Reviews of Campbell County Rockpile Museum (Museum)

Gary Butler

Wonderful museum with fossils from the area, native artifacts, history of modern settlement, coal mining, oil and gas extraction, animals, wagons and lots more. And it's FREE. You don't always get what you pay for, sometimes you get a lot more. Well worth a visit.

Tamara Taylor North

Good little museum. Lots of stuff to read and look at. There were hands-on displays for the kids scattered throughout the museum. The A/C was wonderful and the gift shop area was adequate. Thus museum relies on donations and has free admission.

Kev 1

Lots to see, nice sized local museum. Found it very interesting, learned a lot. The five stars are even before considering this is free. The Rockpile is a landmark here that early travelers and settlers used to find their way. Very fitting for a museum that highlights the early settlers.

mandi speakman

This was out first visit here and I must say I was not expecting what we walked into. We assumed it was a Rock Museum based on the name. This museum has a bit of everything in it. A lot of history of Gillette and how things use to be. There is a small gift shop and some items throughout are "hands on". We really enjoyed walking through and getting a history lesson. Plus it's free.

Deborah JohnsonColbert

Third time I have been here, excellent museum, especially the coal mining films. Gun and rifle displays are great, very interesting. There is something new every time I come to Gillette WY.

Erik Benroth

Well set up museum with lots of interesting history from the area

Tylor Durfee

Awesome

Mark Jensen

Very interesting, and would go back.

Michael Nickisch

Worth the look. And it's free people. Why wouldn't you. History is in short supply. Go learn.

Ellen Jones

Very cool info....would like to have not felt like it was a library....but very cool

Phillip Carstens

Awesome place to learn some history of Gillette.

Jonathan Larson

Great museum with a variety of items from rifles, dinosaur bones, oil/coal history, well done veteran pieces, local history, sheep herding, pioneer life, and much more. Super friendly staff and free! Kids loved it and we spent hours there. A must visit when in Gillette!

Elliott Kroll

From Arrowheads to coal mining equipment. This FREE musuem is one of the best museums I've ever been to.

Sue Cosgrove

Cool free place to visit, has a geocatch umder the train.

Angelapadula Padula

Very nice

Michelle Fratzke

The WWII exhibit was Beautiful & I got emotional reading the letters sent home! I want to return to read more of them. So glad a friend referred me.

Fregrentz

Cool museum, nice people work here. Worth the trip

Jay R North

It was a surprise for free! The museum is well worth the visit (it is free) and well worth the time (took us about 2 hours to get through it). You'll enjoy the history that is there. The collections are amazing. They have items laid out really well. You'll enjoy it.

Cyndi Thomas

It has a lot of history. Great displays

Melissa Garcia

Wonderful free museum! It has a lot of hands on stuff for the kids to do like a Dress up area and a Morse code machine. We spent a little over an hour checking everything out.

Indiana Pokemon

It is lit

Larry Howard

Great place to see Gillette history

Nathan Kung

It's mostly more a gun museum but that being said it had a pretty awesome collection of guns to look at. And it did have some rocks and other midwestern historical items to view.

Energy Addicts

Could be better

DJ Sanchez

Free museum.

John Park

Very cool, friendly staff, a nice way to spend some time and learn about the history of the area!

Ellen Knupp

A lot of different items. If you like guns, check out that part, its full! Everything from dinosaurs to railroads. The letters from home exhibit was very interesting, goes thru at least Sept. Check out their website.

David Young

One of the best I've seen

Melissa Birk

A nice little museum with some interesting items for all ages. Admission is free and my toddler and 5 year old had a nice time enjoying all of the hands on exhibits.

MEg Sarazine

Nice place to visit!

mike jones

Friendly people great exhibits

David Schulte

Not a rock shop as the name suggests. It's a free local history museum.

Karl Meinema

This place provided an interesting diversion while waiting to have brakes fixed. I was underwhelmed by the approximately 150 slightly varied types of horse bits and lever action rifles, but the old West Town and coal mining exhibits were pretty neat.

John DeLowery

Very informative and shows the diverse history of the area. I loved it and can't wait to come back!!! Plus Google uses my picture for your map!!!

Naomi Chambers

we are great time with the Girl Scouts all the little displays for fantastic

Isidore McNally

Excellent source of information about the early history of Gillette, Campbell County & North Central Wyoming.

Desarae Frederick

Loved it! Great place to stop with kids.

Dawn Meade Geppert

If you like history, this is a fun and interesting museum. Lots of Wyoming memorabilia, as well as recorded letters and pictures of WW II soldiers, a pictorial wall with colorful stories of all the past sheriffs of Gillette. and an area with dinosaur bones and indian artifacts that have been found. Lots of old saddles and wagons of all types on display. They have a train caboose with lots of information inside, 2 early settlement school houses, and a separate building annex where you can view an old blacksmith shop, several old printing presses, and sheep herder wagons. There is lots more to see, and it's free to the public

Megan Schiller

So much local history! Well done.

Mary Prins

Great experience. I loved it.

Jodi Cooley

Really fun hands on stuff for kids and interesting local history stories. It's a great place to see how Campbell County fits in with the rest of the world!

Sandi Aberle

Fabulous just fabulous

Christopher May

I liked the layout and the history information about the area. I also like the dedication to law enforcement and military veterans.

John Traveler

This is probably the most fabulous local history museum you are going to find. Large area, well thought out displays, plenty of room for expansion. It was a real pleasure to visit.

Gregory Gorsuch

Awesome place to visit. Great staff and great exhibits. Robert has done a great job making Campbell County history come alive.

Paige Fraley

I used to come here as a kid and was fascinated by everything there. I enough my kids while visiting town and was not disappointed. They have even more stuff than I remember and was very hands on for the kids to keep them interested. Great for a quick learning of the area and history lesson.

Reno Sams

Lots of guns

joanfraley

Loved it

Jovonna Lawrence

So much fun for my girls!

Dee Rosmis

Not rocks, but a very good historical collection! Spent 2 hours there but could have spent much longer! Lots of well displayed artifacts and memorabilia of Campbell County history.

Susan Marich

Interesting

chris frieling

Very friendly and educational.

Samantha Ogle

This museum was a favorite for me as a kid. I was very excited to return on vacation many years later with my kids and them have such a wonderful time. They have lots of hands on fun for the kids. And a cute little gift shop. Many new exhibits and some old favorites too. Good history here. This is worth the stop!

Devin Draper

Lived in Gillette 13 years ago and this was a favorite stop. Glad to see it still open and still displaying local history.

elaine oberst

Very nice collection of historic items on display.

Bradley Spurlock

This is home to a nice, welcoming staff and the intricacies of early life in Gillette, Wyoming. The exhibits range from the first settlers to modern day

Elena Lavellés

Great indepth history and broad vision of the region and its industry

David Moakes

Enjoyable visit seeing the local interest exhibits. I enjoyed the gun display, the feature on the Empire(African American Cowboys) and femake journalist. The receptionist was a real treasure.

D Shoogs

If your ever I Gillette I recommend this stop. There is a lot of hands on exhibits so your kids can play while you see Gillette history.

Melanie Wilson

So fun for the family. A really great collection of history.

Mindy Atkins

Interesting and it is free.

Annette Hauser

Very interesting

Cevan Kyla

Neat collection and they actively bring in fun things.

Spearfish,SD Local

Great place, so much to see! Little jewel tucked away in the middle of nowhere lol. I do reccomened coming here

Lacey Schmidt

Great little stop to learn about Gillette and Wyoming. The museum had a great gun collection and some very nice displays.

Erick Ibarra

Staff is real nice and knowlageble kids have a great time every time we go

Karren Ferron

It's very interesting

Terie Dohrman

The best local museum I've ever visited. Well thought out, well organized, it takes you on a journey back in time that connects the local history and culture to that of the country and the world. I was so impressed with the job these folks have done and so appreciative of the time and effort they've put in to preserve and display these important pieces of our past. This is a must-see if you're in the Gillette, WY area.

Kris Henning

Very nice and educational place to visit ! Enjoyed it much.

Jason Haskell

Free, fun, entertain museum.

exer cise

Great museum!

John Taylor

Very friendly and helpful staff, the displays are well laid out

Ryan Myron

Loved the Wyoming culture and history

Paul Mccreery

Great staff, very interesting displays

teri frank

Very nice museum!

devina pringle

Wonderfully place to go back in time