This is a great museum that teaches science in interesting and fun ways. It has neat exhibits and specimens, fossils, etc. of a variety of animals. The bird exhibits are especially good. The play areas are really good for kids and are interactive. The volunteers and staff are very helpful also. If I lived in this area I would havea membership !

First my daughter loved going there. Then my son loved it 20 years later. Now my grandkids love it too! A family pass is affordable and the gift shop has VERY reasonable prices for a gift shop. Theres lots to see and do for a small local museum.

Very cool exhibits, definitely worth checking out! I checked this place out as a potential volunteer. Although they were not currently scheduling volunteers due to COVID-19, they were extremely gracious and accommodating, offering me a tour of the museum.

We had a great time. Our 4 and 5 year old girls loved all the hands on activities! The planetarium was cool!

My husband and I took our two children, ages 5 and 2.5, here today. We really enjoyed it! It was a fun way to spend to spend two hours! The main level was great for toddlers/school-aged children with many hands on exhibits. My children loved being able to interact with the reptiles in the animal room. My husband and I enjoyed the lower level with the rock collections and taxidermy animals. Definitely would recommend for families with little ones for a fun day out!

Great museum. It has a good learning-based for those lovely children.

This is a very good place for kids. My kids loved the scavenger hunt. It is very uncrowded and COVID safe.

Love, love, loved it! Super nice staff and interesting things to see.

Wonderful experience. Staff was very kind and generous with their time. Planetarium shows were great.

Great natural science museum. Nice way to spend an afternoon with the kids.

Went there yesterday and had a blast with my girlfriend and kids. So much for the kids to do. A lot of interactive stations. A whole room of live animals and live feedings at 12:30. The staff is very friendly. The guy running the planetarium let the kids use the remote and move the stuff on the screen. Definitely going again.

Great staff! They inform you well of everything. Less than $10 for adults. Very awesome and cool displays and love the kids area hands on. My 2 year old loved it! Recommending to everyone.

Cute place kids had a blast live animals and crafts to do

It you have children, they will love this place! From live animal exhibits to dinosaur fossils, theres something for everyone to enjoy here. Very reasonable prices as well. $26 for a family of four to get in. Money well spent!!

Just walked in the door to get information but staff went out of their way to help and were cheerful and friendly. Looked like a fun way to spend an afternoon. It also appears very kid friendly. When I get back there again Ill make a point of spending time there.

Such a great place for young kids to learn about all sorts of science-y things! Also they have animals and really knowledgeable volunteers who can tell you all sorts of interesting facts about said animals. I sat for five minutes petting a turtle and learning all about what makes each kind of turtle there, unique!

Friendly staff. Clean. Entertainment options for varies ages. My kids loved the shop where they each bought a dinosaur.

Great museum in need of more space

This museum is fantastic. The kids planetarium show was amazing. The staff is fantastic and friendly and all about making the kids have the best interactive time possible. Theres so much to see you can wander for hours for a very small fee. It has dinosaurs, live animals, specimens, fossils, geological displays, taxidermy displays, even archaeological, and local artwork. What a fantastic find!!

It was nice people were nice use too be free when I was growing up but its cool

Wonderful museum for families with young children. Thoroughly enjoyed learning in this fun, educational and friendly environment. Hands on activities make time fly by. We visited mid week at opening and the museum was quiet.I enjoyed learning alongside my wife and son as we took in each exhibit. There is a traveling exhibit that tells the stories of how 3 children changed the world (Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges and Ryan White) that were quite powerful.

Nice outdoors place, okay for canoe and fishing.

My kids love it here.

Quaint small museum with very interesting displays with lots of variety of live events and services for the community. Really enjoyed the tour!

I love the North Museum! I always loved going as a kid and I think I love it more now that I can take my daughter there. She always has such a blast!

Had lots of fun with my family here. Its a small museum but very hands on.

I have been to the North Museum several times with my children and it is always a great experience for the kids and me. On this particular visit we on a class field trip and enjoyed the latest new exhibits the museum had to offer. We began our visit in the large dome-shaped theater where we watched an educational film about space involving characters from the Magic Tree House book series. Then we enjoyed the hands-on displays in the animal, dinosaur and technology exhibits. My kids really enjoyed programming the small robots and watching how the robots responded to each program. I enjoyed the many species of taxidermied birds they have on display in the basement. We could have stayed and played for several more hours. We definitely plan on returning to the museum this summer for some more fun at The North Museum.

Small, but so much fun. Amazing collection of geodes and birds in the basement. Lots of hands on for younger kids. My 8 year old and 13 year old loved the place but they are both really into science. We all learned a ton and found the exhibits very engaging. It is not a huge major museum but the admission is a fair price given the upkeep required, especially of the live animals!

It was a small museum but had a lot of interesting animal exhibits and lots of things for kids to enjoy.

Lots to see! I especially liked the birds and the crystals in the basement.

I brought my 5 year old nephew here when he was visiting me. It was a great place to both learn and have fun at the same time. The people who work here are lovely and very friendly

I enjoyed it. The upstairs art gallery was kind of a ripoff though. They had a small live animal section which was the best thing ever! They also have a small gift shop, which if you go you need to leave with a celestial buddy. They had cool science things, like a tornado machine, and it was fun to walk around and see the things. They also have toys in a couple different areas so if youre coming with young kids therell be something to occupy them if they get bored.

I think my expectations where too high because I had previously been at a lot of other kids museums. There is nothing negative to say, but I didnt walk away overly impressed. When we said time to go our kids left with out complaint...which rarely happens.

Thos little museum and planetarium was really soecial..packed with lots of displays, interactive activities, and family fun! We highly recommend it! Its a great way to spend a hit summer day!

Nice, clean, small, and reasonably priced. Would visit again. Spent just over an hour there with 3 toddlers

Took my autistic son and he was very excited to see all they had to offer we had the planetarium all to our selves!!

Its not huge, and it wasnt too busy so was doable by myself with three kids. They had fun and would enjoy going back.

Awesome museum for kids and adults! Plenty to look at. Staff is very friendly.

My kids had a good time. There is really 1 floor that interested my kids 4 and 6. The staff there was just awesome!!!

My family really enjoyed the show at the planetarium.

Awesome place to take the kids! Looks small from. The outside but it actually has a lot to do and the kids loved it! Plenty of activities and my wife loved the art!

Had a fun time with friends watching the the light show to Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon. A great way to raise some extra money while casting a wider net to new patrons. I will definitely enjoy going back soon to check out more of what the museum has to offer!

Fantastic place for the child to explore and little mind grow.

This is an excellent place. It seems small at first but there is a surprising variety and quantity of stuff to look at and learn about. The staff is attentive, informative, and friendly.

A small venue offerring diverse experiences including an exposition of local art. Very welcoming to younger children

We are big museum fans and we had a lot of fun here as a family with a 12 yr old and two 10s

Nice place. Small, but a lot packed in.

New place, a lot of interactives. Good intro museum.

Great for kids. The main floor is more kid friendly, the other floors are more like specimen collections which might be interesting to an older kid who is really into birds and or rocks. It isn’t big, but that doesn’t stop my 3yo from asking to go here every weekend.

A great place with rooms of treasures! I always learn about something new or very old there!

Great place for kids to learn and have fun. Geared towards younger children for sure.

Always has been innovative place to go for both adults and the kids!

This place should be free to enter. I would understand the fee for the star show or other shows, but man, I feel like I have a better museum experience looking through my in-laws attic! Even my 5 year old was bored! LMAO! Stay out of the basement, seriously. Just kidding.....or am I?

Decent, fun place for kids. Things stay pretty much the same tho... Not sure what the advantage is for season pass. Triceratops robots consistently have no batteries; some displays get moved back and forth. Random 3-D printer not exciting unless youre going to have kids create their own geometry with it...

Pretty cool place but some of the staff are unaccommodating.

Grandchildren 5 and 3 ,loved it !So did I, educational and great fun!

This is a perfect museum for toddlers and preschoolers. The museum is relatively small, but its packed full of interactive exhibits. We loved the live animal collection and the dinosaur fossils. Older kids and adults will love seeing the specimens down in the basement and the art gallery on the top floor.

What a great place! Awesome planetarium style theatre with different showings daily, fossil and reptile exhibits, an exhibit on nano technology, and a geological artifact room in the basement. Very cool space for kids - not huge, but definitely a couple hours worth of fun!

A great kids museum!

Check it out.cool stuff both up stairs an down stairs

OMG i have never been got lucky to be there for the 50yr anniversary of the moon landing and what fun i had and my tiny ones loved it as well.Thanks to all the volunteers and staff you guys made the fun GREAT AGAIN . The exhibits on the rocks where my fav if u are a UNIVERSE fan go find the amethyst Geode... you dont need a duct tape for the crack

Great place to visit or volunteer. Staff is amazing, knowledgeable and friendly.

Good educational place for the family, kids etc..

Good place to take the kids, they have a few activities for younger kids. The collection is a little eclectic in some areas but if you are looking for minerals and birds they have an impressive amount.

We recently had a birthday party for my daughter at the museum. The price was fair and you got a discount with a membership. We were allowed to use the party room for longer than our time slot because there were no other parties scheduled. This worked out very well for the older members of our party that needed a spot to rest from walking around the museum. The staff was wonderful, knowledgeable, and helpful. There are plenty of interactive activities for children. The planetarium show was excellent. We love bringing our family to this museum.

Very cool museum! I particularly enjoyed the live animals and the ornithology room. However, I found some of the display cases not well organized and some of the specimens were not labeled.

Great place for my toddler! Lower level of taxadermy, minerals, and eggs. Main level has very interactive biological exhibits and live animals that sometimes they have out to touch. And top floor art gallery. Only parking available is off-street, but its free!

Great small museum for children. Lots of interactive STEM based activities for them to do and a live animal section full of reptiles. Small dinosaur display of animals.

Good for young kids. Small facility. Granddaughter at ages 3 & 4 loved the turtles. Touched a snake, which she was dying to do. Worker let us in to stargaze free in the auditorium planetarium.

Fun museum for nature lovers! My 9 year old loved the interactive activities and fascinating displays; my husband and I had fun, too! Great way to pass a couple of hours and the admission price was very reasonable.

1st time there w family. Pleasantly surprised. Very good for a day trip

It was an awesome place alot of hands on things for kids.

Grand children loved it.

Awesome

A decent natural history and science museum, considering that its in downtown Lancaster, PA. Theyve got 3 floors (well, 2, really, unless you count a very small art exhibit among administrative offices as a floor) with a very large taxidermy-ed bird and rock collection on one of them. The main floor, however, has their planetarium (very cool) and a small number of live animals (lizards, snakes, etc) and hands-on activities for kids of all ages. The membership price is definitely the best deal if you plan to go more than once. Otherwise, you could probably go once and feel like youve seen all there is to really see.

The best part is the basement. It would be great if more space was debited to the collections. This was our second visit and it seems to have shifted towards a sort of please touch museum geared more towards little kids.

This was a very cute little museum. I took my 3.5 yr old and she had so much fun. It was inexpensive and we were able to do the entire building in under 2 hours. Nice for a quick, fun and educational day trip.

Great little museum. Kid friendly. me and my family visit it every time we are in the area. Love the bird collection in basement.

The planetarium shows are just okay, but the rest of the museum is great for a 1-2 hour trip with the kids. My little ones love the animal exhibits, magnets and more. Amazing that this place is just in the neighborhood.

Pretty cool....be sure to check out the basement. A little pricey.

There is always something new to explore and ever changing exhibits. Enjoy.

Several interactive things for the kids to do. Several of the exhibits are dated and need some attention.

Perfect place to take the kids to kill an afternoon!

Great experience for young and old!

Great place for kids to discover.

A well kept secret in Lancaster city. I wish more people new about this place. Great low-cost attraction.

I liked it. They had great exhibits and I learned a few new things while I went there; However, I was disappointed because the planetarium show wasnt happening the day I went.

Very limited hands on activities for little kids. SciDome was neat, we watched One World, One Sky. Big Birds Adventure. It was perfect for little kids to learn about the sky and moon. Just wish the chairs would recline.

Beautiful area. Lots of history

If I could I would give our visit a 2.5. It was water theme week and was unhappy and surprised when the (nitrogen) ice cream demonstration was scooped into stryofom bowls. I didnt understand that choice.The watercolor demonstration was lovely on the lowest level but that room could use more light. My kindergarten spent a lot of time in the hands on room. Thank you for the variety.

Lots of fun exhibits and events for kids!

Love taking my children here.

I wasnt sure what to expect, but this museum was tiny! Despite the size, it is full of an array of really interesting stuff. Perfect for young kids and toddlers. I wasnt worried about them running off and getting lost. The cost for 5 people wasnt bad compared to other places, but considering how small it is, it is a tad pricey.

This place has some great things. They changed it not too long ago and I hate to say it but I miss the way it was. I used to come here lots when I was a kid and I loved it. I feel like things dont change much at all and everytime I come some displays arnt working. What happened to the planetarium?!I get very disappointed every time I come. That being said my son enjoys most of the displays even though most of them are in need of repair or a good cleaning. I really hope this museum can become great again.

Loved this museum. It had so many animals and things to see and do!

Great experience for a bright seven years old. Didnt have time for the planetarium. Gives us reason to go back

Brilliant place. Fall in love. Highly recommend for familys with kids.

Small museum, great for a quick day trip. Has a planetarium which is always fun!Get the yearly membership which is good at over 300 other museums for free! You can use at Maryland Science Center.

Great for kids! Not so good for teens or older children. But otherwise a great museum!

We had a great time at the museum today. My daughter loves animals and this place is full of them. I appreciated the size of the museum; it wasa manageable excursion that you can see what they have to offer in an afternoon.Thanks for your commitment to veterans as a Blue Star museum.This wasnt a huge issue with a three year old with us, but if I have one piece of advice its to provide more information about the animals whether thats in the form of tour guides or guides stations in certain sections, printed materials, or even links / QR that I could see a video or go to a web page about the animal. Theres a small sign with their habitat, lifespan, etc. but we happened into a staff person feeding a legless lizard and learned a lot in that few minutes chatting. It would add to the experience to have that kind of background accessible for all of the animals when someone is so inclined.