With a history that dates back to the 1600s, Delaware is one of the region’s most popular attractions for those interested in getting a crash course in the founding of the nation.Historically significant sites are found in abundance across the state, and nearby Wilmington is home to the state’s premier natural history museum.The Delaware Museum of Natural History features an impressive variety of exhibits that touch on animals, the natural world, ecology, and the diverse environments found within the state’s borders.The museum is located on Kennett Pike, and most travelers consider its reasonable admission cost a great bang for the buck.

Very nice museum ...perfect for littles and people who cant do a whole lot of walking. We were looking for an rainy day covid activity and this was perfect. They have floor markers for flow of foot traffic and ticket purchase is online.

Staff was pleasant. Smaller Museum packed with really interesting displays. The youngin loved the TRex skull. To touch its teeth was a hoot!

Smaller museum packed with great stuff. Has a friendly staff that does regular presentations for the visitors. Kid friendly.

Small but still cool things to see.

Amazing museum. Ive been to a lot of museums and I really enjoyed this one and would highly recommend it. One of the most interesting shell collections and information Ive ever seen. Also a pretty remarkable collection of taxidermied birds. Some very unusual ones. There was a lot of hands on stuff for kids and several docents giving out information. The displays all had a lot of educational value and did a great job of explaining what you were looking at. Outside there were a lot of beautiful bronze animal statues, info on plants and rocks.

Wr have loved this museum since my kids were in diapers. A Delaware gem.

My kids love DMNH, both to visit and to attend summer camp. Its admittedly dated, but a year-long renovation is starting soon. The staff is always friendly and helpful. The outdoor paths and forest are a great bonus, especially now with covid.

This state is so utterly boring that this was equvilent to the eifel tower as far as this state goes.

Thorough safety precautions, kind staff and fun programs for the family.

Small but mighty, there were lots of activities going on. Fun scavenger hunt and plenty of animals to look at and learn about. Great for families and kids.

I really enjoyed the Wicked plants exhibit it was really cool and interactive. The mesuem has tons of animal taxidermy. They also have a nice gift shop. This is a good place to take pics.

Outstanding. Very nice small but not to small. One of the best in the region if not the area. Alot of exhibits. Alot of very good things for people of all ages

Its been here a long time, and in need of updating which will take place in 2021 when it will close for the better part of the year, so Ive been told.

Wonderful!! We always love going and the employees are so incredibly nice I especially like the nest.

I brought my 11 and 13 year old here and they had a lot of fun. Displays were well done and lots to see. We enjoyed our experience.

Always love this place. They are always changing the childrens activity room with new exciting hands on learning experiences. This time its viruses and DNA. Another time was space. There are lots of games, interactive video screens, puzzles. The have a museum cat, Dude, who celebrated his 10th birthday today with cake, extra games and gifts for all the children. There are dinosaur fossils, beautiful gems, and lots of things for children.

It was a really nice museum and the way they are handling covid is safe.

This is a great museum. They have some really cool collections and events for both adults and kids. They also have no problem with this being a out stop when I run along 52. Always a good buzz at this place - love it!

This museum, strictly in terms of the interior, is not ideal. The dinosaur exhibit room contains mostly screens and video game like consoles even during other events it designed for an older more screen based child. The children’s room has a number of hands on activities but after 1-2 visits it loses all appeal and charm because they are the unchanged. The depiction of animals throughout the museum are cold and not engaging for children and adults alike. I know this isn’t the Smithsonian but it could be so much more, especially considering the beauty and location of this building.

My 3 year old had a great time with my parents. The snap on dinosaur tails are so sweet.

Employees are very nice. Great exhibits.

A lovely little museum with just the right mix of things for little minds. Exhibits are very kid friendly, and the Nature Nook playroom is a delight. Highly recommended

The worst museum I’ve been it should be free extremely small not much of anything my toddler was disappointed don’t waste your time

Small but nice. A lot of kids activities.

So much to see and do.My grand daughter wants to go every other week. Very kid friendly and a great staff.

Its small and simple. Its self guided so you can go at your own pace. Lots of things to touch for the kids. Inside and a few things outside. Seems geared towards kids and field trips.

Cool place ,probably more suited to children under 10

I attended a class trip with my granddaughter to the museum. What an amazing time! The staff was so patient and knowledgeable, friendly. They answered the childrens questions and took great detail giving them descriptions on the different scenes that we were visiting. The live insects and bugs really got the children interested. A wonderful family trip.

First time visiting. Staff were very friendly and helpful! Really neat place. Not crowded. We were able to take our time and enjoy. If you have younger kids, this is a must!! Many interactive kid things to do and, still educational for adults. Wish we would have taken our kids when they were younger!

Yay! Our little ones favorite museum is open again. Thanks for the story time too.

This may be a small museum but its a quality museum. Its the perfect size for a short afternoon visit. Its really well put together; better than some large museums. Youll find well presented information for each display. Nothing is sloppy or outdated. There are displays that are interactive for children (adults to) of all ages.

The kids liked it. Very clean. Decent prices for the gift shop.

Was there for breakfast with Santa. Was a wonderful time. My 10 month old grandson enjoyed everything. He especially liked the shell collection area.

Awesome place! Great for field trips, great for kids and adults both!! Unique exhibits and cool artifact stuff.

This is a cute place to visit, we just honestly didnt realize it was so small ( We went through in a half hour). My two toddler boys loved the dinosaur exhibit and the gift store was cute and reasonably priced. While not large by any means, it is a fun place to visit with children.

Great place to take your kids. Interesting exhibits, and a definite great learning experience for parents too!

Its a really nice way to mix things up for the little ones. They have fun seeing the different displays and dont realize theyre learning as they go.

Nice museum, AAA members get buy one get one free admission year round. It is very small though, it only took us 30 minutes to see it and we took our time!

A hidden gem! Well-equipped, family-friendly museum with changing exhibits each quarter. Perfect size for young children to explore both indoors and outdoors. My family loves looking at the dinosaurs and all of the other animals. The museum is also staffed by friendly people who are eager to provide information to guests. A great day of fun & learning! Definitely worth getting a family membership!

Great first museum for little ones!The staff were super friendly, interacted with the kids on their own level.

Awesome place to take your kids. Lots of activities... you can be a member and have fun for the whole year with the entire family. Plus you get to visit a lot of other museums all over the country and some even outside the USA . Which is awesome if you like to travel a lot . You get free museums every where you go. Can’t be more fun than that.

Amazing place. Perfect size for a museum. Lots to do and the staff is amazing.

Museum undergoing some renovations. Starting a new exhibit about rainforest and butterfly. Very interesting and very interactive for children.

Small but fun natural history museum. The kids to is great and the exhibits are very well done.

My grandchildren ask to go to this dinosaur museum every time we have them!

Great place for a class field trip

This a great half day. The staff is super friendly and kind. They also share exhibits with other museums so there is often something new.

This place is awesome! My son and I both enjoyed all the detailed exhibits

Nice, kid friendly for small ones. Grandson (almost 4) loved it.

This was a museum we passed on the way to Longwood Garden. We decided to turn around. Everyone we questioned was knowledgeable. I enjoyed the bird egg display. It was very extensive.

Fun but a little on the smaller side. Kids of age 4-8 will have a great time, older than that and theyll blow through pretty quickly and get cynical on you. (Ask me how I know!)

The museum is geared towards children and as such, small but not too small to make the $9 per adult seem reasonable.This makes a nice stepping stone to see if your children would be interested in the larger museums while not breaking the bank.

Took the seniors to the De. Museum of Natural History they were amazed everything every corner we turn they couldnt believe their eyes. This was a great trip i enjoyed it as well

Its nice place, its fun place for kids. My kids loved it.

Take a walk around the property. Great for kids to learn. Guides are very good.

Had a great time here. Wish we knew dude wasnt going to be there as his we found his pin at a park one time and thats how we found out about the place and were excited to see him but it was nice we could buy a dude to bring home! maybe we will catch him another time! The garden was beautiful and my toddler was a bit scared of the botanical special area but I absolutely LOVED it as a macabre fan. Very good decorating! And the nice lady who read stories and took us for a tour of the garden was super nice and funny. She showed us didgy? I think was the bearded dragons name. He sat through storytime with us and it was adorable. Lots of little activities for kids, great place for little ones to get out of the house for the day! We had a great mommy daughter day ️

This is a very small museum, so keep that in mind. We were there for less than an hour.However, the exhibits were informative and touched on many different topics. Staff was friendly.

There is nothing worth seeing here. Not a single actual artifact hardly. All the skeletons are fake or models.

This museum is awesome. Dont let the small size fool ya, this museum is packed full of knowledge and experiences for people of all ages.They have a lot of preserved animals from all over the world and lots of information about both the animals and the regions they come from.The dinosaur exhibits are fun to see and take photographs with as well. I was able to spend the time to see all of the exhibits and read a lot of the details because we did an overnight with the cub scouts. I highly recommend visiting this museum, and visiting it this way.In addition to being able to see all of the exhibits after hours we had students from the University of Delaware we had hands on with spiders, scorpions, snakes and other live animals. My daughter and I had a wonderful time.

Very informative. Great for young children. Wish it were bigger.

Attended WHYY Daniel Tiger event and free admission to museum. WHYY event was fun for #lilRobespierre and he thoroughly enjoyed checking out the museums offerings. Getting to pet a snake was abonus.

Small museum, so you wont want to go back every month, but high quality exhibits and a traveling exhibit room to keep things fresh too. We go once or twice per year. They also participate in free museum day! (Google it to get the date for this year)

Theres a lot for kids to see and learn from. Great family place!

Small but a nice place to spend an hour or so. Enjoy visits

Wonderful place for kids! Trail behind the museum is very nice.

Spent three hours here. My children (8 and 5) enjoyed themselves immensely. Story time was a big hit, as was meeting the animals. The museum is rather small, but still has quite a bit to offer. very kid friendly. Staff was courteous and helpful, and was very good with children.

Nice small scale museum

Perfect size for younger kids, especially dinosaur lovers!

This place was such a delight. There are dinosaurs out front in the parking lot area and the kids loved that and were definitely excited to go in. They have a few dioramas of animals that are nicely done. A nice nature play room that is staffed with very nice people. One was running a coloring table and another brought out a turtle for the kids to look at and pet. There were a few interactive play stations as well such as a huge eagle nest, a stream table that had a super smooth pretend stream to slide stream animals around. The traveling exhibit of the Mayan medallion was nice. I loved the tiny planetarium info piece and the ruins/caves to go exploring through. Definitely the most interactive natural science museum I have ever been to with so many hidden gems. Easily could spend 2 hours here enjoying things. They have a room to eat snacks in as well and a gift shop.

Very small museum, but worth it for a quick visit. Inexpensive admission.

A great place to being youre children! They are also very accommodating to children with special needs! Kayla our tour guide was amazing at explaining and teaching our class! Five stars for her too!

Took my granddaughters and they loved it. The wicked plants exhibit was the best. Very interactive. Will definately go again.

Lovely place for small kids 2-6yrs old! A small interactive easy rainy or cold day must with energetic young ones.

Perfect for school age kids, as well as the younger crew. Its pretty small, which makes it easy to see the whole museum and not get overwhelmed. Theres a kids room section and lots of kid-friendly activities sprinkled throughout.

Lots of kid friendly things to do. Its just big enough that there is plenty of variety in the exhibits but not overwhelming. We wandered through in about an hour, though we couldve spent more time. There isnt any food there besides some vending machines. However there is an area with tables and chairs.

Interestingly subject matter, fun, educational and fairly priced.

They hosted a Girl scout overnight for is.. great staff? Great little museum.. well be back!

Beautiful, informative, captivating display; interactive play areas, visually stimulating showcases, even a full size lunch room! We had a great time with the Dinosaur exhibit, in spite of the cold and wet weather.

Wonderful. Far better that I expected for such an out-of-the-way little museum.

Not what I expected. The building was huge and the grounds were beautiful...it is a $9 tour. We were finished in about 30 minutes and toured VERY slowly. Not a lot to see. Seemed geared to young children/families. Its clean and well done, just very smal-

Awesome place to visit. The staff are so friendly and very cool displays.

Fun place for kids. Great exhibits. Friendly staff.

My 6-yr old and 4-yr old really liked it here, but my 9-yr old got bored pretty quickly. It wasnt real big, but there was enough for us to spend 2 hours here. The Maya Mystery was fun, and the shell collection was neat, too. The staff was very friendly and knowledgeable...and passionate, too. My little ones loved the African Savannah diorama.

Great place to take small children. The museum has a lot of interesting exhibits but doesnt take too long to go through.

Enjoyed a tour of museum exhibits. Enthralled by the Jaguar displayed in its natural habitat. That large jungle cat is magnificent... Handsome, strong, perfectly suited for the Americans... California Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, and in the rain forests of Central and South America.

Awesome little museum, great hands on exhibits, interactive sections and wonderful staff!

This is a great educational little museum. Well kept up and well staffed. It is best to visit if they have a special exhibit, otherwise it is just too small for the cost.

Small museum but a fantastic place to take young kids! Dinosaurs, insects, live animal demonstrations, hands on interactive area. Also great for birthday parties.

This place is really cool for the little ones. They have hands on activities with a discovery room, alot of extra little events. Prices are good, they have a little room with tables where you can eat, they have vending machines with chips sodas juice and water. Very clean, bathrooms very clean and staff very nice and extremely helpful.

Nice exhibits and very kid friendly!

We have been bringing our family here for years. Great place to explore and learn. The staff here are amazing and patient when talking to the children. They are hands on with all who come and visit. The museum is impeccably kept inside and out. Bathrooms are clean. They even have a small glassed in lounge room with vending machines for when your ready to take a snack break. They have party rooms available for that special birthday party. They also have an outdoor patio with umbrellas to sit and enjoy your lunch and or snack. Highly recommend for all ages.

Great for kids, very manageable for youngers.

Nice place to take the kids to. Beautiful displays. Friendly staff

Fun time..paid extra for the star show..it was not worth it. Reptile show was one snake.

Really nice exhibits. Great staff.

Very nice museum. Field trip for elementary. They enjoyed it.

Good for kids, it is organised, birds session for kids is very fantastic. Recommended for kids 3+.

Great place to take young children. Plenty of touchable displays for the kids.

Nice smaller-size museum for families. One floor ADA-compliant with some outdoor exhibits in the back including a wooded area. The main permanent exhibits are a bit all over the place - North american exhibits next to South American and a polar bear in between. Good shell collection and a good bird egg collection. Space for one traveling/temporary exhibit. Good learning activities for kids but not a lot of interactive exhibits.