A great kid friendly museum with a ton of natural history exhibits, my 3 year old always begs to go back to the dinosaur building now. Parking is easy with a garage next door especially for on campus.

Nice small-scale museum with a diverse collection. Each of the galleries are small, but fun to look at. Nice mix of fossils and geology.

This place was a pleasant surprise! While its small and maybe an hour and a half visit, it was definitely worth the trip. Parking is a pain though as you have to use the garage parking next door as street parking is all reserved for the school, but if youre in the area and want something to do its definitely worth it. No fee to get in but donations are recommended.

Nice place it has 6 floors a nice variety of fossils & minerals. Its a great place to be with your family to see fossils minerals and even dissected animals. The stairs can be a little bit of a work out too if you are not used to walking much. The second floor is where the main entrance is and the first floor is underground.They have a nice little shop which to be honest have ripoff prices because Im not about to spend $15 dollars for a little rock. Overall it was a good experience.

Great state natural history museum accessible for all ages. The main entrance is the second floor which is a nice geologic exhibit that has an amazing skeleton of a Pterasaur dangling from the ceiling. The first floor (basement level) has a beautiful assortment of prehistoric skeletons that showcase life found in Texas before recorded history. Its a great museum for everyone.

The wildlife/dinosaur exhibit was perfect for my 9 year old daughter and I!

It hasnt changed since I was a kid. A lot of the same stuff. Its interesting to just look around, not a lot of interactive stuff but its okay if you want to kill time.

One of the more underrated gems in Austins weak museum scene. Not the largest museum out there, but they have a great collection of fossils, minerals and Texas wildlife exhibits on display, as well as opportunities to interact with scientists in those areas. Good place to pass an hour or two with the kids, especially for the price.

Great spot for all ages! Their exhibits are well explained. The dinosaurs from Austin, Big Bend and around texas are amazing. This is an inspiring spot for kids who are interested in fossils, paleontology, geology and the natural world. There are even large fossils from around Austin!

This place rules! OMG, if you love geology, history and just science in general, you will love this place!Gift shop is very reasonable too!Beautiful old building which reeks of awesomeness....love this place!

Great natural sciences museum! It’s not too big, but with the four floors of biological and geological collections, paintings, some interactive exhibits, and the beautiful outdoors on UT Campus, your family will surely have a great time!

Excellent place to learn something about the beginning of the life in this planet.

Our first time here and our 3 year old son really enjoyed it as did my husband and I. I see some complaints about how it used to be free but they charge now, the building is old and is only getting older and upkeep and salary (i.e. security guard and gift shop) is not as cheap as it used to be back in the day either. It was a well $19 spent for our little family. We were there for about an hour and a half.

Austin needs to step up their game. This museum on the UT campus is the only one in the entire city. Its very small. It took my family of 5 less than an hour to tour...But, it was very impressive as to the number of specimens found in the State of Texas, including a giant ground sloth.

I really enjoyed all the exhibits. There is a lot to look at and its a fun learning experience. The cool phone feature allows you to dial in and hear more about an exhibit. I will definitely visit again!

I loved this place when i was in high school we took a field trip there it was so fun looking at all the bones and learning interesting facts about them i think it was the place that got me hooked on dinosaurs and the old mammal fossils found in tar pits

Had a blast it was myself along with a few Teachers and 15 Kindergartens the smiles on their faces , the history they love it.

A place not to be missed. Well done!

It is just an awesome place for the family!!!

Small museum with nice collection on geology and paleontology. The kids loved the fossils. Audio guides on selected displays provided an interactive way for the kids to get interesting facts on the topic.

Loved it. So much and so little! We have young toddlers and this to us 2 goes to complete... Which, in my opinion, is perfect for young kids.its not over whelming and just pleasantly spaced and displayedTip for new parents: the entrance Hall is full of gems and rocks/stones, my kids couldnt see some of it and were disinterested so I took out my.phone and used it like a magnifying glass to talk about colors and texture while in and out (check pics). Took us 20 mins just to get thru the first room! And we also circled around the paleontology gallery three times, noticing something new every time.

Texas Wildlife Day was fun. Great exhibits, engaging for many age groups, kind volunteers with fun activities for kids.

It was such a pleasant surprise! We really enjoyed all the exhibits!

Very interesting. On campus! Difficult to find. Can see everything in 2-3 hours.

Visiting this museum was an absolute blast! The exhibits were thoughtfully constructed and presented the natural history of Texas in an engaging format suited for visitors of all ages. The entrance fee was remarkably low and the staff friendly. Also, it was refreshing to see evolution talked of as a fact.

They have ramps but they are not handicap friendly at all. I had surgery and was unable to walk the museum with my kids. They told me I couldnt sit in the lobby... Cool on a hot summer day... Unless I paid. Because the lobby area had things to look at. Even though I was sitting on a bench not looking at anything. We wont go back.

A few of the items on display are looking rough from people touching them but ive always loved this museum ever since I was a child coming here with my parents! Its a great place to take the family or go spend the day learning. I really liked the cell phone tour option where you call a number to listen to a recorded message about the exhibits you are looking at

Was free 40 years ago but I paid $12 for myself and my son. Almost all the same exhibits. Brought back so many memories but whats going on with the footprints?

I went on a field trip with my son and it was a wonderful place to go. This place is rich in history and knowledge for children who are wondering about this great state of Texas that we love him. Me being an adult I even learned quite a few things on the trip! I highly recommend to go on a visit here.

Very small but a nice place to take kids.

Small museum, but very nice and quiet. Kids were seldom interested, but not a bad thing, not all museums are for kids. The pterodactyl display in the main hall is great!

Haven’t been here in years but my daughter wanted to come out and I forgot how cool it was when I came before! We had a great time!

Cute little museum filled with a variety of exhibits! Awesome for dates not just bringing kids

Very interesting worth visiting for sure. Dont miss all the floors with all the expositions

Saw lots of rocks and animals (bones). Would recommend if you like either!

Interesting place. Has four levels to see. Enjoyed my visit and price wasny too bad.

A great little museum right on the University of Texas campus. Its within walking distance of several other great landmarks and it has a great collection of Texas historical artifacts. Its just enough to satiate your interests but not enough that you need to spend an entire day to see it all. As a Texas enthusiast Ive visited multiple times and always enjoy the exhibits.

I knew there’s Fossils Of The Ancient Past. I Knew There were dinosaurs in that museum!

Your good old school natural history museum; still displays animal specimens preserved in formalin jars. While that gives it an intimate feeling, the museum does need more funding to modernize its interiors. That said, they get their job done by showing Texas wildlife dioramas, fossils, gems & minerals etc., and they also have special exhibitions and an audio guide.

Amazing museum highlighting past and present natural habitats of Texas. Awesome dinosaur exhibits! Perfect for kids of all ages

Very nice place for my 3 kids.

Very small and dated museum but staff were friendly and I liked that lots of the casts/fossils were local.

A wonderful set of dinosaurs and dino bones. Grandchildren enthralled. Very patient and helpful staff

Things keep changing. Wasn’t that good as we visited in May 2018 than November 2017

This was our first time going here and we had a blast. My daughter loves dinosaurs, so she was super excited to see the mosasaurs fossil. Everything was so clean and very detail oriented. I encourage everyone to go visit this museum. The only thing I didn’t like was there’s only one entrance if you have a stroller.

Definitely worth the stop if youre into dinos. A really nice exhibit organized chronologically. Not huge but well done.

This place is small, definitely not for an all day excursion. The exhibits are interesting and informative though!

A little small but perfect for your kids short attention span. Interactive exhibits, reasonably priced. Cash only and pay parking (parking takes credit)

Small and old, the fossil part was fun and the maps of texas showing where rock from different periods is exposed were cool. The top floor was closed and the taxidermy section is dated.

Great place to visit dinosaur bones. Especially the pterasaur.

This museum should be more well known! I walked the whole of it but spent the most of my time in the fantastic WWII exhibit. It details the Texas contribution to the war. It is quite amazing and Im not even Texan!

Great little museum tucked into the UT campus. Parking garage right next door. Fantastic collection of dinosaur fossils.

An excellent museum located on the UT campus, it offers a look into Texas past from a scientific perspective, covering everything from caverns to dinosaurs. I highly recommend this museum. Parking is available in the San Jacinto parking garage next door and is very reasonable.

I always love this delightful and impressive museum. I loved the new art addition on the top floor. Nice staff and clean facility.

An excellent collection of bones, fossils, gems, and Texas life. It takes about 60 to 90 minutes to walk the whole museum. I would say the cost of admission is worth it.

Small but spectacular! Emphasis on geology and paleontology, and very well done. Well able to hold the attention of visitors of all ages.

Always a good place to time travel back to prehistoric eras and climb up and down beautiful staircases. The gift shop is awesome...bring lots of money!

Great museum. Bigger than it looks! Most items from Texas.

So much fun to learn.

Took my 6 year old Grandson. He really enjoyed the dinosaur exhibits. I enjoyed the rocks as much as the dinosaurs.

Smaller than some museums but a beautiful building and a lot of exhibits..plus on the beautiful UT Austin campus.. great place to take a class

Small musuem but a lot to see. There are fun things for the kids to do as well.

Texas Memorial Musuem is a great place to take children, good gift shop and a lot to see. Check out Texas Memorial Museum when you have s chance.

Great indoor summer escape and location for touring

Awesome prehistoric exhibit

Quite nice and relatively unknown musuem, I didnt know about this place until I came for a class. Its free admission for UT students and the gift shop is fairly priced. The staff are nice and polite as well. Ill be back!

Great Family Fun

Great museum on natural history, especially if you have a little dinosaur enthusiast.

Love this museum. It is small so perfect for taking small children or lots of children. They have cool dinosaur phones and one of the floor has a lots of specimens in bottles. Kids love the gift shop.

Great place for kids. My nephew loved it! Onsite parking is extra bonus.

Very cool collection of meteorites. Some you can touch. Even cooler fossils. Dinosaurs, amphibians and mammals. Fun for adults and super cool for young children.

The basement full of fossils was really neat, but the rest of it felt like it was just a taxidermy showcase and some weird obsession with one species of shark. No displays for information on anything, they instead had you call a number to listen to a recording if you wanted to learn about it, which was all very limited information. I hate to give a bad rating to a museum, but I dont feel like I learned anything here.

This museum is for the birds.It has the most amazing reconstruction of Quetzalcoatlus, the largest flying pterosaur.The mosasaur in the basement is both beautiful and stunning.The exhibit on the buzz-saw shark is one of the best displays I have seen on science in action.

Amazing! love the sets!

Always a fun place to take the family.Upgrades are seriously needed though. Some of the older dispassionate are covered with dust and the animal exhibits are losing hair......

A great museum with very nice palaeontology exhibits. Excellent service too. Worth a detour if you enjoy old bones.

Awesome place!

Nice museum for younger kids. However, I dont recommend bringing a stroller.

A pretty small museum but still a fun place to visit at least once! It is free for UT students (with ID) and only about $3 for other visitors, the dinosaur room is pretty great. The entrance room also has a large collection of gemstones that is pretty amazing to look through. Its not the largest or most impressive museum Ive seen but it made for a fun Saturday afternoon.

What an Awesome place!! The humongous Pterodactyl hanging from the ceiling has got to be my favorite!?!? There are so many cool fossils to choose from My kids were in amazement and very eager to learn!! Our second stop was the library, they both wanted a book on dinosaurs!

Wonderful small sized museum on texas natural history, great for adults and 2nd grade and up kids. Younger kids wont enjoy as much I think due to the density of reading and lack of interactive exhibits

Great little venture when visiting Austin. On the way to the bat visit. Be well vacationsensei

My favorite museum in Austin. Warm and cozy with many interesting exhibits. Super kid friendly. Dinosaurs and rock collections? Are you kidding me? They also allow you to bring in your nice DSLR cameras to shoot... how cool is that. One of the campus gems that every Austinite should experience... and it costs almost nothing to make a visit.

Its a good little museum to spend an hour in. Two if you are a mild archaeologist. Otherwise there are more interesting places to go.

Loved it, nice place

Simple and a little but lonely, but enjoyable, I love fossils and minerals, a very lovely lady on the 1st floor can explain you everything you want, entrance is 7 dlls for non college visitors, the art deco architecture and style of the exhibition its like traveling in time

Awesome collection, very diverse, admission fee is very small and the place is quiet, clean and friendly. My daughter loved all of the dinosaur bones and fossils, of which they have a massive collection.

Amazingly Kept Exibits.

Amazing, my seven year old loved it almost as much as me!

Good place to go and check out some fossils. They also have an area with animals of Texas. It is a good place for the kids and best of all it is free.

Great paleo exhibit!!! Good inexpensive fun!!

Great variety of fossils and minerals on display, huge variety of dinosaurs and ancient reptiles. Lots of local wildlife on display as well. We were disappointed that the dinosaur tracks were not on display but its hard to take away from the rest of this fantastic museum. Great for kids.

Not a lot of people know about this museum, its on the UT campus. I went there while taking a geology class there. Its free and they have a lot of awesome dinosaur fossils and minerals. Very interesting.

Definitely a hidden treasure in Austin. I actually prefer this museum to the Bob Bullock. Their collection of fossils is impressive, but Im sad that I went back and the comment card binder was no longer on the 4th floor.5th star lost because wheelchair access is difficult and not readily obvious.

Great place to bring kids of all ages!

Really nice place!! I enjoy the tour and all the Halls!

Best place to spend a rainy day!

Great place to visit. Lots of interesting things to see. Parking isnt very good since it is within UT limits.

Great way to spend a Saturday. Kids and adults will love it!

Oh my goodness. A gem.