We got so much more out of this experience than anticipated! We utilized a Groupon for admission. The whole staff was welcoming on arrival. We got paired with a tour guide, Christine, who made the whole experience much more immersive. She was extremely knowledgeable and learned everyone's names, kept the whole tour engaging and inclusive for all ages. we walked away feeling like this was a truly valuable visit. It may seem like small museum, but trust the process, allow about 2-2.5 hrs, and take it all in! It really was an enriching "hands on" experience and we learned a lot about dinosaurs in that direct area! read more

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Small museum but you are able to touch everything which my kids loved. Also if they are available they will tour you around in small groups. Really wonderful!! read more

I took my dinosaur obsessed son here yesterday. It's a cool little museum but it's pretty expensive admission for one adult and one child was $30 and we were only there maybe an hour and a half and we kind of seen an experienced everything that said I'm glad we went and checked it out. It was a cool experience, but it'll probably be a while before we're back. read more

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Our trip to the Morrison Natural History Museum was a delight. My three- and five-year-old grandsons and I enjoyed our time here. We had a wonderful guide who was so enthusiastic about his job, sharing fascinating details. We were part of a group of adults for our tour since they join people as they arrive. We toured several rooms devoted to different Ages and the lab where someone spends hours working with a fossil/bone/footprint-filled boulder. After the tour, the boys enjoyed digging in the fossil pit. I highly recommend this museum! read more

Amazing place. A small hidden gem in Morrison that's definitely worth the drive. Very interactive and informative, great for ALL ages! Definitely recommend our tour guide Eric who made the experience even more enjoyable! read more

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This was a cool museum! I enjoyed the tour we had with our guide. He was knowledgeable and made the tour fun. The whole tour lasted an hour and a half. The museum had a lot of interesting bones and cool history. Parking in front as well. The tickets were a bit expensive but worth it. read more

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A wonderful and educational experience at Morrison's Natural History Museum. The staff were friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. The guided tour was outstanding and they were great with small children. If you are a dinosaur lover, this is the place for you. read more

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We dropped in to this museum at the last minute as we were heading to Red Rocks to explore and I am so glad we did! We had the BEST TIME! From the moment we walked in, Mary Ann was so nice and talkative and welcoming. Then she did our guided tour and she is INCREDIBLE. You can tell she LOVES this job and is so passionate about it!! She had such great information!! I love her. And you can also touch real dinosaur bones in the museum. It's incredible! And she tells you "stick your head in their mouth for a selfie!" We had sooo much fun! read more

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Loved this cute museum! Great fossils and bones, Doug was an amazing guide and I would highly recommend if you're going through the Denver area! Thank you for all of the fun information Doug! read more

Kid friendly. Nice displays. Great guides. Fun details. Watching them chip out dino bones was fun. VERY small. This is not a museum with full sized t-rex displays. Expect a well cared for place where people are passionate about the place and the guests. read more

The admission price gets you an actual tour of the museum, and the volunteers are very knowledgeable. We came with a 2 y/o who really enjoyed the exhibits, but listened to less than half of the presentation. The volunteers are patient and helpful with every age child and adult. They just want you to have a good experience. I was wrangling the 2 y/old while my husband got to listen, but the visitors get to touch the dinosaur bones and teeth, look for fossilized footprints and analyze the footprints. Once we toured the building, there is a gift shop, a sand quarry to dig for your own fossils, and a chance to put on goggles and use a tool to expose fossils from rock. There are some areas to sit upstairs and out in the garden if you need a little time out. Parking is free right next to the building. I think you could visit several times and still hear or see something new. I recommend for kids of all ages. The iconic town of Morrison is close by, highly recommended for lunch or dinner or just to walk around. read more

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If you are looking for knowledgeable fossil tours look no further! Excellent staff happy to answer every question a child has. Also recent fossil discoveries. Hands on for kids!!! read more

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We absolutely loved it. Mary Ann is an exceptional teacher/guide. Our 9 year old adored the experience and so did we! excellent!

Visited years ago and remembered thinking it was a small but cute place to visit. Visited again last weekend with the tour and it was even better! Our tour guide has great information and jokes! I was worried it would be a long winded thing but he did a great job giving tons of facts in a super fun way I can imagine kids loving it! They also host parties as I saw a room set up for a birthday so it would be every dinosaur lover's dream! read more

Came here after seeing the signs on the road and decided to see what it's about. Arlo was our guide and was super informative, engaging and helpful. We came in with very limited knowledge but learned so much. Highly recommend coming in. read more

Everyone we've encountered has been amazing. Very knowledgeable about dinosaurs and prehistoric life. One of the volunteers was the highlight and made the tour with my three year old toddler quite enjoyable. He was really able to keep my toddler engaged and didn't seem to mind the toddler interruptions that are bound to happen. He even entertained his questions at the end of the tour in their gift shop area by telling him the names of every dinosaur figurine that was brought to him by my toddler. There was quite a bit to see for such a small space. There's a Dino dig out outside for the littles. read more

This place was amazing. Arlo was our tour guide. He was so informed, engaging, and kept all the kids super interested! He was so patient and encouraging and had the coolest information to share. The museum has lots of casts and local fossils/dino bones. What a local treasure. Mary Anne checked us out and she was so sweet and thanked us for supporting the museum. Definitely check this out, esp if you or your kiddos love dinosaurs! read more

This is a great small dinosaur museum wt friendly and knowable staff. I would recommend it to any dino enthusiasts.

This museum has the greatest tour guides! They are welcoming, patient and willing to answer any and all questions you may have. I learned so much on this tour. The enthusiasm of the guide made me feel excited to learn about all things dino! Such a fun experience! read more

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This was the best dinosaur museum we have been to and we have been to many. Even though it is small, the staff & dinosaurs were amazing. We learned so much and loved seeing the lab where they work on the fossils. Go if you haven't been before! read more

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This may not be on your to-do list when visiting Colorado, but it should. I highly recommend it. If your kiddos are dinosaur fans, they will LOVE it! Our tour guide, Alex was AMAZING!! So informative and very engaging. For a small museum this place was so impressive. Thank you Alex for being so inspiring. My kiddos found their love for dinosaurs all over again. read more

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A small place with not too many exhibits but the tour guide gives such valuable information it makes up for the size. You will probably learn 10x more on the tour than you would learn by going to another museum. The tour guide tries to keep the young ones interested. read more

Downloaded Yelp just to leave this review honestly. Alan was our tour guide and did a fantastic job with our guided tour. Could not recommend this museum or its staff more. We had such a wonderful time and wished we could spend even more time there! Thanks Alan!! If this museum had a tik tok account I'd love to follow it. :) read more

Honestly pulled up thinking we'd be in and out in under 30 minutes, it looked so small. There is a lot going on in this museum! Every visitor was given a tour, up close access to the fossils and displays. Walt, our tour guide, shared fantastic details with us about each find, it's history and it's relevance. We hated to leave! If you're in the Morrison area, plan to stop. You won't be sorry! read more

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I wish I could remember the name of the young man who was our tour guide (he's in a few of our pics), because he was absolutely amazing! To begin, we found this place on a whim while exploring red rocks. Didn't realize until we got to the door that it was entry by reservation only, BUT, Doug, a curator, squeezed us in. The whole tour took about an hour and we learned SO much! Got to touch actual, REAL dino fossils and at the end, got to help, using their professional tools, to extract microfossils. My husband and I enjoyed it as much as our 10 year old daughter did. Very possibly the BEST part of our 4 days in Denver. 100% will recommend to everyone I know and will definitely come back! The gift shop is small but very adequate, and reasonably priced for souvenirs. read more

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This is an amazing museum!!!! The tour was incredible and our guide, Mr. Garnet, was so informative and patient with kids. Interactive experience - your kids will leave here inspired to be a paleontologist for sure. read more

We haven't gone enough, but the kiddo is in love with this place. When she was a toddler, it was nearly impossible to maintain her attention - Goodness, it still is LOL - but everything they offered, from exhibits to the people who work/volunteer there, was incredible. The kiddo's academic interests have increased tenfold since these visits! read more

I've been to over 50 natural history museums around the world and never before have I experienced a museum like Morrison Natural History Museum! The friendliness, warmth, kindness and genuine enthusiasm for the field of paleontology that the staff and volunteers exude is phenomenal! Getting the chance to meet and speak with childhood hero Dr. Robert Bakker was amazing and the generosity all the staff showed with their time and knowledge has left me in awe. I couldn't recommend this museum enough for any true paleo enthusiast. read more

Fantastic experience. Our tour guide, Alon I think (long hair with beard), was incredibly knowledgeable and was able to answer all our questions. He even ran out to the car when we were about to leave and told us additional information about the state fossils of Connecticut and Minnesota. He even had topical jokes! I'd highly recommend this museum and tour to anyone! read more

This was a great little museum but Max, our guide, was excellent and made the visit perfect. His knowledge, passion, and charisma was way more than we expected. We got lucky and arrived at the 2:15 tour time and we truly made out. If you're in Morrison and want to learn about the history paleontologic history of the area, you can't go wrong. read more

Cute little museum with lots of fossils from the Morrison area. They don't mind if you touch the fossils which is nice and while the museum is very small they offer free guided tours. We had Phillip as our tour guid who was nice but was either really stoned or not very informed. When we left we passed another group with a female tour guide who seemed super intelligent and was offering great information. I guess it's all about you who get. There is also a large water lizard in a small tank inside which made me sad. read more

Nice museum with educational tours given often. The trail out back is fun. My son dug up a fossil in their sand pit. He loves it. We bought a book and a toy, he loves those too. read more

A tiny, wonderfully curated gem of a working museum, and a short, pretty drive up from southwest Denver. The area was at the vanguard of some seriously important fossil discoveries in the late 1800s and it's still revealing significant fossil finds; the paleontologists on staff will be happy to tell you all about it, and even to let you (or your kids) try their own hand at the delicate process of uncovering new traces. And it's hands-on! If you've ever wanted to put your hand in a T.rex's mouth just for fun (really, who hasn't?), or wanted to size yourself up against a full pteradactyl, you're at the right place. The layout tells the story of the area very well and the care taken to display these gorgeous fossils effectively really make for a standout afternoon. read more

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Small museum, big discoveries. We went on a guided tour and weren't disappointed. The tour guide was fabulous and the collection was amazing. The most interesting part was working on a real rock to expose fossils. Cool experience! It worth a visit, especially with kids. read more

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Amazing experience for my budding paleontologist! We had a private tour with their incredibly knowledgeable staff and were then able to drill actually fossils out of rock! They also had a sand pit where the kids could dig for fossils as well. This is an amazing resource staffed by wonderful people. We will be sure to return! read more

Place was fascinating and very interesting. Learned a lot. However, it says $9 to enter but was forced to sign up for tour. Lady said, everyone had to go on tour which was not true. Tour guy knew his stuff but felt as if I was in a classroom; he kept asking question after question and after 30 minutes of this, left group and went on my own. The volunteer was outside working in a bolder which had dinosaur bones in it. We talked and that was very educational and worth the trip. I would recommend this museum. read more

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This place was awesome! The woman who led our tour was extremely knowledgeable and so good with my rambunctious children (2 and 4) we spent a month in the Denver area and this was hands down one of our favorite stops. read more

My sister and I visited this museum earlier today. It looks like a cute little place. We had a tour led by a wonderful young lady. I have been to many dinosaur museums and walked in a bit ho hum. But I was completely turned around. Her enthusiasm and knowledge was outstanding. I learned so much from this tour and would definitely recommend this to anyone who has the slightest interest. She was terrific! read more

What a great place for a birthday party! We had my daughter's 5th birthday there and I couldn't have been more pleased. Doug was awesome with our party planning. My daughter got to be the assistant during the museum tour and kids and parents learned a lot. This will definitely be on our museum rotation from now on!!!! read more

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This small museum is impressive. Our tour guide was patient with my boys, incredibly knowledgable, and taught us great stuff. It was definitely a highlight of this trip to Colorado. read more