This place almost hasnt changed since our gradeschool field trips! Its great to start sharing memories with my son. Lots of history of Stark County and a great educational place for all ages. It was a bit disappointing that many exhibits were unavailable due to covid, but what can we expect. The pendulum apparently is being serviced and hopefully it returns. The crazy laughing lady is still there! All in all a great afternoon place for something to do in Canton Ohio! Cant wait to return probably for a yearly father son adventure.

Exhibits have been around a while but still very neat to see. Great place for kids. I wish there was more on President McKinley. This is actually the Stark County Museum with some exhibits about McKinley. The Memorial next to it is very impressive, however.

Beautifully built and just an astonishing work of art. I mean the symmetry of this place is remarkable. Also theres a bunch of people working out here.

We loved it! There was something for everyone. I enjoyed seeing all the historical artifacts, while both myself and my son were totally into all the science in Discovery world. This museum was a gem we didnt even realize was there. We hope to go back soon!

I underestimated the amount of time we needed to picnic at the McKinley Monument. Right away, the kids dashed up those seemingly never ending steps. When I could hear the sounds of labored breathing, I knew they must have reached the top! Setting up for lunch was a breeze, since there were several vacant picnic tables located under the cover of mature trees, right in front of the Presidential Library. The park attracted all sorts of people. There were exercise enthusiasts, families, musicians, lovers, lunch-breakers and even a stylish group of older folks that traversed the steps in sync! My what a sight! I would allow a few more hours, if we visit again.

I was here in May of 2019, passing time before my cousins wedding and I loved this place, especially the Hoover exhibit. I had no idea their Windtunnel vacuums were strong enough to lift a person off the floor.

I live in canton ohio. Because of this I know I take the William McKinley monument for granted. I think the memorial is big. The inside is nice. It was built a century ago. It has the trappings of old charm. Im glad it in my hometown. It really is amazing. I will travel back to where it is once and a while just to.marvel at the monument.

Great staff good things for kids and pretty nice

Allyson and Liz were super to work with ahead of time to prepare for our senior adult GROUP visit - they went above and beyond day of our visit to accommodate us, our group appreciated the efforts of the staff. Thanks for having us.

I enjoyed this. I just wish that they would give an auto tour. It would have helped. Otherwise it was good

Great place for all ages. I remember coming here as a kid. The museum and planetarium creates hours of fun. See live fish, dinosaurs, a town, a toy train city. Learn about President McKinley and the history of canton. After your down with the museum visit McKinleys grave on the hill or visit the receiving vault in Westlawn Cemetery to see where he was held till construction was complete for his final resting place.

Very nice place. Didnt go into museum heard it wasnt worth the money but the rest of the burial site was beautiful

I wish everything was open so we could do everything that was there but because of covid some of the things where closed.It was clean and a very nice place.

Best place in Canton to get a free workout! Those steps will have you feeling like Rocky!

We take our grandsons so much we should buy passes! They LOVE it! I like that they experience so many things. History, science, nature and the list goes on! I love the old town. One of these days I can slow down long enough to look at everything in the windows.

9/11 walked the steps. Im glad they didnt shut it off

I came here back in the 1970s on a field trip. This is very enjoyable for the whole family. From age 5 - 100, the sides of the steps are a sliding board for any age. I also found a few old photos on the internet, not sure what year the lagoon was filled in, that would be a sight to see today.

Lovely place! Terrific place to take K-12 students for a field trip. Lots of history. Tons of science. Quaint yet interesting planetarium conducted by a humorous guide, Mister Nate. Thank you most kindly Sir!Be sure to have at least two hours to visit the museum. Add at least a half an hour to walk the steps up to see McKinleys Grave.We would like to visit again.

Great place to learn about Canton history, the dinosaur exhibit and animals.

Great place to get the history of Canton, Ohio and the influence of Canton, Ohio. Theres a hands-on kids area thats a fun time.

Been here SOOOOOOOO many times it’s beautiful and amazing the cemetery is huge and you can get lost very easily if you don’t know where your going and it’s haunted. They have a science center that’s amazingly fun and it has president McKinley there and when you go into the tomb everyone calls it something different I’m just going to use that name for now. But we love to hear the echoing such a fun place to visit and if you need a work out the steps is amazing for that lol

Went to the museum for my 2 year anniversary with my bf. Just like i remember it as a kid. Ecology island is really fun. Love Alice (roaring dino). Planetarium show is very cool and really pretty.

Nice tribute to honor President McKinley. California cant erase the fact he was President, get it over it!

We arived an hour before closing so we did not get to spend as much time as we would have liked but its worth going to once and seeing.

Excellent experience. I will say that the President McKinley Library might be slightly a misnomer as McKinleys artifacts only are in one gallery.The village and the trains were an excellent experience!

The McKinley Museum is a great place for ages 3-14! The staff is very friendly and can answer questions that you have about the objects you see! They have a hands on science area which is wonderful especially for younger kids! There is also a place in the museum that has many shops, houses, etc that are fun to play in/look in! They have a train set up that you can watch go around the track! This is a good place to visit!

A fun museum to browse, for adults and kids alike. The science and nature portion of the museum is neat, with some cool animals and fun science experiment exhibits. However, the top floor with historical displays is awesome, especially if you’re from the area because of the great attention to local history. The Street of Shops is so much fun to walk through and look around, and feels very immersive. Definitely worth checking out at least once.

Great place to go walk or people watch.

Great place to visit just wish the planetarium was open

Wow! This is better than some of the modern era presidential library/museums. The museum included great displays, very informative stories of his life plus presidency and a very unexpected lovely historical town display. The beautiful, somber mausoleum is a very nice tribute and resting place for a president who lost his life while serving.

Very impressed with this museum. A nice mix of local history, hands on science that is kid friendly, info on President William McKinley, as well as an impressive monument to President McKinley. The museum works to be interactive - it was a hit with our boys. A very pleasant surprise and well worth a visit.

A wonderful hidden gem in our backyard..

(and interesting and fun) main Street recreation. I would highly recommend!The library and museum were much more than expected. The science displays were interactive and interesting for all ages, kids and adults. A science museum membership will get you in free. There are no direction signs, it is off 7th Street. The tomb can be seen from that area. There are also historic displays, and a major

Educational and informative of President McKinley.

Must see.. we had a great time at the museum.

The monument was the best part. The library and museum are very outdated. A lot of things werent working inside the museum. You can get a map to the cemetery next to the monument and learn more of McKinley and other famous people buried there.

Nice place been going since a kid

The place is great for kids and adults alike. And, the admission cost is pretty cheap too! Lots of interesting things here and a great tribute to the late and great WM McKinley. Also check out the monument next door. Definetly recommend!

Outstanding memorial to a murdered President. He was a proponent of science and technology. The peoples President and welcoming to all our citizens.

Definitely a place for smaller kids but has some cool history moments for adults to enjoy. You have some downtime I would go. Great staff and the building is clean.

Nice place as a whole. The memorial is beautiful and inside the museum is neat. Basically it is great for children and history fans. So many people say they expected there to be more football stuff in it, but ita not the football museum! The park and scenery are great too.

I was expecting more information about the president, but the museum was mostly a small natural history/science center. The tomb is quite beautiful, though.

I remember this place as a kid being amazing but it needs updated badly. It looks tired and worn out.

What a fantastic display of facts from the history of McKinley s time in this area.

Its a beautiful place.

Favorite place to work out.

Awesome place

If Rocky Balboa was was born in Canton he would be running up the steps of the McKinley Monument. Go check it out if ya get the chance.

This is my first presidential library to visit in the States and the experience was amazing. Surely I will be back with my entire family.

I just have to stay the steps are a killer

Love the museum, and includes other places as well! Great investment! Love the guides, they have so much knowledge!

Love this museum! Many things to see, from the dinosaurs and animals and science area downstairs, to the McKinley antiques and clothes. The costumes and hats through the years, to the street museums which is my favorite. The details of each room is fantastic, you can truly feel what it would be like to have lived in that time period! Loved the trains too. Planatariaum is great as well. Highly recommend this wonderful place, a gem in Canton Ohio!

Great place for kids!

A really great place to visit. My grandchildren - age 5 and 7 have a wonderful time - cute, hands on exhibits - and the tour down the old time city was incredibly entertaining for them. Carl - who works there - or perhaps volunteers added so much to the visit- he showed us around - and showed us all sorts of interesting things. This is a nice, small town visit - and really worked out very well.

Such a great workout

Nice monument. The library leaves alot to be desired. 90% of the library is devoted to local and county history and only a single large room in the back deals with President McKinley. I was disappointed in the lack of information, artifacts and the staff were less than engaging. The monument is impressive, but could use some weeding and landscaping around the property. As Cantons favorite son one would think that the community would either take better care of the place, or maybe sell it to the national parks system for a much needed upgrade.

We arrived late on a rainy day. The staff were jovial and informative. One hour is not enough time to explore this place. It is great for kids. The science exhibits are exciting and interactive. The history exhibits are very entertaining. We could have spent half a day easily. I look forward to another visit.

I went here with my 2 younger neices and they just loved it. They had several demonstrations throughout the day. It was years since I have been here, so I was just as excited as my neices that have been here over 20 times. There are many exhibits that help tell a story of lots of history here in canton Ohio. They have a swinging pendulum that swings back and fourth and knocks pins over to tell the time. I really enjoyed watching it. They have coat racks to hang your coats up. Where the dinasor exhibit is has live reptiles and birds to enjoy. On Sat and sun there is a planetarium show, which is really informational. The man instructing explains how to locate several different stars while making it fun at the same time. I will be going back this summer and highly recommend this place for a family outing or alone.

Seriously change your hours on the internet

Beautiful sights

Love running the stairs outside

Havent been here since elementary school. Brought my daughter she loved it. Especially the dinosaurs.

A great place for kids!

Nice museum near beautiful grounds. Great place to pack a picnic, walk around, and then spend the afternoon inside the Museum. Ive taken many kids I babysit there for an outing, and its always a popular choice!

The greeter lady gave me her bad attitude when I walked in at close. Customer service was not good.

A very specific account of the biography of William k. McKinney also how the people lived back in those days ....very remarkable. We had a great time and the staff were very friendly and professional.

INTERESTING!

This is not a presidential library and museum, it’s a local history museum and children’s science center. It does those things well but it utterly fails as a museum about the life, career, and legacy of William McKinley.

Great place to learn about the history of Canton, President McKinley. Also a nice small hands on science area.

Interesting history of the lives of the McKinleys Their home is restored with historical accuracy, with some pieces being original to the family. The docent was friendly and knowledgeable. Good lesson.

Great museum.

My dtr (9) loves this museum. Our 1st visit, she was 6. It is clean, has a friendly staff and many activities for the children. My dtr loves the science area, the trains, and sliding down the fire pole.

The McKinley Memorial is a great place to visit. If you like to work out an run stairs the is a popular place......also it is a nice view Canton, Ohio looking east from the top of the monument. It is located next to the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum.

Its a gorgeous monument; however Im confused as to why people think this is an appropriate place to exercise. Its the grave site for a slain president, not a fitness attraction. I am disappointed by the lack of respect for it however am glad that they keep it as well maintained as they do.

Gah - this place is awful. Dank, dark and depressing. Where is the real history? Stark County has so much more to offer.How is this place still operating? Who is in charge? Does the Board even go in there? Does anyone working there care about Stark County? Im embarrassed to send folks here.Wake up folks ---

Love this Museum! A little bit of history. A little bit of science. Some dinosaurs and a few living critters. Some entertaining hands-on activities for the kiddos. A beautiful monument to our president. Lovely setting. Would have given it 5 stars but the planetarium show was mediocre at best - our show host admitted that they use an inexpensive bulb in their star projector. We could barely see them. However, it is free unlike other museums where you have to pay an additional fee to gaze at the stars - so you get what you pay for. And they could use a cafe. There are vending machines if you need a light snack or a drink. And picnic tables on hand if you want to pack your own. But a place where you could grab a sandwich and coffee would be nice. Still, lots to do and see. Well worth the admission price. The favorite activity for our family... Sliding down the balustrades on the stairs of the monument. Whee!

Guests from out of town were visiting. We took them to the McKinley monument and then the museum. They were very impressed.

A surprisingly awesome experience.

Lots of interesting things to check out in the museum. A fun place to take the kids for an affordable and educational outing.

Way more stuff than expected! Take a good turtle crawl threw the museum, you will not be disappointed!!

Some of the teens can be very obnoxious but it’s a overall great place

Great place to take family. Wonderful museum with things.for all ages.

It is a very nice place to visit and to walk if you enjoy that sort of thing and live in Canton.

I go here to walk the McKinley Monument stairs and the walk the trails. Its beautiful and a great workout challenge

A safe place to visit and learn a portion of the USAs great history.

I had a blast there is a lot of things to do and have fun

Nice to stop and visit but a bit small. They also just updated an area and it feels a waste of money but still would keep coming.

A must place to see when youre in townVery interesting and informative

Not what expected. Like a small childrens science center.

Great local museum. A lot of great info about Canton and great exhibits for the kids!

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Presidential Library - what?You must think our eyes are glued shut.The exhibits? We see them.This is a Science and History museum.McKinley gets but a small cut.

Best Planetarium to visit in ohio.

This museum is not only about McKinley but has a really cool planetarium, science center and history museum. A great place for kids, families, or anyone.

Great time! Something for everyone.

Excellent museum. Extremely kid friendly.

Alot of neat things to see & do especially for kids!!

Great library, well worth the price of admission.

Museum of President McKinley and his wife

Mc Kinley Mon. Is very beautiful ,bring a picnic in the park.