Loved it!! Only $3 for entrance and they have all sorts of interesting exhibits to do with mining and a small exhibit based on historic Joplin.

Interesting place to go if you are in the area. Not a museum that I would travel to see. It is small but very interesting. It is 2 dollars per person. It is worth for the amount of things you will see. I believe that they will be opening a Titanic section and the entrance will increase to 3 dollars per person. The museum is divided into two seccions. One is a mining exhibition. This area is perfect for a History and Science class to view. The other is exhibition area is suposed to be about Joplin, Missouris history. It really has more of all over the place topics items and topics. There is a bit of everything. Also, the owner is a cat lover. He has an area with news papers written as if one of the cats is narrating. Also, there were a bunch of cat shaped bags (12 to be exact) around the upstairs exhibition area. I found it cute and unique because I like cats. (These were Christmas decorations that were still there). Probably not so cute if you are not a cat lover. The restrooms are at the very end of the two sides of the museum. The museum only has one parking for disability. The thing I do not like about this museum is that it seems like it does not have an elevator. (Unless there was one in a closed area) It is sad because there is a second floor area in the mining exhibition and it would have been in to go upstairs if I was still in wheelchair.

Fun place. An incredible variety of exhibits. Lots of variety. Dont forget to count the stuffed cats.

Hate to give a bad review, but we went there to see the Bonnie and Clyde artifacts, only find that there is almost nothing. There are a few jewelry items that supposedly belonged to Bonnie. I say supposedly, because there is a door on display that looks to be the shot-up door to the apartment they were hiding out in. It didnt look right, so we asked the kid at the front desk about it. He said, Oh yeah, thats just some door we put there. It didnt come of their hide-out or anything. I think this is downright unethical. It is obviously put on display to make people think it was from the Joplin shootout. The other items in the museum were more for school kids.

The Joplin Museum Complex is the best place to learn about Joplin History! Stop by the museum today to see all the great things they have to offer!!

This is seriously a fantastic museum! Such amazing exhibits and so much information!

This Joplin museum is cool! I learned a lot!

I love this place! Living in Joplin its an awesome and cheap attraction to come learn some local history you might not have known before! The bonnie and clyde exhibit will always be my favorite part. Its a fairly small museum but Joplin used to be a fairly small town. The natural rock exhibit is very cool and interesting. I will always suggest this place to people who like learning new history!

Great presentation of local history and mineral deposits

Staff friendly and helpful and loved the resident cats. The museum has grown since my childhood and it was fun showing it to my daughter and grandchildren. We had a lovely time. Enjoyed the circus exhibit also.

Only $3 admission, and a ton of very interested artifacts. Dogs are not allowed inside. I would have spent more time looking around, otherwise. Was really cool to see Bonnie Parkers necklaces. Definitely recommend stopping in if youre in the area.

Very interesting

Very nice museum! They have way more in there than I thought they would.

Learn about Joplins history. Mining days. Admission is only two dollars.

Great small town museum with lots of information! We really enjoyed it.

Nice place to visit.

If youre just trying to kill some time and learn about the area this is the place to go! Very cool information and artifacts from the mining area that made this area what it is.

Alright so the contents of this museum are indeed interesting. The reason I gave 3 stars is because half of this museum is stuck in 1947. The minerals and mining exhibit are very interesting and informative though at least half of the minerals on display have no information about them. The info cards are hand written. Is there no sign or print shop locally that could print something for the museum? Its time for the cards to be replaced as they are falling apart. Also its time to dust some ducts, . The other half of the exhibit space about Joplin in general is also interesting. Not beimg from the area I learned a lot about its history. Again there could be some updates to the info cards. And the current D-day exhibit had nearly too much to read but an awesome display of things to show my son that his great grandfathers would have used during the war. So come be a patron (its cheap) buy something in the gift shop and help this little museum get some new info cards.

Small museum, easy walk through. Mining/minerals side and Joplin history side. Very little on Bonnie and Clyde.One tiny display with a couple of pictures and a door.

It a neat place to go and learn history

This little museum was a fun stop to find! Our kids had a blast and we enjoyed learning more about the area! Staff was also really wonderful!

Very inexpensive entry fee for a nice hour or so of a wide variety of things to view. I enjoyed it!

Lots to see. Layed out well, neat and clean.

This was a very fun set of museums to spend some time. You can probably spend an hour and a half here, but it is well worth admission. The location is a hard to find within the park and behind the buildings, the entrance was hard to find also. Each museum in the complex is very small so don’t expect a ton of variety, but they are all unique and interesting.

Classic small town history. Beware, the free roaming cat. If allergic do not enter.

A vast collection covering every historical aspect of Joplin. An enjoyable experience.

The staff here is very nice, there is a lot of mining ore, and crystals. There is a room with a mine model thats really awesome. Various old equipment from the mines. There is a circus room complete with a fun mirror that I almost had to drag the kids away from. There is rooms of daily life in different eres and 1800 appliances. Overall its a nice rounded little museum and souvenir shop.

Nice myseum for a small town. My grandson enjoyed it. Glad these things are preserved. Fruendly staff. Clean. Loved the fire truck.

I only had 15 min to see it before it closed. I had to go through very fast (never saw upstairs). I wished I could have spent more time and I will go back and check out. The cost was really good. $2.00

Do not go if you are allergic to cats!! There’s a sign on the door that says “please don’t let the cats out”. Right when you walk in there’s cats at the door. I’m severely allergic and my husband asked if there are other cats and she said, no, just these ones and they usually just leave people alone. He told her his wife was allergic and she said, ya, I get that a lot. Well then don’t have your cats there! They aren’t part of the museum. My family toured and said it was great. As they left, the cat lady was on the phone trying to buy something. It was weird. If you get questions about your cats or many people are allergic then don’t have them there, seriously!

I cant believe I have never been. Its remarkable.

Awesome mineral specimens on display.

We went to a train modelers show. The place clean and well maintained.

Love this place us to go all the time wen i lived in joplin

Bonnies necklaces on exhibit and a rare book about their lives.

Really enjoyed the exhibits they had in the complex. They also have 2 lovely museum cats that will hang out with you while youre there.

Love this its a perfect little family adventure.

Very cool musuem with lots of variety. Everything from mining to a detailed history if Joplin.

A pokemon best battle area

All the displays where interesting.

A double museum. Great mining museum and microcosm if Joplin history and life.

Very helpful front desk receptionist position

Friendly staff and a lot of interesting local history.

One of the points of interest museums of the Historic Route 66 at Joplin city of Oklahoma State. We have not visited the indoor space of the museum, we have seen only the outdoor exhibition with traditional country tools, which is an interesting one.

Very nice complex good exsebits

A hidden gem! Lots of seemingly random stuff (rocks and minerals, miniature circuses, cookie cutters, Dennis Weaver memoribilia) at a low price.

Learned alot while we were there.

Great place to go to walk around and look at old mining stuff and theres a park right around the corner

Very good place to visit

So fascinating!

Ive been here once and yearn to return

Shame on Joplin for not supporting and displaying very interesting past history in a modern building! Please dust!

Liked the minerals and nice displays for the history

Small but very interesting.

If you can find the location you will be impressed with this hidden gem located in Joplin.

Awesome exhibits about mining and local history

Great Place for a quick history lesson.

Its nice to have a museum in Joplin. However, the exhibits are in need of a refresh. Its hard to see detail on lots of booths because you cant get very close.

They have a lot of information about the mining history of the town & a really interesting walk through display museum of historical items from the town.

The mineral part was awesome

Excellent place to remember local history

An informative museum on geology and Joplin. Our tour guide was one of the 3 cats who live there. She greeted us at the door and showed us all the best galena specimens, old mining equipment, and the cookie cutter collection.

Interesting...

Nice way to spend the morning. My 5 year old enjoyed it!

Very interesting lots of old and unusual artifacts

Not open when we were there

Nice little museum that the whole family enjoyed. The curators were very helpful with their vast knowledge of the various things on display throughout the museum.

Great place $2 admission for 2 museums.. History of Joplin

If you wanna know about joplin history this is where its at, if not its still a pretty neat place to check out...

Great place to take the kids and only 2.00

Small and random stuff but still pretty cool

Always a great time, with good conversation.

Its a great place to take the kids

Amazing artifacts and history of the SWMO region

Great stop, beautiful rock and mineral collection.

Nice display of history and minerals.

Lots of interesting history

Good layout friendly staff

Cool little Museum

Beautiful place

Loved it here

Great place to visit with the kids.

Love this museum!

The mineral museum is awesome!

Interesting place

Always enjoyable

Went to see the model trains

Very educational

Interesting

Great collection

Not one of the better museums around.

Cool stuff

Truly interesting, affordable and well organized

Tiny little place that doesnt change much.