This museum has SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! I thoroughly enjoyed the reptile and bug exhibits, as well as the dinosaur exhibit and large array of taxidermy.

Awesome place! My kids loved all the cool dinosaur atrifacts!

Its a fun visit, but mostly the same exhibits with few updates. Suggested contribution was $7, but since its a college campus, I dont know what the money supports. The taxidermy is falling apart, and the mural behind them is faded. Love the fossils in the basement.

A nice museum with many amazing artefact.

Great collection, extremely clean, friendly staff! Much more rare pieces than youd expect from such a nondescript museum on a college campus. My fiance and I had a great time and my four year old daughter was engaged and fascinated for our whole 3 hours through the museum!

Great museum for the whole family!

Nice collection of fossils, perfectly sized for children without it being too big.

As a new father, I love this place even more for the excitement I get when I think about taking my son here someday. Such a treasure of a museum—a policy of “donations requested, not required” means so many more people, people who otherwise might not, get to experience our geological history.

I love everything about this place. Thats why I volunteer. Its a great place to spend your time. So many amazing displays, along with regularly occuring events to help you learn more about science, and to help get kids involved.

This museum was stunning in its size and quantity of natural specimens. The decor and lighting greatly complimented the exhibits. This museum has been expertly curated and we ended up spending much more time taking everything in standing in open-mouthed awe.This is seriously a fantastic museum, a must-see.

Great experience for my kids, they want to visit again and again

Best public university natural history museum in USA. Also connected to KU Spencer Art Museum. Both reflect KU dedication to education.

Top place to visit for an hour or so while at KU. Great for kids. Cool exhibits, indoor bee hive is my absolute favorite. Small enough to see it all in a short amount of time. Go on the weekend so you dont have to fight parking.

A very excellent natural history museum! Lots of neat exhibits that are really well done. Well worth the visit if in the area.

This place is great. Shows and explains quite a bit of natural history of the midwest including geologic. Amazing displays and information.

Been here a dozen times over the years.Still one of the best.

Love it here! Extremely clean and friendly staff!

Lots to see, but youre on your own exploring it for the most part. Loved the fossils and wildlife exhibits.

This is an amazing museum. So much history and great displays of bones, animals and scenes. A must see when you are in Lawrence.

Great museum with a lot of specimentsA historical buildingFriendly stuff

9yr old nephew had a very good time. Liked the dinosaur bones best, wish there were more! He enjoyed most of the place. Very long walk from Union parking lot thru the Union maze due to construction in fro tof union and museum.

A hidden gem. If you have kids, this place is a must. Our 4 and 6 year olds were fascinated with the entire building and keep being us to go back. As soon as this pandemic is over, we will be back there in a flash.

Excellent place for all ages with an elevator if needed.

Lots of stuff to look at. Great for kids too!

I loved the place as a child and now my grandchildren love it as well. Old favorites and new exhibits coexist in one of the most interesting buildings on the KU campus. Dont miss it!

Cool place. A lot of stuffed animals and fossils. The place is well kept too

One of the best dinosaur exhibits I’ve ever seen. Had no idea I’d enjoy this place as much as my kids and watching them run around. Lots of interactive activities. Make sure you wear comfortable shoes.

Great! A surprising collection and a live bee hive!

Great fossils. Lots of animals that only see on a flat page in a book you can see up close. Great adventure pages for kids.

An extremely educational place with much to learn. More then can be taken in in a day. The elevator was out when we visited, but a minor issue. During school during the week, close in parking wont exist. The museum is free, although the suggested donation comes across as a mandatory entry fee. Worth the visit and well be back to the KU campus as there are many other attractions to visit

With its low-ceilinged galleries, taxidermies & fossils behind glass, and little natural light, this is really a natural history museum of the last century (you can see their attempts to instill new blood here and there, though). The dioramas are not bad but the lighting doesnt make them stand out or feel immersive.Despite its showing age, this museum manages to pack a lot of information in a space that feels a bit compact. Admission is contribution-based. I wont suggest your going out of your way to visit this place, but it is certainly worth a stop if you are in town.

Really enjoyed the museum. Was kinda hard to get to because of the construction. Couldnt figure out the pay before you park.

You can get though the whole museum in about 30 mins. It was a lot smaller then I expected. Some of the exhibits were ok. Almost exclusively Kanasas animals which is understandable being in Kansas. Over all though was disappointed was told it was the best meusem in Kansas. If that is the case then Kansas lives up to its stigma of being a small time state.

Students free, all else donation. worth a visit. make sure to visit every level! the skeleton in my photo is a tylosaurus. I named him Tyler. have fun!

What an awesome experience. Would be great for kids, but we loved it as much as any child would. World class dinosaur exhibits. Very informative bee display stands out also.

Nice museum. Interesting exhibits. The panorama room on the main level is pretty neat.

Ive already visited 3 times and it never ceases to amaze me. It truly is one of the best Natural History Museums I have ever been to. There are interactive activities for kids and the information and collection alone is enough to keep adults inspired.

So many things to see here. Spend as much time or as little time as youd like. By suggested donations. Artifacts on several floors. Open on Sundays too!

I had lived in Lawrence with access to this museum for two years before going. I am so glad I finally had opportunity. I was only able to go through two floors and I was amazed at both what was housed there as well as what is actually present in Kansass history. Well worth the visit and great interactive moments for kids (or kids at heart) too.

Absolutely loved this place. I always visit this place when I am in town.

Nice place to bring kids. The best part is the bee hive and the dinosaur exhibits. Not really that dynamic - once or twice a year would be great to visit.

Its a little run down, but they have some nice exhibits. I was really tickled by the live beehive. I was disappointed the snakes were not out.

This is a free museum, but they do appreciate a donation from visitors. The suggested amounts are $7 for adults and $4 for kids. For a campus museum this is quite large. Four floors with lots to see and interactive stations for young kids. On the entrance level there are at least the different scavenger hunt check lists that kids can do.

Its a fun place to spend a few hours with kids and learn things in the process

Great presentation by Greg Freeman on his his work in Trees Shrubs and Woody vines of Kansas

Very interesting place we only had 1 hour theyre six floors we only had time to see 3 floors would love to to go back and check out the rest

We love this museum! It has a fun bug area for kids, and the information for the exhibits are informative. The panaroma is beautiful.

Its a fun place especially to take your kids to because they get the chance to learn about fossils dinosaurs and oceans that were in Kansas.

Beautiful proud of Kansas university. Big fan

Love it here! I remember coming as a child and its still excite me

Panorama is best exhibit showing Arctic to tropical North America. My favorite is the Sonoran Desert. Also has fossils from Kansas. Check out Bug Town and the bee hive for live insects. Something for entire family. Special events through the year. Even the floor has animals!

Good examples of many birds. Also has some Kansas dinosaur artifacts other exhibits of snakes, and mammals. Good for kids. Donation suggested. Located on main campus

They have great events for kids on certain weekends. Make sure to find them on facebook to see their event schedule. Its a smaller museum than some Ive been to, and more historic feeling. They just added a plant exhibit on the 3rd floor that is really cool.

What a great little museum!! The panoramas are worth the price of admission, very lifelike and detailed. Also there are really cool fossils and live specimens including snakes, anoles, and bees. Great place for kids.

Wonderful collection of fascinating materials that will leave you partially creeped out and totally in awe.

The panoramas are quite interesting, and something that you dont see in most museums. The taxidermy leopard on the 2nd floor, however, is extraordinary. It is one of the best examples of taxidermy that I have ever seen.

Hidden Gem in Lawrence. I did an environmental science project there and went back on my own time to see all of the awesome exhibits.

Such a great museum

Enjoyed the museum. So fascinating.

Place is excellent but needs more donations. Show some love to education

Hidden Gem! Grandparents perfect day with gkids!

Great place to take the kids

Neat place and the displays they had the day we went were fun for our grandson. The only real drawback is that parking is not right by the museum, its a little ways away.

Really good cool stuff

This is a great place to take you kids or grandkids to learn and explore the natural world. A bit aged but undergoing improvements. Otherwise a 5 star.

Had an outing with a small group of people and it was very clean and well put! Great place to come visit!

No matter how many times I visit I just love seeing everything. Its great for kids and has a bug room for them where they can do activities. My family enjoys getting the scavenger hunt paper and trying to find everything.

Operates with a suggested donation. Great place to take kids! Its not a stuffy be quiet place, there are hands on activities! There is so much information here to soak in!

Great museum on campus. Well worth a visit if your in the area!

Excellent displays and good variety of Kansas material.

Nice exhibits my almost 4 year old had a great time

Love this place! Parking can be a little confusing if youre not from the area, but theyre very helpful if you call and ask. Our kids love visiting (a future paleontologist and future herpatologist, they say).

This is a great Museum to learn some things you probably didn’t know about Kansas, if your looking for a great priced place to spend a few hours learning in a fun way, this could fit the bill, well worth the trip to from out of town and if you live in town, why haven’t you gone?

Nice collections and fun outreach activities!

Its small but still cool to visit. I love museums

Lots of great ancient animal exhibits, taxidermy, and other cool stuff including a large and detailed nature panorama. Definitely worth a visit!

Took my kids to this museum. My four-year-old is in his LOVES DINOSAURS phase and both he and my almost seven-year-old really enjoyed the museum. There are an extensive amount of exhibits for the relatively small area occupied. We plan on going back soon.

Excellent treat for all ages, so many adventures and conversations can be launched from the various exhibits.

Great museum with lots of neat and interesting things from fossils to rocks. Great for kids also.

Great place for kids to learn about science.

What an adventure! Fun for the family! I grew up in Lawrence but make trips from Iowa now to bring the kids to the museum!

Not typically a fan of Natural History Museums, but this one was unexpectedly fun. They had cool little activities to engage kids at most of the displays. No pressure on the donation if you are unable to ante up. But we kicked in because, well thats how museums work.

Fun for adults and kids. Very informative

Its super interesting!

Very cool OLD stuff. Lots to see and do.

More extensive than Dinsmoors Garden of Eden (Lucas, Kansas), the Natural History Museum is my favorite destination for history and entertainment. You can spend a few minutes to an hour there depending on your mood. Snakes, bees, and mechanical prairie dogs await!

Great museum with a variety of collections!

Suggested contribution price seems a little steep, but overall a fun little place to kill a couple hours exploring

I could have spent all day here. My 7 yo loved the scavenger hunt

Fun and kid friendly...had a blast

Was good for a museum in an university

My kids love all the interactive displays, especially the bug room. Lots of interesting dioramas and Exhibits. Exhibitions include live bees, reptiles, mammal skulls, archaeology, explore evolution, fossils (including a T-Rex) and Bug Town. It also has a fully intact Mosasaurs fossil on display.

Very cool natural history museum, with some intersting, interactive displays!

Easy place to go. The kids area needs updated, but lots of neat things to look at.

Pretty place, but no parking, wonderful exibits

Great place for inquisitive children ages 5-10!

The dino exhibit is small but just amazing! Incredible mosasaurs, from Kansas!! It was a shallow ocean here at one time. Amazing display of past mass extinctions, I had no idea.

Nice little museum. Kids really enjoyed watching the bees.

Great museum that will keep all ages interested

Wonderful museum!