Amherst College Museum of Natural History, Massachusetts, United States
5.0 (105 reviews) Tuesday: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent Ranking #2 in Hampshire County Speciality Museums
A Must Do with Near UMass!
This museum was originally a "time-filler" between activities while we were visiting our son at UMass for the weekend. Once we arrived at the museum, we were pleasantly surprised at the variety of topics covered. Although many of the exhibits were display molds, a good number were genuine artifacts discovered through archaeological digs and findings. the museum is located in a great area - centrally located to anything we needed. Added bonus that the exhibit was free; we'll be back!
Address
11 Barrett Hill Road Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002
Mobile
Website
http://www.amherst.edu/museums/naturalhistory
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday : 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday : 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 22:21
User Ratings
5.0 based on (105 reviews)
Reviews
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5George C 5:00 PM Jul 10, 2022
Science Prof reviewing the museum
It is a wonderful first museum for young scientists. It is small and not overwhelming. A fine collection of relatable fossils and exhibits. It is doable in a short visit. Kids have limited attention spans, this one perks them up for the bigger ones like Aggaziz or the NYC masterpiece.
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4Genetically_modified 5:00 PM Apr 11, 2008
Small but great museum with world's largest collection of dino footprints
Wonderful museum in picturesque Amherst MA. Free admission. "The museum contains three floors of exhibits and over 1700 individual specimens on display. Highlights include: The first (entrance floor) features a variety of displays on vertebrate evolution and extinction, including free standing fossil skeletons of a mammoth, mastodon, dire wolf, saber-toothed cat, Irish Elk and cave bear. Fossils from Amherst College expeditions to Patagonian and the American west are exhibited, in additional to recently extinct birds such as the moa and the ivory billed woodpecker. The second floor demonstrates the occurrence of geological phenomena in the Connecticut River Valley including mountain building and glaciation, as well as local animal and plant fossils, and a small exhibit on human evolution and teeth. The ground floor displays the world’s largest collection of dinosaur tracks (primarily from the Connecticut River Valley), skulls of a Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops and a diorama with a model showing what some of our local dinosaur species might have looked like. There is also a cast of a dinosaur track “book” that visitors can handle. Both the first and second floors include drawers that can be pulled open to view specimens from the museum’s various collections. Minerals and meteorites from the local area and around the world are displayed in cases in the corridor that runs between the museum and the Geology Department, with whom we share the Earth Sciences building.No groups are allowed in the hallways during the week to avoid disturbing classes."
