Bell County Museum

Review №1

Rating: 5

A well told story about the growth and history of central Texas.

Date: a day ago

Review №2

Rating: 4

Date: 2 weeks ago

Review №3

Rating: 5

We came for frontier day. Great exhibits and information that was shared. Make sure you go by the gift shop they had great prices on things.

Date: 2 weeks ago

Review №4

Rating: 5

Date: a month ago

Review №5

Rating: 5

Date: a month ago

Review №6

Rating: 5

I always enjoy viewing the log cabin! The dig room is pretty cool with having the kids interact. Plus so much more.

Date: 2 months ago

Review №7

Rating: 5

Nice museum with a lot of history and it has a visiting/rotating exhibit as well. Here s a link to my 4k walkthrough: https://youtu.be/B_FfAYjyW6M?si=2uS-QNxFby3TwUof

Date: 3 months ago

Review №8

Rating: 5

Date: 3 months ago

Review №9

Rating: 5

Date: 3 months ago

Review №10

Rating: 5

Enjoyed a youth concert.

Date: 3 months ago

Review №11

Rating: 3

Date: 4 months ago

Review №12

Rating: 5

Date: 4 months ago

Review №13

Rating: 5

I enjoyed the museum. Our tour was self guided. The rotating exhibit is currently the postcard collection. The interior is rather small, you could study everything in it thoroughly and be finished in a couple hours. Visited on

Date: 4 months ago

Review №14

Rating: 5

Really enjoyed our visit to the Bell County Museum. We had about an hour to kill in Belton before needing to leave and saw the museum on Maps and stopped on by. The museum is free to enter and contains a number of artifacts and exhibits that tell the history of the area. Part of the museum is inside of the old Carnegie library which has a neat history of its own. If you have the time, the Bell County Museum is definitely worth your stop!

Date: 5 months ago

Review №15

Rating: 5

Date: 5 months ago

Review №16

Rating: 5

It is wonderful to have this in our small town. They do a great job educating the kids and adults about the area. From pre-history to modern, they have done a fantastic job preserving these artifacts and lessons. Thank you!

Date: 6 months ago

Review №17

Rating: 5

My kid else my aunt and I stopped by here for spring break. It was a very informative and clean museum that we all enjoyed and learned a lot from. They had extra activities for the children on the second floor, which we enjoyed. The curator of the museum was very informative and funny. Thanks for an enjoyable time.

Date: 6 months ago

Review №18

Rating: 3

Date: 6 months ago

Review №19

Rating: 5

If you really want to learn a lot of culture about Belton this is a place to go very nice museum has a very lot of interesting things about the community I must go

Date: 6 months ago

Review №20

Rating: 5

Date: 7 months ago

Review №21

Rating: 4

Great historic account of the cities in Bell County. Also has activities for children. Will go back and visit again.

Date: 7 months ago

Review №22

Rating: 4

Nice local history with fun exhibits for the kiddos.

Date: 9 months ago

Review №23

Rating: 5

Date: 9 months ago

Review №24

Rating: 4

Its a nice local museum. The main room and the cabin was the most interesting. Also the gift shop was very reasonable in price.

Date: 9 months ago

Review №25

Rating: 5

I still have my doubts about a display sword.

Date: 9 months ago

Review №26

Rating: 5

Love this place. They have some great exhibits and so many wonderful resources for homeschooling

Date: 10 months ago

Review №27

Rating: 5

Guy was real nice and informative. Theres a live in there as well

Date: 10 months ago

Review №28

Rating: 5

They have a library as well.

Date: 10 months ago

Review №29

Rating: 4

Date: 10 months ago

Review №30

Rating: 5

Date: 10 months ago

Review №31

Rating: 5

Love the Bell County Museum, theyre ALWAYS doing fun, free activities for kiddos. Great cause for donations !

Date: 11 months ago

Review №32

Rating: 5

Although this museum is free its quit good for a small one and worth donating to.

Date: 11 months ago

Review №33

Rating: 5

Amazing place steeped in history. Beautiful building and lovely town.

Date: 11 months ago

Review №34

Rating: 5

Amazing local museum! Many of the exhibits have interactive components. The exhibit festured now featuring quilts is beautiful and features local pieces.

Date: 11 months ago

Review №35

Rating: 5

Lovely little museum

Date: a year ago

Review №36

Rating: 4

The museum was great. They had so many things to look at and part of a log cabin too. I like it because its small yet with interesting stories and miniature house models. They have the quilts. I wish the gift shop wasnt so expensive but hey, its free to get in so...... Works out

Date: a year ago

Review №37

Rating: 3

People were nice and some cool stuff but mostly just didnt feel like a museum like youd expect

Date: a year ago

Review №38

Rating: 5

Had a great time at this museum!

Date: a year ago

Review №39

Rating: 5

Nicest museum Ive ever been to, very cool employees, very well curated exhibits, great activities for kids too

Date: a year ago

Review №40

Rating: 5

Great experience! Free, which is always great . Science classes open to the public and different stations for the kids to test . My grandson loved it!

Date: a year ago

Review №41

Rating: 5

Highly recommend this if youre interested in local history. They have a fantastic bell county exhibit along with a temporary exhibit that changes every now and then. It is free of charge with the option of leaving a donation.

Date: a year ago

Review №42

Rating: 4

It was interesting, especially the one room cabin that housed 7 people.

Date: a year ago

Review №43

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №44

Rating: 5

Very friendly staff. My grandson loved everything and asked q lot of questions. He was amazed at the quilts.

Date: a year ago

Review №45

Rating: 4

Kids love this place

Date: a year ago

Review №46

Rating: 5

I took the grandkids and they loved it. Inspired their interest in the prairie life.

Date: a year ago

Review №47

Rating: 5

I love their exhibits theyre also homeschool classes there, even public school classes.

Date: a year ago

Review №48

Rating: 5

Cute little museum!

Date: a year ago

Review №49

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №50

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №51

Rating: 5

This place is a hidden gem in Central Texas.

Date: a year ago

Review №52

Rating: 5

My kids loved visiting the old library, and there were several fascinating and interactive learning centers. The staff that I spoke to were very informative and polite. Will visit again!

Date: a year ago

Review №53

Rating: 5

This is a great, and free, museum in Belton! There are two floors full of a ton of information, and the one staff member I interacted with was super cool and talkative! I really enjoyed spending some time here. They also have free parking for visitors behind the building.

Date: a year ago

Review №54

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №55

Rating: 5

A small, cozy museum where staff are kind and helpful. Interesting to see the history of Bell County.

Date: a year ago

Review №56

Rating: 5

This was an amazing experience. The current exhibit is the chisolm trail. This ends in June. Theres items that is for Bell county as well. Theres several interaction stations. Upstairs an art display of local artists. The gift shop has really good prices and neat items. Things from rocks to the planes I had as kid. This is a must see.

Date: a year ago

Review №57

Rating: 5

Its a nice place,I like all museums.was also free but we did donate. My 6 year old liked it also and hes hard to please .

Date: a year ago

Review №58

Rating: 5

I am so impressed with the staff at the Bell County Museum! They are knowledgeable and more than willing to help in any way they can. I inquired about my ancestors who lived in Belton and the surrounding areas in the 1900s. Steven was willing to answer my questions, look records up online, and very patiently show me how to access those records when I was on my own. The archive is well managed and a treasure for Bell County. I highly recommend a visit to this most extraordinary museum!

Date: a year ago

Review №59

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №60

Rating: 5

An excellent place to learn about the surrounding area, both currently and in the past.

Date: a year ago

Review №61

Rating: 5

Great little museum with fun things throughout the month for kids to enjoy. Upstairs and downstairs both have informational and interactive exhibits.

Date: a year ago

Review №62

Rating: 5

Its is a small local museum but it ver informative. Quiet and just peaceful to experience with a group or by oneself. I highly recommend even if museum are not your thing I would recommend to check ot out. Love the museum going as an adult to relive what I experience very young was worth it for me.

Date: a year ago

Review №63

Rating: 5

Very educational. Reccomend it for the anyone who is interested in Texas history.

Date: a year ago

Review №64

Rating: 5

We went today for the science exhibit. We had fun and learned new things. The staff was very kind and seemed excited about finding fun and educational activities for the kids.

Date: a year ago

Review №65

Rating: 5

Talk about a pleasant surprise! This ended up making the day a ton of fun and we learned a whole heck of a lot about the entire area and it s history. The exhibits were well arranged and easy to get to, fun to look at and super interesting with surprising things in each area. The old house out front, the miniature houses, the fossils and the mustache tea cup collections were all awesome parts of this museum and worth going to be along with the archaeology exhibit having a surprising amount of history. The staff is super friendly and happy to help and talk which added even more to the fun. We loved it and look forward to coming back

Date: a year ago

Review №66

Rating: 5

Always a welcoming vibe. Interesting displays. We came for the Native American event. Enjoyed talking with members of Four Winds.

Date: a year ago

Review №67

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №68

Rating: 5

Lots of really neat things

Date: a year ago

Review №69

Rating: 3

Date: a year ago

Review №70

Rating: 5

A Special Thanks to the Balloon Lady on Night at the Museum Night for doing a fabulous job!

Date: a year ago

Review №71

Rating: 5

I wish there were more historical figures for the kids.. but in all very enjoyable.

Date: a year ago

Review №72

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №73

Rating: 5

Lots of cool stuff here! Clean place lots of things you can get hands on with. Not to mention free! Make sure to check out the mustache tea cups.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №74

Rating: 5

Had a great time at Homeschool Day

Date: 2 years ago

Review №75

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №76

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №77

Rating: 5

Friendly staff. Alot of history about Salado here.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №78

Rating: 4

Local history at its best, miniature displays of the great houses of the area plus some fascinating exhibits.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №79

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №80

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №81

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №82

Rating: 5

Fun, interesting museum with many great exhibits!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №83

Rating: 4

Surprisingly nice quaint museum. It s free admission and very informative and clean. Their currently remodeling the second floor so we weren t able to see it, hopefully next time we come by we can.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №84

Rating: 5

We definitely enjoyed our visit to the Bell County Museum. We were greeted as soon as we came in and he made us feel welcome. We liked the exhibits very much, especially the one with the early modern era artifacts. It was nice to see that they have interactive activities for the kids in different areas of the museum. They also have a gift store and a library/ research area. Definitely worth a visit when you go to Belton.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №85

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №86

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №87

Rating: 5

Wonderful small museum representing the history of the Belton area and early settlement. Staff person very friendly and knowledgeable.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №88

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №89

Rating: 4

Neat little museum with a bit of history of the area. Very helpful staff and worth a quick stop if you are in the area. Pretty localized history of families and settlers there, I spent about half an hour and was satisfied.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №90

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №91

Rating: 5

Neat little place with good history

Date: 2 years ago

Review №92

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №93

Rating: 4

Small, but fun! Loved the spring break activities!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №94

Rating: 5

Donation-based museum. Wonderful information on local history, plus interactions exhibits for children. Several different exhibits to view to interest everyone!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №95

Rating: 1

Date: 2 years ago

Review №96

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №97

Rating: 5

Always willing to share information. They host amazing exhibits and events.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №98

Rating: 5

Interesting history, beautiful display of Charles J. Miller drawings.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №99

Rating: 5

Like the history!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №100

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №101

Rating: 5

Amazing experience! Our child loves history and had an awesome time getting to explore history that personally relates to our home town. Very friendly atmosphere, super helpful staff! Honestly, the only thing we did NOT like was that we wanted more to explore! We will definitely be back!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №102

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №103

Rating: 5

Great information and help on my project. Well worth the visit!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №104

Rating: 5

Fascinating recommended to all .. lots of history

Date: 2 years ago

Review №105

Rating: 5

Bell County Museum was one of the best stops on our road trip! Belton holds here a gem of information, fun curiosities, and the friendliest people in a beautiful very well taken care of building! Stephen was amazingly friendly and extra helpful! Stephen and Katie were very sweet and offered lots of tips on local treats to not miss! We decided to become museum NARM members, which Stephen laid out all the amazing perks for us! We are excited to use the museum membership benefits touring other spots all over the country! I m sure others will be hard to beat comparing to the friendliness and hospitality we received here in Belton! Thank Y all!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №106

Rating: 5

What a surprisingly great experience! All galleries are free and its a great way to learn some Central Texas history and archeology. The gift shop is worth visiting by itself. They have curated a selection of affordable gifts and their gem and geode prices are half what youll find elsewhere. Not only do they have a good selection, you can experience breaking open a geode yourself in store. An amazingly fun experience for less than $5.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №107

Rating: 5

Our first time visiting. What a nice treasure trove of info there.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №108

Rating: 5

Nice, clean, and bright with a delightfully friendly staff.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №109

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №110

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №111

Rating: 5

Amazing!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №112

Rating: 4

Good museum does not take long to see

Date: 2 years ago

Review №113

Rating: 5

Amazing place with so much History and character! The building itself is a restoration project from the 1800 s. The museum director on shift that day- apologies, I forgot his name- Steven, was wonderful, very informative and patient in answering all of my questions. He also was able to give me some pointers regarding preservation and restoration of historic buildings, as well as general town history- which was awesome! Had a great time and will return again if able to :,)

Date: 3 years ago

Review №114

Rating: 4

Date: 3 years ago

Review №115

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №116

Rating: 5

This place is very neat wife and I loved seeing all the history there and learning more about the surrounding area. Very informative and highly recommend

Date: 3 years ago

Review №117

Rating: 5

Great county museum. The curator was very friendly and helpful. The exhibits were informative, interesting and well displayed. Whenever my wife and I travel, we always visit the local museums. This is one of the better ones. Admission is free, but be sure to leave a donation.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №118

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №119

Rating: 4

Date: 3 years ago

Review №120

Rating: 4

Date: 3 years ago

Review №121

Rating: 4

Date: 3 years ago

Review №122

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №123

Rating: 5

Beautifull exhibits! Pristine facility. Warm welcome, and accommodating for special needs. Also, Thankyou Steve, for your help and information. So glad we made the trip (and will enjoy that huge book on our trip back home to Kansas City)

Date: 3 years ago

Review №124

Rating: 5

Curator was curtious and helpful. Was good to see past history, military information and artwork. Also like the miniature of historic buildins66, built by at man, 70, when he began. Built 30 and passed at age 95.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №125

Rating: 5

Cute museum. I enjoyed reading the early beginnings of Belton. I didnt see Hispanic contributions to the Belton community, maybe need to incorporate.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №126

Rating: 5

Great information about the local area and great personal who are helpful and nice :) A great place to visit.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №127

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №128

Rating: 5

Super informative and gave me knowledge of the area. Cool post office across the street too....

Date: 4 years ago

Review №129

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №130

Rating: 5

Great place for everyone to have fun and learn new things about local history .

Date: 4 years ago

Review №131

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №132

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №133

Rating: 5

What a great surprise! They had many toddler friendly exhibits our 2 year old love it! Highly recommend

Date: 4 years ago

Review №134

Rating: 2

Needs exhibits

Date: 4 years ago

Review №135

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №136

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №137

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №138

Rating: 5

My 5 year old was entertained and we learned a lot about Bell county! Lots of cool relics from the past!! For $0...it was an afternoon well spent and well definately go again!

Date: 4 years ago

Review №139

Rating: 5

Went to a musical (free) nice time and it lasted only two hours. Lots of people from the community came out. A singer from the Duncan Family was on program

Date: 4 years ago

Review №140

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №141

Rating: 5

Beautiful and historic

Date: 4 years ago

Review №142

Rating: 3

Date: 4 years ago

Review №143

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №144

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №145

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №146

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №147

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №148

Rating: 3

Date: 4 years ago

Review №149

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №150

Rating: 5

There was a wonderful lady there today that helped me and my sister find information on are moms ancestry with the Reed family. We really appreciate your help on finding what we were looking for! Thank you!

Date: 4 years ago

Review №151

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №152

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №153

Rating: 3

Nice to see local history

Date: 4 years ago

Review №154

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №155

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №156

Rating: 3

Nice place the person running it the day we went was very knowledgeable and very helpful and super nice too.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №157

Rating: 5

Outstanding museum, they always try to cater to the whole family instead of always having exhibits for the history buff.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №158

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №159

Rating: 5

Interesting, informative display.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №160

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №161

Rating: 5

Loved the displays and especially the Christmas toys through the ages one i saw when there during the Native American event they had

Date: 4 years ago

Review №162

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №163

Rating: 4

History.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №164

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №165

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №166

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №167

Rating: 4

Nice! Very informative! Enjoyed our visit. Thanks.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №168

Rating: 5

Love the history but had grandson with me so will have to return to read everything.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №169

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №170

Rating: 5

Nice exhibits, dia de los Muertos was very good.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №171

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №172

Rating: 5

Had lots of fun.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №173

Rating: 5

Interesting

Date: 4 years ago

Review №174

Rating: 4

It is really lovely in there I been in this area for years and never knew bout this place always pass it up

Date: 4 years ago

Review №175

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №176

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №177

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №178

Rating: 5

This is one of the best county museums that I have ever been to. I believe it is the best representation of Bell county history along with Texas history. Anything that has happened in Bell county, is mentioned. There are many exhibits which highlight the important events of Bell county, so you are never bored reading them. I would recommend this museum to any history buff or if you are going through the town and need a break, stop here to learn an interesting fact about Bell County!

Date: 5 years ago

Review №179

Rating: 5

She had fun at Weird Science. The museum was nice to walk through. Would definitely suggest it to anyone who hasnt been.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №180

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №181

Rating: 5

Really cool local museum. Learned a lot about Belton and its history. Ever since moving to Texas Ive wanted to do a deep dive into the history of the Hill Country area, so if you want heres a nice place to start.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №182

Rating: 5

My daughter loves it and we love the kid friendly activities.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №183

Rating: 5

Awesome place and its run on donations. Dont forget to drop some cash in the box!!

Date: 5 years ago

Review №184

Rating: 5

Super cute museum. Loved seeing the mustache tea cups!

Date: 5 years ago

Review №185

Rating: 5

I love the friendly staff and the always changing exhibits!! Also there is a gift shop!! And admission is free! You really cant go wrong. This museum is small in scale but represents Belton, Temple and Texas history !

Date: 5 years ago

Review №186

Rating: 4

Many interesting items on display. Small enough to not be overwhelming.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №187

Rating: 5

My family and I have been coming here for years the traveling exhibits are amazing! And my kids love going through and learning about Bell county. It is amazing even all these times later they always find something we missed. Their staff it too notch, and always there if you have any questions!

Date: 5 years ago

Review №188

Rating: 5

Great exposition of local history, including archaeological info on prehistoric Texas and the story of the Sanctified Sisters. More exhibits coming soon!

Date: 5 years ago

Review №189

Rating: 5

Awesome event I ever been, and I recommend you folks to take your children out there.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №190

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №191

Rating: 5

Very informative.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №192

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №193

Rating: 5

My nephew, Koury Angelo, just spoke at this wonderful museum.......great place with warm and friendly people working there........he also did a great job I have to say!.....lol

Date: 5 years ago

Review №194

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №195

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №196

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №197

Rating: 5

Super friendly staff, especially since we walked in so close to closing time. We LOVED the Rolling Stone Magazine exhibit, and the local history was charmingly displayed.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №198

Rating: 5

Kid friendly took all the summer camp kids and they loved it

Date: 5 years ago

Review №199

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №200

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago