Lot packed into a relatively small museum. Go when it's DinoFest ... Super outstanding.

Wow. Who knew in the little town of Martinsville Virginia there was such a place. Wife and I learned so much about archeology, fossils and some history. This place is meticulously clean, well organized, 3 levels of knowledge to be learned. Kids center, elevators to each level, 3rd floor seems to be dedicated to Ants and has a live ant farm, some interactive sections where you push buttons and they explain the section. We really enjoyed our stay. 10 bucks each for us to get in.. Not sure about how much for kids and things.. We didn't ask for any discounts, there may be for groups and things.. ENJOY.

Came here for the Reptile Festival, I had my 7 year old son with me. It was our first time coming to the museum and it was very nice. Alot to see and learn they have a lot of different exhibits. The reptile Festival was amazing, we got to touch a lot of different reptiles and learn about them too. everyone was very helpful and polite. We will be back

Awesome day!! The staff was absolutely fabulous, made sure we didn't have any questions and knew where everything was. They were so very sweet. We had a great time! I really love that the things that are out in the open are safe for small hands to touch, because, you know, kids like to touch everything. We will be going back regularly

This was a great museum for a quick visit! It's decently sized so you can definitely finish in an hour or so.

One of my favorite places in Martinsville! $10 per person may seem expensive and may not be affordable for some families, but families who have a SNAP card get in FREE. All you need to do is go to the front desk and speak to the friendly attendent. It takes only a moment, and you are on your way. More people should know about this. My ONLY complaint is the hours. Otherwise I would give 5 stars. Closing at 4pm means that the older kids getting out of school won't have time to join their families there on weekdays. 9am to 6pm would make much more sense. Now on the myriad of positives: I read the lower reviews that talk about the museum being small, but I don't think so at all. If you come from a big city with a huge museum, I guess I understand. But considering this museum is here in Martinsville, it's a fantastic experience with lots to do, if science and natural history are your thing. It is definitely my thing. I have been obsessed with the natural sciences since early childhood. So for me, this is better than Disney World. And best of all, my kids love it. They actually take the time to examine all the various exhibits; reading the information, pointing out the features of the fossils, skeletons, and mineral formatons, etc. And we very much enjoy the interactive exhibits, and stem activities they have now, such as fossil puzzles, matching bones to animals, etc. Also, we love the little gift shop. Folks have complained that it is more for kids than adult, but ummm... adults can like fun gifts too. The loose gemstones are great, the plushies are adorable, they have pretty jewelry, and all sorts of things. Just because we grow up into adulthood doesn't mean we no longer like or want those things. People just decide it's immature. Not at all. Nature is magical, wonderful, and infinitely interesting. And this place brings all sorts of wonderous natural elements from the past and present into one building.

When we went they had the dinosaur Festival going on there are plenty of things to see and do here we enjoyed seeing the life-size dinosaur fossils they also had a few other exhibits that were fun to see this is a smaller Museum but even so it was fun to see and the kids really enjoyed it

This place kept popping up so decided to come. Free with a food stamp card. My 2 year old enjoyed looking at stuff. So that's all the counted.