Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History

Review №1

Rating: 5

Went to an event that was held here. The area was very clean, organized, and very inviting. The staff were very helpful. If you are looking for a spot to hold an event, dont forget to get a tour of this venue .

Date: a month ago

Review №2

Rating: 5

This is a wonderful place filled with interesting things to look at. My children have attended the summer and winter camps here for the past few years and they always have a blast and learn so much. We are so thankful for this museum and the staff that work here- they are kind and wonderful with kids! Thank you for all you do to support our community!

Date: 2 months ago

Review №3

Rating: 5

This was a great place to visit. It was very informative about the history of the area, and had lots of exhibits of animals from here and from other locations and times.

Date: 2 months ago

Review №4

Rating: 5

A great collection of natural and cultural items with ever changing themes, currently featuring trains. I love the wildlife area with live creatures like the bee hive!

Date: 2 months ago

Review №5

Rating: 5

This is great museum

Date: 3 months ago

Review №6

Rating: 4

Date: 3 months ago

Review №7

Rating: 5

Fun and kid friendly

Date: 3 months ago

Review №8

Rating: 5

Lots of information about animals past and present, plus railroad and old west displays. Its an inexpensive way to spend an hour or more and learn something about the Brazos Valley.

Date: 4 months ago

Review №9

Rating: 5

My daughter loves the summer day camp here. The staff are so kind and patient.

Date: 4 months ago

Review №10

Rating: 5

Date: 4 months ago

Review №11

Rating: 5

Awesome little museum with a low entry price.

Date: 4 months ago

Review №12

Rating: 5

I enjoy coming back to this museum from time to time to see the visiting exhibits. The current one which is leaving on May 18th is about trains in the Brazos Valley and Texas in general.

Date: 4 months ago

Review №13

Rating: 5

Date: 5 months ago

Review №14

Rating: 5

beautiful place

Date: 5 months ago

Review №15

Rating: 5

Date: 5 months ago

Review №16

Rating: 5

We had a wonderful time at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History. Our group included our 2 year old son. He loved seeing the dinosaur and train exhibits. We spend a lot of time in the Discovery Room seeing all of the animals and interacting with the children s activities. It was a perfect rainy day family activity.

Date: 6 months ago

Review №17

Rating: 5

Date: 6 months ago

Review №18

Rating: 5

Great place to learn something and spend time with family

Date: 6 months ago

Review №19

Rating: 5

Date: 6 months ago

Review №20

Rating: 5

Great time for the hole family kid friendly

Date: 7 months ago

Review №21

Rating: 5

Date: 8 months ago

Review №22

Rating: 5

Small, homey, well worth a visit if you are into history.

Date: 8 months ago

Review №23

Rating: 5

Date: 8 months ago

Review №24

Rating: 5

This is a wonderful museum. The staff is friendly and they have amazing camps for children over winter break and summer.

Date: 8 months ago

Review №25

Rating: 5

This is a small natural history museum that also has details about the Brazos Valley. It always has a rotating main attraction exhibit. My department schedules our holiday party here every couple of years. This year the special exhibit is about trains.

Date: 9 months ago

Review №26

Rating: 5

Date: 9 months ago

Review №27

Rating: 5

Date: 9 months ago

Review №28

Rating: 4

Date: 9 months ago

Review №29

Rating: 5

This was such an excellent museum! I really liked the Bird Sounds Bible and the room with living creatures. The snapping turtle was a highlight! Beautiful museum.

Date: 10 months ago

Review №30

Rating: 5

Date: 11 months ago

Review №31

Rating: 5

Was here for Boonville festival. Booths with historical items and very personable historians sharing their knowledge. Mouth watering authentic chuckwagons serving some of the BEST chicken fried steak, cornbread, mashed potatoes, beans, and cobbler. Looking forward to next year. #RTSChuckwagon

Date: 11 months ago

Review №32

Rating: 4

Date: 11 months ago

Review №33

Rating: 4

Date: a year ago

Review №34

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №35

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №36

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №37

Rating: 4

Could use a little more. Feel theres way more local history than showcased. Overall great place to spend a few minutes!

Date: a year ago

Review №38

Rating: 4

Date: a year ago

Review №39

Rating: 5

Very nice museum

Date: a year ago

Review №40

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №41

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №42

Rating: 5

This museum had many exhibits and only cost $5 per person.

Date: a year ago

Review №43

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №44

Rating: 5

Its not real big but there are some interesting things for sure. Only $5 admission was well worth it!

Date: a year ago

Review №45

Rating: 5

Very interesting and fun for all ages.

Date: a year ago

Review №46

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №47

Rating: 4

Small, but nice! The staff is helpful and informative.

Date: a year ago

Review №48

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №49

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №50

Rating: 2

It was a big building and if you re not from the area you won t realize how small the actual museum is. Very off putting and just a couple of small hallways of artifacts. At least the cost was $1 when visiting that day.

Date: a year ago

Review №51

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №52

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №53

Rating: 5

This is wonderful little museum! It s located just outside of college station. Your family is sure to love this wonderful museum. There are lots of cool creepy crawlers to see and tons of history to learn about. Our kids absolutely loved visiting this museum. We learned a lot about the wildlife in the Brazos river, Texas, and history of settlers. This is the perfect day outing to keep the kids (and yourself) occupied this summer! You will love all the rich history and interactive displays. Check ahead for hours of operation & you might want to call and make sure all exhibits are open beforehand. We went when 2 rooms were behind redone so we will need to go back to see those. Follow us on instagram @sc_crew_family

Date: a year ago

Review №54

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №55

Rating: 5

A small place with lots to see. The staff was very nice and informative. The place was clean (restrooms included). We enjoyed our visit.

Date: a year ago

Review №56

Rating: 4

I love all types of museums and this one was fun - I expected it to be larger but some very interesting exhibits

Date: a year ago

Review №57

Rating: 5

First time visiting this museum and we were impressed. They have so much neat and interesting history pictures and other items. I definitely enjoyed the visit and will be back to the museum when we are back in town again.

Date: a year ago

Review №58

Rating: 4

After doing a lot of research to try to find something to do with the family I found this museum. The website made it look huge. We pulled up and the building is huge. My sisters asked how long it will take.I said from the website and how big it looks a couple hours. The museum was small compared to what we thought it was. We were in and out in under 30 minutes. Now we went to heritage park which I believe is an extension of the museum and we had more fun at that. That took us over an hr and a half to get through and there was a knowledge, kind, funny actor there that answered our questions about things back then. We really enjoyed that part and will be back

Date: a year ago

Review №59

Rating: 5

THE best alot of Crystal and selling things also alot of historic things

Date: a year ago

Review №60

Rating: 5

Pleasantly surprised at the quality of exibits.

Date: a year ago

Review №61

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №62

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №63

Rating: 5

I took my residents from Alders Magnolia to the Brazos Valley Museum. They really liked all of the different things they had on show. The staff was so nice! This was one of our day trips, so it was a nice little drive there! Bluebonnets are everywhere along the way! This will be a yearly trip for our community!

Date: a year ago

Review №64

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №65

Rating: 5

As someone mentioned its not a big local museum but there are lots of info on different topics. They have rotating exhibits, at the time of my visit it was about origin of dogs, info on wolves and other canines. Small but interesting displays of rocks I enjoyed. Small reptile area, live beehive. There and here are small interactive areas for kids. And please dont moan about 5$ fee, its worth it. And donate if you able.

Date: a year ago

Review №66

Rating: 5

A small museum with some geological history, Texas history, and various other knick knacks. Pretty cool spot, and only $4 for students to get in.

Date: a year ago

Review №67

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №68

Rating: 4

Another great experience. Some new exhibits, and some long-standing classics.

Date: a year ago

Review №69

Rating: 4

Date: a year ago

Review №70

Rating: 5

Good small museum. We all enjoyed it from 7years of age to grandparents. They run different exhibits throughout the year.

Date: a year ago

Review №71

Rating: 5

Nice

Date: a year ago

Review №72

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №73

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №74

Rating: 5

Just the right size for shorter attention spans.

Date: a year ago

Review №75

Rating: 1

Not worth the admission. Maybe this is just a school child field trip place.

Date: a year ago

Review №76

Rating: 3

Date: a year ago

Review №77

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №78

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №79

Rating: 4

Took my grandchildren for Booneville Days

Date: 2 years ago

Review №80

Rating: 4

Went to the museum to kill some time, small museum but very nice the game collection was fun to see and you could play some of them definitely would recommend for someone with a family of children not necessarily for group of adults but was still enjoyable

Date: 2 years ago

Review №81

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №82

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №83

Rating: 5

This is a well presented collection of interesting displays. Something for everyone. Geology, local history, paleontology, western artifacts. An under appreciated local gem. Worth a good look!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №84

Rating: 5

Very fun the board game section brings back so many memories afterwards we hit Amazon and bought a bunch of board games kids had fun a good place to go when u want to kill a hour

Date: 2 years ago

Review №85

Rating: 5

Went to a family reunion in the center! Everything was very nice!!!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №86

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №87

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №88

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №89

Rating: 5

Most fun Ive had in a small museum in years. Watched bees do a honey dance, a snake mont and played lawn chess.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №90

Rating: 2

Probably a good place but it was closed for roof repairs.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №91

Rating: 5

Wonderful place. Excellent summer camp.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №92

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №93

Rating: 5

Very cool place.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №94

Rating: 3

Date: 2 years ago

Review №95

Rating: 5

The exhibits are very nice. Not too crowded. Lots of room to walk through the exhibits at your own pace. They also have some live animals in a childrens area. Looking forward to going back!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №96

Rating: 4

Came here for my sons field trip. Its a small museum for such a large building. Most of its space seems to be for admin. However, the exhibits themselves were good and plenty for a pre-k class. The staff is friendly and I personally enjoyed the experience. It just needs a little more for adults and older kids.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №97

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №98

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №99

Rating: 5

I went to the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №100

Rating: 5

Small, well laid out museum.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №101

Rating: 3

Small little museum interesting items the funniest was this shell of an animal my husband squeezed into lol..... we always have fun together

Date: 2 years ago

Review №102

Rating: 5

Think you so much

Date: 2 years ago

Review №103

Rating: 5

Small museum with a lot to look at. Perfect place to take young children too!!! Loved it.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №104

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №105

Rating: 5

It was a great museum lots of cool things for the little kids

Date: 2 years ago

Review №106

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №107

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №108

Rating: 5

Nice little museum, better than expected! We were pleasantly surprised by all the wonderful fossils. The live animals were fun. The museum is like a big natural history curio cabinet! Thank you!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №109

Rating: 1

What happened to all the Indian arrow heads? There was also nice rock collection and even ear letters with allot of war artifacts because in WW2 we were a prominent area for soldiers and were a crossing spot and a entrance or transportation for military. Plus there was allot more ocean artifacts and hope it went to Bush Museum.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №110

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №111

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №112

Rating: 2

Great building and grounds. Lots of staff. But woefully minimal content, haphazardly arranged. When compared to other local Texas museums weve visited, this one is poor. There are some interesting historical items, but not chronologically nor logically arranged to tell a story of the region. Nice but very old taxidermy on display. This museum lacks a clear mission, and is just a hodge-podge of old stuff donated. Sad.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №113

Rating: 5

Very nice museum, many live animals. I was there for hours just to watch the snapping turtle Boris catching fish.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №114

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №115

Rating: 5

Great museum, especially for a smaller community. Lots of local history!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №116

Rating: 5

The carrey was very well organized, the festival was very nice and the food was delicious

Date: 2 years ago

Review №117

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №118

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №119

Rating: 4

I enjoyed it. It has a lot of knowledge packed within the walls. I like how they have space for interactive learning and teaching.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №120

Rating: 3

With all the resources Texas has you would think they would funnel more resources into enrichment for children . The staff is very kind and friendly.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №121

Rating: 5

It is rather small, so dont expect to spend too much time there. They do have live animals and some toys/crayons for kids to play with.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №122

Rating: 5

This place is a little gem of the BCS area. So much science and history packed into a little place. They even have live animals and interactive exhibits! Do not pass up the chance to go.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №123

Rating: 5

Great museum and a wonderful learning experience for the kids.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №124

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №125

Rating: 5

A very unique experience. I especially enjoy the bees!

Date: 3 years ago

Review №126

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №127

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №128

Rating: 5

Love it. Kids run from one thing to the next. They were excited.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №129

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №130

Rating: 5

I like the employees and be able to relax and see new stuff every couple months

Date: 3 years ago

Review №131

Rating: 5

Small but nice place to visit. The kids enjoyed it.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №132

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №133

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №134

Rating: 5

Its not as big as the larger museums in Houston and Austin, but my son and I enjoyed it a lot. He really enjoyed the gem collection, the snakes, and the indoor bee hive.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №135

Rating: 5

This is a small museum but it can be really interesting to visit with family.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №136

Rating: 5

Great little museum for the kids!! They loved it. Great price as well.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №137

Rating: 5

Love this museum. Its not big, but some of the rotating exhibits are phenomenal. Their fossils are much higher quality than I expected from a museum that size. It is very kid friendly, particularly their room with the animals.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №138

Rating: 5

Small but theu pack a lot of info into the little space, me and my boys actually had a great time walking through, we did spend an ridiculous amount of time watching the live bee hive trying to fimd the queen. Will definitely visit again as more themes are brought in.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №139

Rating: 5

Really awesome museum, they have a kids playroom type area with a fair amount of live animals and the COOLEST beehive that shows great detail in side. It s pretty amazing. It s my favorite part. They have a show room that changes every few months that is super informative and really neat artifacts in a room that looks like an office? Every first Tuesday is discount admission albeit admission is affordable otherwise. It s kinda small but you can kill a fair amount of time ( an hour or two) looking and learning; they also have cool stuff to look at outside and a nice spot to have a picnic. I come here every few months and I think it s totally worth it! Of the 5+ times I ve gone me and the kiddo are the only ones... one time there was a field trip and those kids were well behaved. 10/10 would reccomend for a fun activity.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №140

Rating: 1

It was a pretty nice little museum. I didnt like the liberal following us around telling us to put our masks on when it was just my family in the whole museum. I wouldnt go there again.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №141

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №142

Rating: 5

Great exhibit on birds, I highly recommend it.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №143

Rating: 4

Not big but Pretty Darn Cool...

Date: 3 years ago

Review №144

Rating: 4

Date: 3 years ago

Review №145

Rating: 4

Date: 3 years ago

Review №146

Rating: 3

This place has some amazing facts...check it out

Date: 3 years ago

Review №147

Rating: 5

Great

Date: 3 years ago

Review №148

Rating: 3

This little museum had so many neat things to look at! There was even real animals.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №149

Rating: 5

They always have a new exhibit coming every couple months. They have programs for kids, and amazing events

Date: 3 years ago

Review №150

Rating: 5

Nice

Date: 3 years ago

Review №151

Rating: 5

Nice place to spend some time, alittle small but nice things to observe.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №152

Rating: 4

A little small, but very informative. 7 y-o loved it and was fully immersed!

Date: 4 years ago

Review №153

Rating: 5

This little museum had so many neat things to look at! There was even real animals. My favorite was the water turtle here, he was very friendly. The staff was very polite and friendly.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №154

Rating: 5

Would recommend this to Family and friends, brought my nephews last Friday and they were so happy to take a small trip.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №155

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №156

Rating: 5

This place is very relaxed and has interesting exhibits and an affordable gift shop

Date: 4 years ago

Review №157

Rating: 5

Nice little museum

Date: 4 years ago

Review №158

Rating: 2

Ok so there isn t any other Natural History Museum in College Station. So I guess it s better than nothing. It seriously is two rooms filled with a few things. They are cool things, but you pay five bucks to look at some pretty basic things that are found at every other museum. The best part is the little fish tank they have at the front in my opinion. Overall it s just kind of meh. It s ok, better than nothing I guess!

Date: 4 years ago

Review №159

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №160

Rating: 5

For the size, it is worth a visit. During my visit, the history of board games was on display. The display brought a new meaning to the original use of board games.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №161

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №162

Rating: 4

We enjoyed our 1.5 hours. Fun way to kill some time and learn a little.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №163

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №164

Rating: 5

An adorable little place to spend an hour. Great bang for your buck. Im looking forward to coming back for their next rotating exhibit.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №165

Rating: 4

Great crew...an asset for Bryan snd the Brazos Valley.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №166

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №167

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №168

Rating: 5

Went here for their Holiday Showcase where vendors come in to sell their arts and crafts. A friend of mine sold wreaths she made. They are so beautiful. The showcase was really nice. There was some really great food. And they bagged up everything you bought. So friendly. Also a great fundraiser for the museum.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №169

Rating: 4

Small museum, well kept, perfect for kids!

Date: 4 years ago

Review №170

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №171

Rating: 5

Verry informative

Date: 4 years ago

Review №172

Rating: 5

Small but packed with a lot of stuff. Really enjoyed the Discovery room!

Date: 4 years ago

Review №173

Rating: 5

It is kinda small, but very nice stuff covering a wide variety of history.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №174

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №175

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №176

Rating: 5

Small museum. But worth it

Date: 5 years ago

Review №177

Rating: 1

Very small. I understand operating cost, but it should be cheaper than $5 to get in to see a rock collection.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №178

Rating: 1

Date: 5 years ago

Review №179

Rating: 5

Such a nice place, with great staff. A lot of intresting things, plus live animals. My sons favorite was the live bees and Boris the turtle! A very cute, local museum. A good place to spead with your kids on a school holiday. It was cold when we went, but we will definitely be back with a packed lunch to eat outside.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №180

Rating: 4

The Google description starts with large ... well, this one is hardly large. I really took my time and spent about an hour here. Kids would probably blow through in 30 minutes. Its not only natural history, there are some historic displays of the area such as weaving, chuck wagons, etc. Good for a nice, short, educational visit.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №181

Rating: 5

We love taking our nieces and family members to the museum!! The staff is friendly, the exhibits constantly change and the exhibit openings are very interesting and the speakers both educational and interesting!! We highly recommend going and experiencing and supporting the museum of natural history. Doug and Cheryl Pederson

Date: 6 years ago

Review №182

Rating: 1

Smallest museum I believe Ive ever been too. There was a section that was covered for remodel, but even with it open it wouldnt be much better. What the heck is the rest of the huge building for? $22 for a family of 5 and were were in and out in 30 min. Disappointed :(

Date: 6 years ago

Review №183

Rating: 4

Fun small museum, great interactive animal area for kids (and adults!).

Date: 6 years ago

Review №184

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №185

Rating: 4

Date: 7 years ago

Review №186

Rating: 3

Its okay, small and nice. Dont have much

Date: 7 years ago

Review №187

Rating: 5

Awesome!

Date: 7 years ago

Review №188

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №189

Rating: 5

They have A LOT of cool stuf I highly recommend it

Date: 7 years ago

Review №190

Rating: 5

Amazing

Date: 7 years ago

Review №191

Rating: 4

Dont whats this place is I just drove by stopped and boom a Museum lol it was small and nice

Date: 8 years ago

Review №192

Rating: 5

Date: 8 years ago

Review №193

Rating: 5

Date: 9 years ago