WOW! This place is totally amazing!!!! My husband and I stayed in Bozeman for a few days before heading to Yellowstone and found out about the museum. What an incredible experience! The displays and information about each one are simply breathtaking. We were walking around in awe the whole time. We also watched one of the movies. We HIGHLY recommend!

I really enjoy museums with dinosaurs and other ancient creatures. My daughter, grandson, and I stayed in Bozeman just so we could go to the museum. The Museum of the Rockies was absolutely great! We now follow it on Facebook and will definitely plan another visit!

We needed to kill a half day in Bozeman before heading on to Yellowstone. After touring the town, we decided to visit the Museum of the Rockies. We started with a presentation of the “Montana Night Skies” in the Planetarium – which is part of your day ticket. A really excellent and informative experience. When they tell you to get to the Planetarium 15 minutes early, they mean it. It was almost completely full with 10 minutes to go. The dinosaur exhibits and fossils are hands-down the best I’ve ever seen. Truly an amazing presentation of a large variety of dinosaurs. There was also a photography exhibit "Conserving America’s Wildlands” featuring breathtaking images from Ted Turner’s conservation properties across the country. This was one of the most pleasant and fun surprises we’ve come across in our recent travels.

I have been to a lot of museums like this, where history and natural history meet, but I have never seen as many fossils as I saw at the Museum of the Rockies. I also learned a ton about dinosaurs, their evolution and the uniqueness of the species found only in Montana and the rest of the Rockies. I spent about a hour wandering around, which is long time for me, since I usually power through most museums. But again, there was a lot to see. They also have exhibits about Yellowstone and Native Americans as well as local history. Really fascinating. I was also note there were a ton of families visiting, since it was a Sunday and what kid (or adult) doesn’t love dinosaurs.

What a pleasure to visit a museum which was accessible to all levels, child and adult without exhibits being dumbed down and visitors being patronised. (Eg: how do you think dinosaurs felt?). The outstanding exhibition was highly educational for example in describing the various stages of earth’s evolution and with an interesting machine showing the amount of time each geological aeon lasted. This was fun for kids. The information itself clearly explained how life evolved and how thermo-Phillip micro organisms released oxygen as an by product of photosynthesis over about 3 billion years completely altering the earth’s atmosphere. A clear exposition of the scientific method: observation, hypothesis, testing and theory would be a useful addition to nearly all the museums I have visited and it was there! The outstanding section and collection of dinosaur fossils was enhanced, for example by a short video explaining how growth rings in bone can be measured to estimate age and how bone circumference can be used to estimate the weight of adult dinosaurs (as much as 8,000 Kg). It was particularly interesting and encouraging to see scientific paper references for the more academic visitors. I liked the sponsors being acknowledged as caring and feeding a skeleton! Areas for children seemed popular and a room of mythical creatures surely encouraged younger persons engagement

We visited Museum of the Rockies as a side trip to Yellowstone. It was our first time there and it was well worth the 90 minute drive from West Yellowstone. Because we are members at an associated museum, there was no entry cost. If you look on the Museum of the Rockies website, it will give you a link to find associated museums that they will honor membership for. As we entered the museum, it didn’t seem that overwhelming or amazing. We walked through the displays on mythical beasts and then there was an interactive display on Montana history. There was a nice section on the Native American culture in the area. The real draw for us was the dinosaur fossil display. The fossils are amazing. So many of them come from Montana, which adds to the interest level. One part of the display had four different Tyrannosaurus Rex skulls. There is a great display of Triceratops fossils from juvenile to adult. This was the area we spent a vast majority of our time at the museum and it was so worth it. I highly recommend a visit to the Museum of the Rockies, even if you make the drive up from West Yellowstone. It is a beautiful drive and combined with lunch afterwards makes for a great day out of the park. This is one of the most amazing museums I have ever visited, and I hope to return in the future.

Loved my visit to the Museum of the Rockies. Gotta say the dinosaurs were my favorite part. For an extra $4 I bought a ticket to one of the planetarium shows. There are 3 or 4 different shows throughout the day/week. Fabulous show. Note there is no cafe or restaurant inside the museum. There is a museum store when you first walk into the museum. There are 3 stories - basement has classrooms, restrooms and vending machines - main floor is the museum, planetarium, gift shop and 3rd floor is a children’s hands-on interactive museum. There are several restrooms throughout the museum. The dinosaur section seemed to be the most popular with visitors and the largest section of the museum. Really incredible to see and read about the abundance of dinosaurs in this area of Montana. There is an outdoor section of the museum with pioneer buildings. With temperatures in the high 90s I didn’t take the time to walk around outside. Stayed inside the air conditioned building. Highly recommend this museum, especially if you are looking for time with dinosaurs.

Just go, it's spectacular! I have been to a number of dinosaur museums in the past (Field Museum in Chicago to name one) and this exhibit was incredible! I don't think I've ever seen such a complete skeleton of the T-rex and triceratops. The progression of triceratop and T-rex skulls was fascinating. Unfortunately, we had a short time, so just came to see the dinosaur exhibit, so cannot comment on the rest of the museum, but I will say that the hall of giants alone is worth the price of admission.

I could have spent the whole day here, but unfortunately only had a few hours. So informative! I am a long time dinosaur lover and still learned a lot during my visit. The gift shop had many reasonably priced items that I brought home for my kids/grandkid. Definitely was worth the side trip for us.