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North Museum of Nature and Science, Lancaster PA

Address 400 College Ave, Lancaster, PA
Phone (717) 358-3941
Hours
Wednesday10:00am-3:00pm
Thursday10:00am-3:00pm
Friday10:00am-3:00pm
Saturday10:00am-3:00pm
Sunday10:00am-3:00pm
Website www.northmuseum.org
Categories Science Museum, Museum, Natural History Museum, Tourist Attraction
Rating 4.3 16 reviews
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North Museum of Nature and Science reviews

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Lexi
September 27, 2023 7:07 am

This place is nice, but too small! You only have three rooms, so it can be boring. Also, the astronaut's left arm was coming off.

Ne Thomas
September 15, 2023 10:53 pm

We took our grandson to the dinosaur exhibit. It's a small Museum, but they did a nice job and he loved the interactive parts.

Kayla
September 05, 2023 4:07 pm

Lots to see here, but it is small so plan for a visit of an hour or maybe an hour and a half tops.

My 5 year old loved the fossils, bee hive, microscope, live animals, and rocks. They also have a whole section of stuffed birds.

The main floor is more interactive with dinosaurs and kids activities, the basement is where the birds and rocks are, and the third floor only has a small section of coral.

I would definitely take my daughter here again but would wait a little so it still feels new with its size.

Street parking for this museum.

Jeff
September 05, 2023 4:14 am

Our boys loved this place! They pack a lot into a small area from the dinosaur exhibit to the live reptiles area. So happy we stopped here, very kind people there and very reasonable prices

ej hagen
August 23, 2023 3:32 am

Recently went here after hearing about art here while at West Art. Great little museum with dinosaur fossils and a planetarium. What they don't advertise is on the 2nd floor there is a large exhibit of really cool cosmic blacklight paintings by a local artist. Although there are no black lights up there. Still impressive abstract work. Glad I heard about it or I would have never known.

T Stoey
August 15, 2023 9:58 pm

Really fun museum! Very hands-on for kids, as well. The museum has 3 levels to it, and a small gift shop on the main floor. The live animals area was awesome, and they even brought out one of the large monitor lizards to feed and pet!
Went during the dinosaur exhibit, which was cool, but was hoping for more interactive stuff. Overall, this museum is definitely worth checking out!

Adam
July 21, 2023 9:49 pm

Nice museum for kids, albeit very small. Only about an hour is needed to see everything (except the planetarium). The Sky Tour show in the planetarium was very enjoyable. In the future, I would just get tickets to the planetarium show because the other exhibits are not worth seeing a second time.

Tracie
May 25, 2023 1:00 pm

My grandchildren loved it. Hands on activities. A wealth of information is available. Not crazy big like most museums that little kids could get tired walking around in.

Russell
May 15, 2023 9:14 am

Nice place but not very big. I expected more for what we paid. Not much interactive stuff.

Theodicist
May 14, 2023 5:55 pm

It's cute, but you can get the same (or better) experience for free at Bass Pro in Harrisburg, or That Fish Place on Centerville Road.
Seriously mismanaged.
If you're visiting Lancaster, don't go here. It's not worth your trip.

Dana
May 04, 2023 4:18 pm

This is a great small museum with lots of interactive exhibits. We spent 1.5 hours at this museum and we used our reciprocal agreement from another membership that we already have to get in for free. Nice front desk staff. Clean facility,

Colby
April 16, 2023 9:12 pm

The staff were so friendly and helpful. Brought two service dogs for a training trip and they were amazingly accomadating. A lovely visit with amazing exhibits:)

G. Robert Wagner
March 27, 2023 9:15 am

Loved going there with my school years ago, still great place to visit. Staff is helpful and friendly and know a lot. Enjoy one of the wonderful places in Lancaster. I still have a shirt from there years ago, was a pen and ink illustration with color underlay, very cool.

J M
March 12, 2023 5:31 am

Great exhibits of fossils, birds, reptiles, and more. Planetarium shows for kids every weekend. Themes change every month. We love it here!

Lisa
March 04, 2023 12:19 am

Beautiful museum for science and nature education. My 6 year old granddaughter loves it there so much that my daughter bought a membership. The staff are all so nice. The museum is clean and easy to navigate too!

Jessica
March 03, 2023 11:27 pm

The most Bird taxidermy’s I’ve ever seen was really cool! Loved looking at all the minerals collected as well!

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