our yard

Sarah Michaels

WONDERFUL staff, excellent artifacts! A hidden ''gem"...

Danielle yoho

This place was pretty cool. I had never heard of it until my son went there for a field trip. I enjoyed the slideshow on dinosaurs. They also have a lot of neat rocks to look at. The one thing I would mention is for field trips they only have one toilet and the digging for fossils is on a high rock which is scary when you have that many kids running around.

Maranda Boyd

A great hidden gem in our own backyard! The volunteers are knowledgable and they have tons of awesome things to check out. Make sure you see Henry while you're there!

Joel Payne

Has more stuff everytime I go.

Mike Priebe

Cool

Cris Reed

Charles Shepker

Cool envirnment. Kids really enjoyed digging in the soil.

Brendon Bay

Very friendly staff and well educated. It was my first time there and I cant wait to go back during and event and learn a lot more. They had some awesome artifacts

Cheryl Kay

Great place and FREE!

James Emeric

Wonderful staff and awesome museum! Lots of great displays and artifacts!

Noah Johnson

Cool little spot to take someone that's into dinosaurs. Nice walking trails.

Tara Lesco

This is a great place for rock hounds and kids. They have Gem and Mineral shows twice a year. Lots of crystals and geodes and fossils and Jewelry.

Kristin Moore

This place is so cool!!!

Tina Pyrtle

Adam K. Nelson

Abigail Dawson

Incredibly fun and informative. One of a kind specimens, some of which cannot be found anywhere else. They have a massive dinosaur collection. Neanderthal skulls and other primitive human remains. New exhibits coming soon.

Sherilyn Squibb

This place is amazing and everyone there is so nice and very informative. Great for the grown-up dino lover as well as the young.

James Picone

Probably the best palaeontological exhibition I've ever visited. The staff are very friendly and happy to talk about the fossils and exhibits and their work extracting fossils from the caves nearby.

Suzan Bailie

I always love visiting here. I am so glad the building expanded. Keep growing!

Elatia Webb

Great museum filled with local history and other fossils from around the world.

Manda Hill

Rob Frederick

Interesting place!

Dustin Reese

Lots of things to look at, great for kids

Cavetreasure

Outstanding display of fossils and minerals!! The collection is consistently growing. I was very impressed with the friendly and knowledgeable staff. I'll return to see the future expansions.

Cole C

Great little selection of fossils and minerals!

Kristin Kessinger

Charissa North

Very interesting. Son and rest of the family loved it.

Paul Adler

Original, friendly staff

Amber Vandello

Elizabeth Chunke

Really fun. Lots to look at

Joe Bibb

Melanie Carden-Jessen

This place is incredible! If you are interested in geology and natural history you have to check this place out! Things you won't see other places!

J Berry

I beleive this place deserves so much more credit! It was incredible to hear the story of how they started and their love of sharing fossils with everyone (that's why they dont charge). They discovered a cave on those very grounds that dated back to the ice age. They've found short faced bears, mammoths and all sorts of incredible creatures. You can walk down their trail and search for real sea fossils to take home. I definitely reccomend visiting and dont let the outside fool you.

Christel Ice

It looks small from the outside but it's full of treasures! My 4 year old daughter enjoyed herself as did I. The volunteers are knowledgeable and very kind.

Jill Elsey-Stoner

Scott Lemmermann

Ty Camp

Silver Moon

Dick Diamonds

Andrew McGowan

Nice trail with lots of shade and wildlife.

Kristin McGinty

This is a great place to visit if you're interested in Natural history. They have a wide range of fossils and minerals to view with a few that are quite large. The volunteers were quite knowledgeable and happy to share info on what you are looking at. We didn't do any of the outdoor activities due to weather, but they sound fun too.

Michael Andre Smith

We visited the Missouri Institute of Natural Science with our Boy Scout troop, had a lot of fun, and even we adults learned a lot!

John DeMate

Jennifer Crowl

Neat place

Nonya Bisnis

From the outside, it doesn't look like much. From someone whos been there, it's well worth the trip. You'll get to see first hand fossils of dinosaurs, and the amazing creatures that came before them, and after. The museum has spectacular fossils from a ice age cave on their land, and are working on processing and displaying fossils from the mammoths, cave lions, and short faced bears that once lived there. They also are building a display of a massive triceratops relative being excavated right now in Wyoming. These projects and more, including an area where you can find your own ancient sea creature fossils, are open to the public for FREE. This museum is a treasure, and is well worth the time. I plan to go back soon to follow the construction of the steel mounting frame for the Ceratopsian, and you should too.

Ronnie Bohrer

This place is great for anyone, especially with kids. Very educational and fun. It took about an hour to go through it. Great volunteers and it's free!

Justin Vann

A bit small, but a surprisingly good museum in the middle of nowhere. And it's free!

Valerie Lewis

Kendra Caruso

Truly a diamond in the rough! This is a small museum but it is packed with some of the most incredible fossils I have ever seen - including a surprising range of local fossils from a newly discovered cave on the property! There is also a range of rocks, minerals, and few gemstones on display along with examples of how they are used in various ways and are beautifully displayed. This is a great little museum with lots to see and much more to come, since many of the volunteers are currently away on a big dig to bring specimens back! Our whole family loved it, and yours will too - we can't wait to go back!

Kumar Changavar

We met a real paleontologist who was very kind to answer all our questions . Very informative. Good place to get kids started. They also rent out the place for Birthdays and such small parties.

April Wilkie

Amazing! We just had my 6 yo birthday party here. The staff was amazing, helpful and informative. I would highly recommend this museum for all ages.

Misty Stewarr

Fun and some challenging trails great place to see deer and take the family.

Mandy Landry Sawyer

Fun! Went for an elementary school field trip with my son.

Mitchell Lewis

If this place had been around when i was a kid i would have lived there

Clarence and Tessa Robertson

Such a cool place. We even got to go fossil hunting! Deffienently recommend!

Business Hours of Missouri Institute of Natural Science in Missouri

SUNDAY
CLOSED
MONDAY
(VETERANS DAY) 9AM–4:30PM HOURS MIGHT DIFFER
TUESDAY
9AM–4:30PM
WEDNESDAY
9AM–4:30PM
THURSDAY
9AM–4:30PM
FRIDAY
9AM–4:30PM
SATURDAY
10AM–4PM

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