Highly educational and great family fun! highly recommended

Outstanding facility. Well worth a visit. Excellent exhibits.

Worth a stop in on a day to and or from presque isle and the beautiful beaches or on a colder or rainy day in the winter. Lots of information about wildlife with lookouts as well as a childrens reading area. Lots of exhibits to inform for all ages and nice look back on local history section.Gift shop funStaff friendlyMakes for fun visitPlan about 2 hours

I enjoyed both the information and the presentation here. The history and natural environment of Presque Isle is fascinating to me. This was my favorite destination while visiting Erie.

Very educational!Loved it.

Was only open 1st floor related 2 covid but interesting

Beautiful center full of wildlife information and displays about Presque Isle. Has a tower and beautiful view of the lake.

It looked amazing, extremely informative n interesting. Unfortunately only the 1st floor was available due to the covid outbreak.

Features mostly small and simple environment related exhibitions. Is FREE entry. Staff was very friendly. Cafe and souvenir shops are quite good and observation tower has a good view of nearby water park.

Excellent learning center with great staff.

Such a neat place to learn about Presque Isle it’s ecosystem!!

Free to get in, nice view from the top, tons of information. Defintely worth checkin out.

Worth a stop when visiting Presque Isle. Nice exhibits with hands on displays that the kids love.

Beautiful educational center for kids and adults interested in P.I. state park

Fun experiential tour through local biology and history.

Very good place to learn about Presque Isle, i love that its free and my favorite part is the observation tower which is also free, great views, great exercise by taking the stairs but there is an elevator too. I love this place and i strongly recommend it.

Love the care and attention they put into wildlife preservation! It is a must when visiting Erie and its free. Be sure to check out the tower! Take the elevator its a long way up

This place is awesome! What a gem in Gem City!

Educational and fun. Our group ranged in age from 3 to 82 and we all had fun and learned something.

Awesome!! Definitely stop in for a visit if youre in the area. Plan on spending an hour or two depending on the crowd. Engaging exhibits great for kids. Nice gift shop if even a little pricey. Didnt get a chance to check out the cafe. The jog up to the observation platform is worth it.

Very informative and educational.The staff is extremely friendly and helpful.

This review is not for the center itself, but for the lack of landscaping at the site. Lots of over grown vegetation. The place looked abandoned when I first pulled in.

Professional staff. Wonderful exhibits. Lots of learning opportunities.

AWESOME

It is really great learning how Presque Isle was developed and how it is still evolving. So many things to do while you learn. Where was this when I was in school. I enjoyed the movie and going up into the tower. The outfits some of the staff were wearing reminded me of Bio Dome. Not to make fun, was nice to see in real life. Be outside about 500pm or when they are now getting off. Its quite a site. Makes you proud of all their dedication and hard work. Be sure to visit Presque Isle after to see what youve learned on a larger scale. And have fun!

AVOID THE SUNSET CAFE! The lady with short blonde hair was very nasty to my family and I. She sat in a chair on the opposite room from the register and stared at us while we waited to check out at the register. We asked if anyone was currently working the cafe and she had a very rude and nasty tone with us so we decided to not even eat there. Very unimpressed. Other than that the gift shop is wonderful and has lots of nice things! Also, the environmental center itself is very clean and educational. Air conditioning is a plus.

Fantastic

Wow what an amazing place, LOT of fascinating and interesting information.. a Wonderful place for children.. and its free..

The observation deck had a great view!

Nice and relaxing conservation style center with lots of interesting stuff even my kids enjoyed.

Super nice place, actually got engaged here in one of the exhibits, it was so cute and interactive. I love it and will forever be remembered.

Good learning experience and fun. Thanks Ridge

Beautiful center, amazing presentations and LOTS of fun learning for all ages. Go. Youll kick yourself if you dont.

Free admission. Environmentalists will like this place educational for children.

The Tom Ridge Center is a great asset to Erie, PA. A combined natural history museum, oberservation tower, movie theater showing environmental short films, as well as a café and art gallery/gift shop-- it is a must stop for any visitors to Erie and Presque Isle.TREC also doubles as the main visitors center for the city of Erie and carries a lot of materials on local attractions, restaurants, shopping and lodging.

Very Erie nature informative ...great place for kids ....Tower to Overlook waldameer Park... (free) donations accepted... near to entrance of Presque Isle Park

Good for kids its free and has some fun things their for little ones

So many interesting exhibits!

Great for locals and visitors to learn about the ecology, geology, and history of the Presque Isle area.

Small but fun place, especially the Observation Tower.

Its so peaceful and nice. Good experience!!

It is fun

Excellent source of natural history information for the Erie area and Lake Erie.

Dont forget to ask one of the volunteers to show you the back room with all the turtles.

Wonderful!

Very very fun

Educational.

Great place to take the kids