If you haven’t been, make a plan today to get you and your family there! The exhibits are informative, the employees are super friendly, and the gift shop has some really cool finds! The views are incredible and after visiting, you will want to learn more about Casper’s history.

We came in with only 10 minutes until closing and they couldn’t have been kinder. They didn’t rush us at all and allowed us to get our passport book stamped!

Wow, what an amazing find! We were driving across Wyoming and decided to stop in Casper looking for something educational for Izzy, our 9 year old. This museum was not only education but also interactive and so much fun for kids. The staff at the museum were outstanding. So helpful and knowledgeable!We highly recommend this activity!!

We had honestly stopped here to get suggestions on where to eat in town, and were pleasantly surprised by all this visitors center had to offer. Our whole family enjoyed this great learning opportunity. Our kids really liked the hands on things to do, especially the wagon ride across the river.

Weve traveled and visited many incredible museums around the world. This facility is every bit as good as any museum Ive ever visited. Highly informative. Wonderful use of primary sources. Creative presentation.

My mom, brother and I stopped by this morning, and we were impressed with the interpretative center. Upon arrival, staff members pointed out that their presentation film was about to begin, which when watched, was enjoyable and deeply humbling to listen to the troubles early settlers of the West had to endure. The exhibits were arranged quite well, providing a lot of information with good and proper context. Very important place to visit for families.

A great place I love to bring my kids and help. Because weve done so much online learning this year, its been a great place to spark interest in local history and conversations with my young teens. Very interactive and one of the best museums Ive been to in a long time!

Neat place to bring the family. I come her every so often and the kids have fun. I like the cabins out front. Pretty neat place

An excellent experience for kids to learn about the western expansion. Staff were very friendly, knowledgeable about the exhibitions and made the kids visit entertaining.

Definitely worth the stop! The employees were so friendly and helpful. I planned to stop for just 30 minutes to stretch my legs, but ended up staying for an hour.

So fun! Absolutely loved this place! Loved the history and the interactive exhibits. Great for children! Would recommend for everybody!

Absolutely superb! Excellently filled with facts, historical info and journal entries from folks living then.The place wasn’t on my list of things to do, but my husband wanted to go. Wow, I was SORRY I guessed it to be boring!! It was sooo interesting and full of hands on displays including a virtual ride in a ‘covered wagon crossing the Platte River’.A video presentation highlighting aspects of life on the trails helped me feel better what life on the trails was like.Staff was wonderfully helpful. One in the gift shop helped me find a book with many journal entries from women, and another staff helped me find one with mostly men’s journal entries.Great place for teaching kids and adults

Absolutely incredible building, view, hiking. The inside is modern with authentic sculptures and interactive dosplays. Almost scoence museam experience learning about trails accross south pass. Very cool history and inspiring stories. I still wonder how pony express rode 1500 miles in 10 days. The incredible feats the riders accomplished. Highly recommend visiting this friendly staff and experiencing the history of midwest trails.

Great presentation with wonderful docents. We left a donation and would have gladly paid admission had they charged one. We really enjoyed the interactive displays.

We pass this way but once and the interpretive center was closed. The information looked like a great place to get a fabulous history lesson! To bad they couldnt handle the people who wanted to see it.

Very well organized and modern museum. It was very clean. They have a big screen that shows a video about the story of the Trails. They have lots of information about every photo or item showed. The gift shop has very cool stuff to buy. Its free but you can leave a donation/contribution of you like.

What started as just a way to pass the time quickly turned into a great museum experience. The design and layout of the center is amazing, and the highly informative and dynamic exhibits have broad appeal to all ages. Wish we had stayed longer, but now have a good reason to get back to Casper!

What a place to bring the family to show how the west was settled and what different groups did it and their hardships. The staff is first rate and knowledgeable about the history.

Great Museum! Admission is free. Excellent interactive displays.

A neat little museum, lots of interactive displays and things to see. Not only wheelchair friendly but they actually have wheelchairs on hand to borrow. Would absolutely recommend to anyone looking to pass some time in Casper. The view is amazing as well.

Thought it was a very nice museum! staff was super friendly and there was a great view of casper outside, would definitely recommend

Very informative!Interesting place to visit and a great place to learn about things that you might have not known about history. We are very fortunate to be living this day in age. (Great look out point also)

If you like History about settling the West, this is absolutely fantastic.

This was a random stop in our journey west and we didnt realize how historic of an area we were in until we stopped here. Several early treks west went through this area. The museum pays homage to each of them. You come away with a new appreciation for what it must have been like to make this trip in a covered wagon. The views are very pretty. Dont miss it!

Great way to experience pioneer life on the trail.

Very educational, very well done. People were extremely friendly.

Had a stopover in Casper 3 years back. Brought my kids here and it was awesome. The museum is so well displayed, lots to see and learn and we could even feel like being part of the pioneers who went on the tough roads. We still remember it well and would recommend it highly to anyone. Don’t miss it!

Lots of informationStaff are very helpful.

My mom lives in Casper, and when we were coming to visit from out of state. she said she wanted to bring us here. We absolutely loved this place!! And if youre a history buff like me, you definitely will to!! Its basically a museum that teaches you about what the settlers went through. While travelling, if I remember correctly, mostly from St Louis to California. Which was the reason that the city of Casper was founded. They have many interesting and entertaining exhibits, showing you not only the difficulties that they went through each day. but also the hostel attitudes that many native Americans had towards them.. I really liked how they showed things from both the settlers and the native Americans points of view! its definitely a great place to learn about the history of the area and the trails for both adults and kids alike!

Great historical center. Friendly , knowledgeable volunteers. Hands on activities. Fording the North Platt river in a wagon.

Fantastic Casper Gem! Free entrance, wonderful staff and volunteers, and tons of interactive options for young ones plus those young at heart. Endless learning with beautiful views of Casper!

They were very nice

Our family had a wonderful time here! We were there about a week before school was out and the place was empty. The cateree to the kids and followed us around explaining all of the exhibits. Theres lots of interactive stuff. Very fun, very educational! We all had a wonderful time. Dont miss the wagon ride.

Very interesting center- very informative! Definitely recommend

Accessible, interesting for all ages, beautiful art.

An interesting, fun and educational place to learn about American history and the trails that led through the area for Mormon pioneers, those heading west for the Gold Rush, native Americans, trappers, etc. They have helpful, knowledgeable staff to answer questions. The experience is interactive through many displays. This is an awesome place for children.

Was very interesting and much more to see then we thought before.

Id give more stars if I could! We happened upon this place, needing a rest on our drive. So well done! And no admission charge. Life-like exhibits, helpful staff, a great gift shop... Dont skip this place!

Fun and free! Great for an hour with the kids. Or an all day trip for the history loving adults!

Learned that 4 major trails passed through Casper and a great introduction to the history of those trails. Very interactive!

Well some exhibits. Friendly staff. Free.

A very animated park ranger introduced a short video summarizing the various westward migrations. The exhibits are organized in a circular fashion. Many are interactive. The exhibits are beautifully conceived and presented. Everybody in our group of 45 loved it.

Chris has a great Museum! Love how clean and organized it is! Thanks! A must visit Montana Historical site!

A family-oriented museum that retells the hardships of getting to the west in the 1800s. A lot of fun, with lots of things to see and touch. Definitely stay to watch the stagecoach movies (both of them) and the introductory movie in the center of the museum!

One of the best museums in Casper! And no admission charge! I recommend if you are interested in History or the Oregon Trail. Come see the museum!! I recommend this museum for 3rd graders and up.

This is a MUST SEE place when visiting Casper WY! You can tell a lot of thought, research and planning went into every display. We loved how many interactive displays were there. The stories and history from all the different perspectives was so interesting and we really enjoyed learning so much about the historical trails and the region.

Such a great place to visit and learn a little about the history of Casper! Also the view is amazing.

Easily spend a couple hours here getting a hands on pioneer wagontrain experience. There are highly knowledgeable volunteers anxious to excite and educate you about the way West. Free with donations appreciated. Their displays and artifacts are amazing!

Great for families and kids! Very interactive, informational, and fun.

We loved the trail museum. Our 3 grandsons ages 8, 9, and 10 stayed busy with the interactive displays. It was interesting and informative. The one thing that was annoying was, that the handicapped parking was a little to far for great grandma to walk. Wheel chairs were provided inside but we didnt know that at the time .

A great place to stop and visit. Amazing insight into the hardships settlers faced on the Oregon and Mormon trails. The staff is equally amazing, they can answer any questions one may have.

The workers had great stories of our country past.. Very informative n friendly. There were maps n pamphlets available too.

Went to this place a few times with family. 2 interactive presentations about riding wagons. A presentation movie is worth it.

We were there from Sheridan for a field trip. So entertaining that we are going back as a family. Staff was great and informative. So fun for everyone.

If you like history then youve come to the right place... Lots of great pictures and artifacts, great staff that treat you like family. Definitely a great place to look around and enjoy

Great experience for all ages. The folks are very knowledgeable & friendly. The Saturday kids club is awesome too!!

Real fun and interesting

Beautiful facility maintained superbly. The staff is helpful and friendly too.

Great history. How our past settlers endured the hard ships of travel. Great historical artifacts and inter-active struggles of overland travel. Very informative and helpful staff. Great place for field trip.

Very hands on. The whole family(including children) loved it.

It was a wonderful place to take my kids. There was lots for them to do and there was great customer service. My kids loved it so much they want to go back. I especially love the exhibit about the Mormon pioneers. They were very friendly there and they had fun activities for the kids to do.

Great experience! A lot to see and learn about Wyoming and pioneer history.

Very interactive, my 7 year old daughter loved this place!

Keeping history alive! Interesting information and displays about and how the first adventurous people traveled the treacherous trails to the Wild West. Beautiful facility with awesome view of Casper and Casper Mountain.

My 2yr old daughter and myself LOVED our time here! Interactive and informative displays for all ages!

Family came to visit from Louisiana and we went here. We enjoyed it very much. Lots of hands on exhibits for the kiddos.

Best Visitors Center ever. Highly entertaining and interesting for adults and kiddos alike.

It was very educational and fun it was free to get in spent all day and their kids love playing at the museum.

Great place for the family so much to learn and see simply amazing the patio talks are great

Kind of a hidden gem. Do yourself a favor and take the time to visit this place. You won’t regret it! Plus it’s free!

Very informative

A great place to learn about the areas past. They have sections about the areas native American tribes, mountain men ( my dream job as a child), and the pioneers. They also have an area with special displays they are always worth a visit. The employees are knowledgeable and there to answer questions. I go every few months.

This is fantastic for a school trip. Jason does an excellent job and it really rounded out our Wyoming history unit.

Nice informative place....GO PENS! ;)

Great place for family to learn about the challenges and hardships faced by our ancestors as they emigrated to the West. They have Great interactive exhibits that keep the kiddos attentions and a thorough junior ranger program!

It is well organized and well staffed. The staff were very helpful and the exibits are very informative.

Fantastic coverage of the various trails that the emigrants followed to settle the West. Worth at least three hours and I am not a history buff.

Its free and educational. The workers are enthusiastic and the atmosphere is great

It was a great experience, especially for our son who just learned about the Oregon Trail in 4th grade.

Informative and fun displays and the free admission makes it accessible for everyone. Excellent pit stop

An oasis we did not expect to find. Pulled off I-25 for a pit stop and discovered this wonderful museum. Tells the story of the many pioneer trails that passed through Wyoming, Oregon, Mormon, Gold Rush, even the Pony Express and more. Free! Great hill top setting and a well designed building operated by the US Bureau of Land Management. You can spend minutes or an hour or two there.

Great place for history on the Western expansion.

A site one should not miss. What a great museum informing US migration history and conflicts with aboriginal people.

Great museum depecting the settlers going west.

Interactive and multimedia exhibits that starts well before you’re in the building. Stop by the Pony Express buildings on the edge of the parking lots. With young kids, it was helpful that each of the exhibit area has things to keep young kids occupied while I was reading. Super friendly staff, free, and a large book selection in the gift shop.

Very interesting and well put together. Worth stopping for.

Spectacular! A must visit (and revisit) attraction.

Free and awesome staff. Pretty cool

Fantastic center. They do a great job presenting the history of the trail movement to the west. Stop here first, then explore Casper, WY. You wont be disappointed. P.S. We were in Casper for the 2017 eclipse and they were wonderfully organized for the large influx of tourists. I definitely plan to eventually return and explore further.

Awesome exhibits! It covers the 4 trails - Oregon, California, Pony Express, and the Mormon Pioneer trails.

Excellent displays and helpful staff.

Great place. A must see on your way through Casper

Outstanding! Wonderful helpful staff. Hope they can keep their funding.

Had an awesome time!! Such a cool place

The National Historic Trails Center is full of pioneer history attached to each of the historic pioneer trails to tje West. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable. A must-see when youre in Casper.

This is a MUST see if you are near Casper, Wyoming!! It is very hands on and best of all, free!! Donations are allowed and I hope those visiting will leave a contribution! I could have stayed longer! Very informative!!

This is an amazing place! The guides were so nice and very knowledgeable. The center has such beautiful displays, the interactive experience is great for all ages and the videos are very informative. We loved the wagon ride too.

Great interactive and informative museum with the best view of Casper to boot!

Convenience

It is very educational for children. Very friendly people.