draper natural history museum

168michellec168

Our favorite part of the museum. Always something new to discover. The kids love getting the embossed stamps on their booklet, and we all love the Yellowstone National Park connection. So worth going...we LOVE IT!

MikeC679

This museum is part of the Buffalo Bill Center. The displays are very well done and they do a nice job of explaining the area's natural development. Not a huge amount of interactive displays, but the ones they have serve as good teaching tools. Great museum for the kids.

MatthewF226

I thought that the way this is laid-out was excellent. Basing the flow of the museum on the elevation of the surrounding land, starting "up top" and working your way down, was an inventive way of explaining life in the Wyoming northwest.

UTtraveler84121

Plenty of fun stuff for all ages about all different types of animals, their habitat and the broad natural history of the region. These tie in nicely with a trip to Yellowstone before or after Cody.TEACHERS NOTE: They seem to have a regular program where one of their docents and an assistant will go through the museum with an I-Pad and basically conduct a live tour of the museum as a class, asking questions, etc via the internet. This is a GREAT idea, and an opportunity for distance learning. Well worth checking out, and emulating in other top quality museums. While your local teacher could possibly do something like this if they visited, the BBCOW staff know the exhibits and are able to keep things moving along to hold interest and ask questions. Plus a different teacher may help. Again, a great innovation and opportunity. Teachers, check it out!!!

TexasCatBird

The Draper Museum of Natural History is worth some visiting time when you are at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, especially since your ticket includes this museum. We found the upward spiral exhibit arrangement to be unique (we started from the basement and worked our way up). I liked the exhibits to be well executed and had enough information to keep them interesting and visually pleasing.

srussel

This starts with a walk through the animals and vegetation to be found above 10,000 feet and moves on down. There are interactive installations, movies, all kinds of things to interest people of all ages.

ScottandRene

This museum is included in the ticket price of the Bill Cody Center for the West. The only natural history museum we've ever seen that compares to this is the Smithsonian in DC. The attention to local terrain and environment is fascinating. Don't pass this up! Buy your tickets online and save!!

Hondasaki_cat_girl

Living in Wyoming, this museum didn't have much of an impact on me as the rest. If you are from a metropolitan area, or just from an area outside of the west you should spend some time here.

msmarl

Whatever you wanted to know about the flora and fauna in Montana and Wyoming is right here. Wonderful dioramas and lots to touch and explore. Highly recommended! Smithsonian quality.

PrincessScribe

As a member of the museum, it is always refreshing to take a walk back in time to see how the west began. Good place for kids to learn.

Brenda5443

It is a wonderful place to start before going into Yellowstone.The museum helps one understand the different regions at each altitude so you know what animals to look for.Great for children...fun with an animal passport program.Very informative and educational.Love going here.

KaTe2

Set up to take you down layers from mountain top to ground, this museum showcases many different creatures and takes its time with each to properly give a respect and understanding of nature's forces and world. Really good place to take children 9+ to learn about forests and creatures.

sidmarh

This museum is inside the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and is integrated into it very well. You get a two day admission for the price of one and you should take advantage of it because this whole complex is so big!

wellwhateverfor

So informative. I read everything. It was great to have checked it out before heading into Yellowstone to understand the animals and history of the park better.

LeslieH254

You walk down a spiral display area and the flora and fauna are for the corresponding elevation. Like walking from a mountaintop to sea level. Then they start the underground, archeology level.