Reviews of University of Wyoming Geological Museum (Museum)

Echo Preston

This place was amazing. It's bonded interested in my six-year-old and dinosaurs that lasted over a year. The displays are beautiful their Dynamic. Some of the displays are set up to look almost like artwork. Plus it's very exciting there's a good chance that one of the actual archaeologist that are working on staff will come out and talk to you and they will talk as much as you want to talk with them I'm very glad this place was on our travels and that my kids got to experience it

ed campbell

This place is awesome! The girl who works the museum, Kymbre, is incredible

randy clark

Really cool place.

Cari Alps

Great resource on campus and would highly recommend for those off campus. Educational, fascinating, fun.

Natalie Acheson

We absolutely love this place, there is always something new we discover. Well worth your time to stop and see some real fossils and learn something new about our magnificent earth!!

Christina Cimino

Free museum that is very small would be better for older kids my 6 year old was not amused.

Lara Canen

Great time at the Geology Museum Fish Fossil Museum today.

Holly Stevenson

Visiting with my son class- wonderful tour

Derya Aydogdu Worthing

Super cool place

Luke Christensen

Lots of fun

Dan Albertson

It was Free but donations accepted.

Mary Fields

Very educational.

Wesley Frain

Lots of cool stuff

Chasity Bryant

Kids loved the dinosaurs!

Yashvardhan Verma

One of the best geological museum I've seen

Bryan Bender

Son loved this place

Sarah G

While I wouldn't go to Laramie just for the museum, it's a great way to spend 30-45 minutes. They have a unique sand exhibit which has topographic map lines and water images projected on top of the sand. Changing the sand pattern shows how water will flow which is probably the best demonstration of the effects of elevation that I've ever seen. Additionally, many of the exhibits such as mineral descriptions and fossils are quite engaging. Given that it is a free museum, it's absolutely worth checking out if you are near the University of Wyoming

Michael Simmons

A great place to take your kids plus it is also free.

Elise Verley

Fun sand table. Lots of Bones and activities. Largest Apatosaurus.

Jeff Sowders

Its small but the kids enjoyed it. Specifically the sand put that has a projector with topo lines that change as the sand moves.

John Magurany

Loved it. Much better than anticipated.Staff were friendly and helpful.

Aaron Hoover

It was fun and nice to see the different fossils

Zach Berry

Fun place and free

Becky Solorzano

Hard to park and find if you're not familiar with the campus, but it was a good 30 minute stop with the 8 yr old, and we enjoyed walking the dog around the vast green grass park like lawns and looking at the interesting architecture of the various college buildings. Like others have said, it's not really worth a trip to Laramie just for this, but if you combine with the many other museums in town you can create an interesting day.

Stephen Johnston

Lots of fun

Joe DePoyster

A must-stop when visiting the UW campus.

Clifford White

The Fossil Fish Festival today was a blast! Our kids loved all the information, activities and especially the scavenger hunt. Everyone from UW working at the event was so helpful and friendly. The museum is very cool and worth stopping by (FREE!!). Lots of fossils from Wyo and abroad.

A Cutt

Educational, fun and free!

Karl D

Interesting

Simone Lambert

Great exhibit...especially since free.

Patrice Pillivant

A great place to take the children

Guilherme Marranghello

Cool

michael dean

I was amazed at the amount of original fossils they have in their tremendous displays!

Anon Trew

Good place to know about geology and evolution in Wyoming and elsewhere. Fluorescent rocks are cool. Simulation sandbox is very interesting.

Colleen W

Loved this mini Adventure on the University campus! My children loved going through there we will definitely be back!

Chris Garnsworthy

Hard to find, small, but pretty neat. Nice quick stop for a road trip.

Pat Ridley

Loved this place for 50 years!

Liz Mead

Awesome experience! Great place to see

Mary Anthony

Amazing fossils

David Pugh

For a free museum it was great i spend a couple of hour's there . Really nice for little kids all kinds of things to touch and see. I had a great time there. Thanks

Jennie Hedrick

This place is a gem on the UW campus that is treasured by alumni and locals. An amazing FREE museum that almost got shut down a decade ago and was saved by generous donors and loyal fans.

bob gehl

Really nice collection of fossils.

Eden Mcbride

Very educational and free for all. Interesting as well

Drew King

I chanced upon this Museum accidentally and boy was I am amazed at what we found. the University of Wyoming does an excellent job of presenting their archaeological finds as well as history of the area around Wyoming. We were very lucky to meet one of the paleontologists who works in the field around Wyoming and was recently involved with discovering fossils during a pipeline dig. We learned so much in such a short time. The museum is a smaller museum with two levels that you will at least spend an hour and a half to two hours walking around looking at and reading all the information. There fossil skeleton collection and displays Rivals some larger museums. People of all ages will appreciate a visit here. It is a free museum and offers sitting areas with story books and video presentations as well as the normal Museum amenities. If you find yourself even near this area plan a visit.

Alfred Anderson

Excellent small museum that was very well done. 1 hour sufficient to appreciate the 1st floor exhibits.

Rose Weeks

Great free paleontology museum with some rocks and minerals too.

Jared Lundholm

For it's size it was great

cogeek797

Dinosaur fossils! Great little museum. Nice place to check out if you have a spare 30 minutes or so. Other museums on campus too, will have to explore those next time in Laramie

Kristen Welch

This is a really fun place to go if you have visitors in town. It's free and easy to get to if you're on the UW campus. There's an interactive sandbox with a topographical map that's really cool and fun for children. I took a kid here while babysitting and it was a good educational activity to get him out of the house. The exhibits are really well done and are about Wyoming geography specifically which is pretty awesome. I've done a tour here with a class and the students who work here are very knowledgeable.

Quenton Max

Free and worth a visit

Kymbre Skersies

Very great experience for all ages. The staff is very helpful, kind, and always there to answer questions. Admission is free which is a bonus, and they have free coffee that is a special blend made for them by local Coal Creek Coffee Co. Overall, a must stop by in Laramie.

The Bold Tips Co. Group

Valuable beings stored here.

R Scott Weaver

Fantastic little FREE museum located on the University of Wyoming campus. Well worth your work to find it in the geology building. Fantastic activities for children, a wonderful black light gem room, great fossils and wonderful history of the area. Don't miss it!

Dave Scoular

Small, but fun museum. Has some interactive things for kids. Really like the AR sandbox that shows how water flows on mountains

Lea Naumu

Neat displays

Andy Duvall

Even more fun and informative today than it was when I first visited on a field trip as a kid decades ago. Some exhibits stay the same, and others change over the years, but there's always something new to see on each visit. The UW Geological Museum is an iconic part of the campus, and gem for people of the state.

Bryan xavier medina rodriguez

Nice to spend some time

Deborah Thomas

Wonderful displays of fossils. Kids love it.

Mahendra Kumar Bengani

My son-in-law done PHD from University of Wyoming

Kathy Isenhour

This FREE university museum is small but mighty. An absolutely amazing brontosaurus skeleton, one of only 5 in the world. Other fossils and skeletons. Very small,takes less than hour to see all exhibits. Did I mention:FREE.

jiwei kang

Good museum to enjoy in your wonderful time to learn geological history and see some dinosaurs, also a lots of minerals.

Chris

Pretty small and some sections being redone, but it's free and worth a peek

greg kerr

Great staff, very helpful. Enjoyed

Sinley Vera

Visited while vacationing. Such a great collection of specimens. The geology section was fun too, nut just the dinosaurs, but the dinosaurs were the highlight though. The selection was amazing. Highly recommend.

Marc-Bino Castor

It's actually the best University I've ever been before. People are quite friendly there

wyoandy

go there ans see dinosaurs

Slim Steppin

Wonderful stop for the kids

Tim Todd

Loved the dinosaur museum!

Hannah Vazquez

It was fun, my BF and I enjoyed it but couldn't find a place to park without needing a permit

lovisa axtell

Informative and nicely presented exhibits. Many fossils and fossil castings and nice display of Wyoming native rocks.

Jamie Hall

Great place to see fossil and Big Al but not everything is up to date with current information and at least I was treated like a child or someone who was not in the paleontology field. The docient was polite though, I think he did sould like he memorised flash cards before talking and couldn't engage with me well.

Christy Tate

Was most awesome! I LOVED the butterfly exhibit! The dinosaurs were amazing!

John Angevine

A small but very well done museum. If you are in town it is well worth a visit. The University grounds make for a pleasant walk. Will hold the attention of both adults and dinosaur loving kids

Desirae Sylvia

It was awesome!

Kaitlin Magnuson

A small museum with good displays and an augmented reality sandbox for the kids to play in.

Maria Angelita Salamea

(Translated by Google) It's very interesting (Original) Es muy interesante

Alex Leman

Incredible little museum. Lots to look at in the land of dino fossils. Great AR tools.

Sam Worthen

They were very friendly and had several hands on activities that my young kids loved. Their AR sandbox is genius and was fun for kids and adults of all ages.

Emily Wagner

Really neat thing to have right on campus. It's not huge but it's free and interactive.