Tiny little dinosaur museum with good captions, one section for adults and another for children. Maybe an hour's visit, well worth the free admission (it's worth a $5 donation, $20 if your children are rambunctious). Cute gift shop. Easy parking in front. read more

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Small but high quality--a great value at $3 (suggested donation) per person. There's enough here to entertain a family of all ages for 60 to 90 minutes. There is a main gallery with a couple dozen dinosaur skeleton casts (no real fossils), the main point of which is to illustrate therapod evolution towards modern birds. Also on the first floor are a series of kid-oriented stations to describe how fossils are formed and then how they are uncovered by paleontologists. On the lower level are a children's play area (big rug, toys, books, small tables and chairs); several display cases containing small fossils; and three large windows looking into the paleontology lab. During our visit, there was a triceratops skull in two large pieces laid out on the lab table closest to the windows. Very cool! read more

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Tiny location that was nice to stop in on a warm day but I can't imagine staying longer than 30 minutes. Great lower level for young kids on a hot or rainy day. read more

This is a fairly small museum but quite informative. The play area downstairs appeals to a wide variety of ages, and I really enjoyed the little blurb in the stairway about the evolution of the museum from a post office. Overall, it's a nice place to spend around 30 minutes and then you can catch the streetcar right outside! read more

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Excellent small museum with a kids area downstairs. Unfortunately the digging pit was closed. My grandson had a lot of fun. read more

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If you like dinosaurs (whether you have a young want-to-be paleontologist child or just enjoy them), this is a nice, small museum to visit. The Dinosaur Discover Museum is run by the local Carthage College's Institute of Paleontology and allows you to explore the nexus between meat-eating dinosaurs and modern day birds. It features life-size dinosaur replica casts, bones and fossiles, interactive exhibits, an on-site paleontology lab and a gift shop. If you like architecture, the building in which the museum is held is on the America's Registrar of Historic Places. While it is FREE fun, keep in mind that the museum is closed Mondays! read more

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Dr. Ian Malcolm: "God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs." Dr. Ellie Sattler: "Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth." What can I say? I am a huge dino-sized nerd! At almost 30, I won't lie... I am still completely obsessed with dinosaurs. From Jurassic Park to dinosaur documentaries, I want it all. So you can understand my surprise and amazement when I learned Kenosha housed the Dinosaur Discovery Museum. While I love the Field Museum, fighting the traffic in and out of the city, paying a pretty penny to park, and paying a significant entrance fee makes it a once a year trip - if that. The Dino Discovery Museum is easy to get to, free to get in, and free to park. Yes, it is small, but it is very well done and has an awesome layout. The specimens on display are totally worth seeing. Plus, it's just a few blocks from the harbor, and the Kenosha Public Museum. Take a day, make a trip, stop at the Jelly Belly Factory, have fun! read more

It's in a very cool old building (guess it used to be the old post office). But it's not much of a museum. Really it's just one big room with dinosaur skeletons. Which is really cool but just not much to it. There was another little room that had some more hands on stuff but it wasn't much. read more

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Great little museum! It takes about 30 minutes to complete, and is great for kids and adults of all ages - the best part? It's free, and the staff is knowledgeable and kind. Enjoy! read more

Dinosaur FREE-for-all!!! Get into the museum for free and soak up all the Triassic trivia your heart can handle. This Carthage College museum enlightened my otherwise primitive knowledge of Dino species and factoids. Downstairs there is an activity center and laboratory along with some reading material for those young and old alike. And while I didn't check out the gift shop, I did get a collector penny made! This is a cool place to bring the youngins! read more

Definitely worth going to if you are in the area. Our group of three adults and one toddler spent about an hour here, but you could definitely spent a couple hours looking at everything. Suggested donation was $3 which I thought was very reasonable. read more

Need something free to do and in the area and have kids? This isn't a bad place to visit if your kids like dinosaurs. We have a 2, 6, and 10 year old. They enjoyed looking at the museum. It was one floor of dinosaur skeletons and then you could go downstairs. They had some kids coloring stuff for them to do and some dinosaur books to read. They had a viewing window to watch the people work. They have other activities to do on other days. They have a little gift shop and that stuff is reasonably priced for a gift shop. We wouldn't mind going back if in the area again, and if they had stuff for the kids to do. read more

Interesting place for little kenosha. Not as impressive as some might think. If you can get into some of the little activities though it can be alot of fun. Especially if you have alot of little kids. Museums always give me the shakes for some reason but very interesting none the less. read more

Very cool place! Connected to Carthage Institute of Paleontology, this small museum is a fascinating place. It focuses on the link between theropods (the scary, walk-on-two-legs, carnivorous dinosaurs including T. Rex), and avian dinosaurs/modern day birds. The main gallery has numerous casts of, in some cases, near-complete skeletons...they are huge, they are impressive, and you are able to get right up close to them. The placards are well-written, interesting, and very informative. When I was there, there was also a temporary exhibit that detailed an excavation in Montana, from the previous summer, where the Carthage Institute unearthed Triceratops fossils and others. Lots of displays of the findings, photos and field notes from the excavation...very cool stuff. It's not a huge museum requiring a whole day, but it's a really interesting stop for those who are or have ever been interested in dinosaurs. read more

The Dinosaur Discovery Museum works in conjunction with Carthage Institute of Paleontology. It may be small, but it represents a focus of study researching the link between carnivorous dinosaurs and birds. There is active research and study with its own on-site laboratory, You kind of feel a little connected as the director and lab are just steps away from where you are viewing dinosaur bones and fossils. The museum building is beautiful. It uses its space well--the display information is well-laid out, there are Q&A spots to test your knowledge and the dinosaur bones/replicas make up a grand display. Heading downstairs is the lab and kids activity center. The kids activity center (room) has a nice display of dinosaur books for tots and school age kids. There are crayons and fossil molds so kids can make their own etchings. And then what my son loved the best--the dino dig. I don't know if they change the dino's up but that day they had a velociraptor and a protoceratops for the kids to find through the "dirt and sand" (very small recycled rubber peices). The guide was so friendly and interacted with the kids well; a really good resource. So yeah, this place may be small but if your little kid loves dinosaurs, it's worth a stop. (Tons of fun picture ops!) Just check the schedule for the dino dig. My tip: Pair this with a trip to the Jelly Belly Center and your kid will have a fabulous day! An even better tip: Make a stop at the Pleasant Prairie Outlet and get yourself something nice (hello Kate Spade tote in tiffany blue) and everyone will have a fabulous day! read more

Not a very large size museum but it was adequate is one huge room with a bunch of fossils and bones are the Tyrannosaurus rex was neat for my kids enjoyed it there was another room to the side you can get more hands-on you also go downstairs as well There are fossils and bones many more. read more

This place is wonderful, as having a love for dinosaurs and archaeology it is fantastic. The only negative is that it is small, as being someone who loves the topic id always want to see more, but what they have is fantastic and id highly recommend visiting. read more

The Dinosaur Discovery Museum in Kenosha is fascinating if you are interested in an up-close and personal view of meat-eating dinosaurs. While it's small, the docents and volunteers are extremely knowledgeable. My 8-year-old didn't want to leave. Highly recommended. read more

I read a lot of reviews before I visited so I knew not to expect much, but I figured I would stop by here while visiting the other museums in town. The dinosaurs were cool to look at and I glanced at the info about them but I was probably there for like 10 minutes. It is really cool to have something like this in the area, but because it's so small I don't think I'd return. $3 suggested donation. read more

THIS MUSEUM SUCKS!!!! There's only one really big fake dinsour on display with a whole bunch of other little fake dinsours sournding it! Then on the LL there's just a few reading and coloring books. The Cartharge learing part of it I have to admit is kind of intersting to look at. Only go if if your insanley bored and have nothing else to do or you have small children who absoultley LOVE dinsours. read more

Nice display, particularly for kids. Some hands on display.

Don't overlook the educational value this museum has for adults and older children. They have paleontologists on staff that can share a wealth of knowledge about the evolution of dinosaurs. For those adults who never lost their childhood fascination with dinosaurs, this place is for you. Make sure to request a tour. My tour with Nick was unforgettable. read more