This is a wonderful FREE museum located in my hometown. It tells the history of Campbell County and so much more. There are energy exhibits, a gun collection, homesteading items and very interesting rotating exhibits so there is always something new. I love to take my kids. The staff is helpful and always available to answer any questions you may have about the area. Check it out!

Very nicely put together. Interactive displays, covers the range of early history of the area.

The name is somewhat deceiving as it relates to a rock pile, it’s so much more. It has many long guns and information as it relates to cowboys. Many saddles and horse related items. Information on oil and drilling and people associated with that. And so much more and is free. Highly recommend if you’re in the area. Takes approximately an hour.

Very interesting displays and a wide variety of history. Museum employees were helpful and knowledgeable.

Good little museum. Lots of stuff to read and look at. There were hands-on displays for the kids scattered throughout the museum. The A/C was wonderful and the gift shop area was adequate. Thus museum relies on donations and has free admission.

God forbid I pick up a few toys out of a pile in a bin to choose a few souvenirs for my kids! I have 2 in my hand and have the nerve to pick another one up and then put it back and Mr. Snerdly Coronavirus tells me not to touch anything I dont plan on buying! I thought thats why we had all just used sanitizer a couple minutes prior... they can keep their overpriced junk! Way to make people feel unwelcome...if theyre that concerned, they should hang the toys on hooks so they can actually be seen or better yet just close their doors for a while!

Nice museum. Very interesting.

The WWII exhibit was Beautiful & I got emotional reading the letters sent home! I want to return to read more of them.So glad a friend referred me.

Pretty cool museum. Learn about how coal fields form, how methane is extracted, and the local city of Gillette, WY.

This was out first visit here and I must say I was not expecting what we walked into. We assumed it was a Rock Museum based on the name. This museum has a bit of everything in it. A lot of history of Gillette and how things use to be. There is a small gift shop and some items throughout are hands on. We really enjoyed walking through and getting a history lesson. Plus its free.

This is well worth the stop! And its free! They do have a donation box, I wouldnt mind helping keeping their lights on though! It was a pleasure stop.

Lots of interesting things to see and learn about

Museum staff was very friendly, and the museum was very interesting.

The rock pile museum is a great informational and historical place to be.

Open FREE to the public. Weapons display, old west buggies, fossils, native American artifacts, vintage clothing, coal industry information, and tons of history of the City of Gillette are all located in this amazing place.Some things are hands-on and have a picture of hands to let you know. Some things are not as this is a museum after all.Small souvenir area with postcards, coal candy, Wyoming found jade made into jewelry, fans, bonnets, glass bottle soda, and more. Remember that every $ you spend there helps keep this FREE museums lights on.Also a fun spot to take a silly picture for 2 near the entrance. There is also a guest log you can sign when you enter. Brochures near the front that give you other touristy things to do in the area while here.My family had an amazing time here despite not getting to see the whole other building (cranky baby needed food and a nap).

Enjoyable visit seeing the local interest exhibits. I enjoyed the gun display, the feature on the Empire(African American Cowboys) and femake journalist. The receptionist was a real treasure.

Great museum with a variety of items from rifles, dinosaur bones, oil/coal history, well done veteran pieces, local history, sheep herding, pioneer life, and much more. Super friendly staff and free! Kids loved it and we spent hours there. A must visit when in Gillette!

Third time I have been here, excellent museum, especially the coal mining films. Gun and rifle displays are great, very interesting. There is something new every time I come to Gillette WY.

It has a lot of history. Great displays

It was alright , just not enough native history and a whole bunch of the colonizers history

Nice free museum of the history of Campbell County and Northeast Wyoming.

Well set up museum with lots of interesting history from the area

Fantastic museum! If youre interested in the coal mining industry, or just the local history, be sure to stop by for a quick visit.

This museum was a favorite for me as a kid. I was very excited to return on vacation many years later with my kids and them have such a wonderful time. They have lots of hands on fun for the kids. And a cute little gift shop. Many new exhibits and some old favorites too. Good history here. This is worth the stop!

Awesome place to visit. Great staff and great exhibits. Robert has done a great job making Campbell County history come alive.

A lot of different items. If you like guns, check out that part, its full! Everything from dinosaurs to railroads. The letters from home exhibit was very interesting, goes thru at least Sept. Check out their website.

Great coverage.

Sort of interesting not the most interesting museum Ive been to

Great place, so much to see! Little jewel tucked away in the middle of nowhere lol. I do reccomened coming here

Really fun hands on stuff for kids and interesting local history stories. Its a great place to see how Campbell County fits in with the rest of the world!

Just a super interesting, pleasant place to spend some time

It was a surprise for free! The museum is well worth the visit (it is free) and well worth the time (took us about 2 hours to get through it). Youll enjoy the history that is there. The collections are amazing. They have items laid out really well. Youll enjoy it.

I think its awesome how this is free to the public.

If you like history, this is a fun and interesting museum. Lots of Wyoming memorabilia, as well as recorded letters and pictures of WW II soldiers, a pictorial wall with colorful stories of all the past sheriffs of Gillette. and an area with dinosaur bones and indian artifacts that have been found. Lots of old saddles and wagons of all types on display. They have a train caboose with lots of information inside, 2 early settlement school houses, and a separate building annex where you can view an old blacksmith shop, several old printing presses, and sheep herder wagons. There is lots more to see, and its free to the public

Pretty awesome place

Worth the look. And its free people. Why wouldnt you. History is in short supply. Go learn.

The best local museum Ive ever visited. Well thought out, well organized, it takes you on a journey back in time that connects the local history and culture to that of the country and the world. I was so impressed with the job these folks have done and so appreciative of the time and effort theyve put in to preserve and display these important pieces of our past. This is a must-see if youre in the Gillette, WY area.

Lot of history at this place lots of displays.

I liked the layout and the history information about the area. I also like the dedication to law enforcement and military veterans.

If your ever I Gillette I recommend this stop. There is a lot of hands on exhibits so your kids can play while you see Gillette history.

I used to come here as a kid and was fascinated by everything there. I enough my kids while visiting town and was not disappointed. They have even more stuff than I remember and was very hands on for the kids to keep them interested. Great for a quick learning of the area and history lesson.

Great history

So fun for the family. A really great collection of history.

Wonderful free museum! It has a lot of hands on stuff for the kids to do like a Dress up area and a Morse code machine. We spent a little over an hour checking everything out.

Excellent source of information about the early history of Gillette, Campbell County & North Central Wyoming.

This place provided an interesting diversion while waiting to have brakes fixed. I was underwhelmed by the approximately 150 slightly varied types of horse bits and lever action rifles, but the old West Town and coal mining exhibits were pretty neat.

Neat collection and they actively bring in fun things.

Lots to see, nice sized local museum. Found it very interesting, learned a lot. The five stars are even before considering this is free.The Rockpile is a landmark here that early travelers and settlers used to find their way. Very fitting for a museum that highlights the early settlers.

Great experience. I loved it.

We are great time with the Girl Scouts all the little displays for fantastic

This is home to a nice, welcoming staff and the intricacies of early life in Gillette, Wyoming. The exhibits range from the first settlers to modern day

Wonderful museum with fossils from the area, native artifacts, history of modern settlement, coal mining, oil and gas extraction, animals, wagons and lots more. And its FREE. You dont always get what you pay for, sometimes you get a lot more. Well worth a visit.

Not rocks, but a very good historical collection! Spent 2 hours there but could have spent much longer!Lots of well displayed artifacts and memorabilia of Campbell County history.

A nice little museum with some interesting items for all ages. Admission is free and my toddler and 5 year old had a nice time enjoying all of the hands on exhibits.

Very cool, friendly staff, a nice way to spend some time and learn about the history of the area!

One of the best Ive seen

Very cool info....would like to have not felt like it was a library....but very cool

Its mostly more a gun museum but that being said it had a pretty awesome collection of guns to look at. And it did have some rocks and other midwestern historical items to view.

This is probably the most fabulous local history museum you are going to find. Large area, well thought out displays, plenty of room for expansion. It was a real pleasure to visit.

Its very interesting

Loved the Wyoming culture and history

Very friendly and helpful staff, the displays are well laid out

Very nice museum!

So much local history! Well done.

Very interesting, and would go back.

Very nice collection of historic items on display.

Very informative and shows the diverse history of the area. I loved it and cant wait to come back!!! Plus Google uses my picture for your map!!!

Cool free place to visit, has a geocatch umder the train.

Interesting and it is free.

Loved it! Great place to stop with kids.

Great place to see Gillette history

From Arrowheads to coal mining equipment. This FREE musuem is one of the best museums Ive ever been to.

Free, fun, entertain museum.

Staff is real nice and knowlageble kids have a great time every time we go

Great little stop to learn about Gillette and Wyoming. The museum had a great gun collection and some very nice displays.

Nice place

Very nice and educational place to visit ! Enjoyed it much.

Great information

Great indepth history and broad vision of the region and its industry

Lived in Gillette 13 years ago and this was a favorite stop. Glad to see it still open and still displaying local history.

Friendly people great exhibits

Great staff, very interesting displays

Great museum!

Very friendly and educational.

Awesome place to learn some history of Gillette.

So much fun for my girls!

Wonderfully place to go back in time

Nice place to visit!

Awesome

Not a rock shop as the name suggests. Its a free local history museum.

Lots of guns

Loved it

Free museum.

Very nice

Very interesting

Fabulous just fabulous

Interesting

It is lit

Could be better