Reviews of Texas Forestry Museum (Museum)

Lee Parks

Great place to bring kids.

Elizabeth Simmons

Great way to spend an afternoon. We learned a LOT about the tree industry and its history. The logging train with caboose was Fantastic! Recommended!

Mahlon Hammetter

Neat place to learn about forests and forest products. Kids can take a quiz while viewing the various exhibits within the museum and then get a prize for completing the quiz. Very educational.

Guyla Mittelstedt

Nice place to visit and purchase items.

DIY Boom Boxes In Texas

Fantastic museum. Incredible displays, and the trains ouside were awesome.

Melanie Enger

Love this museum. The staff is constantly making improvement. They now have a gaga ball pit. My older kids love it. And there are lots of indoor activities if it's too hot for outdoor play.

John R Cerasuolo

Wonderfully done museum that is free. They do a great job of displaying all of the products that come from the forest and the hard work it takes to get them to market. The trains out back were a treat and the entire family lived it. Don't forget the short nature trail out back that labels dozens of trees and has interesting facts about them.

Joel Contreras

Nice place to take children

HerbnKathyRV

Free museum, can take a couple hours to go through. Interesting history of eastern Texas Piney Woods area and the timber and paper industry in the area. Good way to spend a rainy day

Charlene Turner

The boys and I love coming back to this place every year we visit.

Christy Sowell

So much to do and completely free!

DOYLE NICHOLS

Great!!!

Jeff Arnold

Antique Forestry Equipment, Train nature trail, history of Forestry in East Texas.

autumn jeffrey

Fantastic place, grandchildren loved it. Great information about forestry

Howard Rehs

A real nice history of the region

Andrew Adams

Wonderful museum with lots of interesting artifacts!

Ashley Jinkins

Great event for the kids

Autumn Snow

There are lots of old stuff there .

Glenn

Great free museum focused on the local paper industry. They have a lot of machinery for harvesting trees They even have a train station with a steam locomotive.

Ken Voirol

Great museum of Deep East Texas woodland history.

Robert Hamann

Very nice price is right it's free loved it

J Delrie

Awesome staff

Charlene Larson

Awesome place loved it

jennie saxon

What an fun and educational place to go to lear about the logging industry from East Texas. Great place to bring kids with all the hands on things to do

Sybrenna Davis

Great place. Family friendly and educational.

Joseph Renard

The new building sucks but it is still the best Forestry Museum around. There is no nature trail anymore since they filed the insurance claim of all trees lost even though that trail was intact after the tornado. They just bulldozed the entire thing and made part of it a parking lot. But there are 5 Pokestops and a Pokegym.

robin dominy

Great Place

Lysa Liem

We really enjoyed the museum. Admission is FREE but donations are gratefully accepted. We decided to check it out since it was too chilly to hike at the State Park. There is a great hands on area for the kids to play. My kids really enjoyed the train and vehicles on the backside of the property but it was really cold and we couldn't stay out in that weather for too long.

Nathan Explosion

Fun place to take the kids for a local outing

Melissa Johnson

Great small museum. The inside has a little bit of everything! Some nice historical pieces. Appreciate being able to actually get on the train and car and caboose!

Roberta Smith

Lots to look at and learn for all ages. Well done and interesting for a couple of hours

Carman Morris

Nice museum...not a ton for the kids to do but pretty cool for a rainy day.

Elizabeth Southard

Its not a very big place, but was pretty cool!

Bethany Baldwin

I often visited this museum as a child. The trains and other equipment are fun to tour, and once I was older, the info was pretty cool. Now they have tons of free activities for kids and families throughout the year plus some awesome camps.

Joseph Toombs

The museum is wonderful and educational and has a lot of stuff for the children to do

Shawna Hedger

We had a great time and highly recommend this place.

David Thompson

This is a really nice museum about the Forest industry in the area. Lots of things to see and learn. The little ones will love the big train outside and inside is a miniature railroad and they can play with the trains. The great thing is it's Free, donations accepted. A good place to go with family and spend quality time together.

Nik Cattin

Amaxing staff and an interesting little museum

Chad Simmons

The museum is free and offers great exhibits on the history of forestry/logging in the area. We spent a lot more time here than I expected.

R Smith

Nice small museum with lots of interesting facts and extremely friendly helpful staff

Jason Minchew

Awesome exhibit and you can book the children's wing for a birthday party.

Kelsea Barton

Really awesome place to take the kids

Bobby Smith

I am going to make it again during open hours and visit with them. They have some very interesting equipment there that I would like to talk to them about. Everyone last night were very nice. At the top!!

Gregory G Dempsey

It's a great to carry your kids

Trevor Crandall

Nice little museum, very informatitve about the history of forestry in East Texas.

Handy Andy

Neat museum that runs on donations. Nice gift shop.

Dustin Bartlett

I love this place, it's free to enter, very informative, and has an interactive exhibit for children. Almost everything that has anything to do with trees and logging is at this museum. And although I went on a Saturday, for a while hour I was the only one in the museum. I'm definitely coming back.

Seth Miles

Better than I expected. Kids had a great time.

JAYMES Fairless

poorly done, no flow, however.... Would be fun for small children if done during a scheduled program.

Belinda Vanglahn

Good place for history of the local piney woods. Children enjoy it.

Andrew Dempsey

Good museum

Mary Collier

Excellent museum plenty of reading for the adults and hands on for kids. Plenty of things to explore and look at. If it's nice weather make sure to go on the short hike and see the train and depot

Bryan Collins

Awesome place and it free

Heather Hatton

This is a great discovery place for kids. Rotating exhibits inside keep things new and the outside play area had a gaga ball pit. It will keep babies to big kids busy for hours!

Diane Munger

No cost for a visit. Surprising interesting information. Nice family outing.

Brandy Westfield

Kids loved this place!

Donna Gregory

The grandkids loved the nature trail! Inside is very informative.

Jack Carr

Fun and free.

Felicia Simms Sowell

Nice place. Free to visit, they do take donations. Clean restrooms. Staff was very friendly.

Debbie Winthrop

So much more than I knew. Awesomeness

Amber N

Fun little side adventure when going to the zoo!

Theresa Denton

Would like to visit again soon. Nice place

redarmyknife

What a neat little place! This is definitely a fun way to spend an afternoon, whether it be with kids or adults. It's really interesting reading about forestry in East Texas and seeing all the pictures. This museum is free to visit, all they ask for is donations if you have them. I usually donate a couple dollars whenever I go. There's a little trail you can walk around on in the back, with markers showing you which tree is which, and you can even get in the old steam engine! I'd recommend this if you're looking for an interesting, free thing to do in Lufkin.

Dot Lyons

A great place to take your children.

LaDonna Walker

Great museum fun time and experience

Yasmin & William Callaway

Big experience with the safe and comfy vibe of small location with small children. Awesome folks work here.

Justin Sepulvado

Loved this little place had some really nice things I'd never seen before.

Lori Fleming

Great museum with local history

Terrence Harris

Historic

J G

Everyone who passes through Lufkin should visit the forestry museum. Beautiful building with great history of the industry and the pioneers that built it.

B. L. Bonnell

Pleasant, knowledgeable staff. Informative and engaging exhibits. Well thought out. Great chance to learn about the region and our commerical history.

Dallas Girl

Nice outdoor area with a train you can climb around on and a shady trail to walk.