UW Geology Museum

1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, USA

Address:	1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Phone:	+1 608-262-2399
Site:	geologymuseum.org
Rating:	4.6
Working:	8:30AM–4:30PM 8:30AM–4:30PM 8:30AM–4:30PM 8:30AM–4:30PM 8:30AM–4:30PM 9AM–1PM Closed

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Reviews 23

Grace V

Was helped out when my family and I found a strange looking bone on a sand bar a couple years back. I believe the women that helped us went by Elizabeth... she was very nice and showed us a lot of cool things... Turned out the bone was from cattle but the trip was well worth the drive!! (This was about 5 years ago)

Michael Cardiff

A true treasure near downtown madison. Free, open weekdays and saturdays, and an amazing collection given the small location. Includes dinosaur fossils, mineral samples, views to a fossil preparation lab, and excellent guided tours (if booked in advance)

Srdjan Milosavljevic

Super fun to take your little ones to explore the time before time. Lots of fun neat things to see. I would recommend going. Best part, its free! But you can also contribute or donate to this awesome historic adventure.

Ben Payne

An excellent museum for young scientists! With a large number of rock and mineral samples, some exotic fossils, and even a meteorite from mars, its well worth a Saturday morning trek downtown to learn. And its free!

Shelby Hoffman

Great size and number of exhibits for a free museum. Lots of interesting artifacts and information. Great for kids. Spent about an hour there, but you could easily spend longer if you read everything. Will go again.

Grace Gabagaya

A learning experience about everything to do with rocks, stones and fossils. It is great to take kids here to see things practically.

Scott Hartman

Theres no better place in Madison to explore Earths history, and no better subject than fossils to get kids excited about science.

Eric Jacobs

Great place to kill some time with the kids or alone. Small museum but plenty to look at. The Dinos are pretty awesome too.

Christopher McAllester

Nice little museum with both geological and paleontological sections. The fluorescence exhibit is especially nice.

Brett Dimmer

Wide variety of exhibits, great stop with the kids (its pretty small and easy to navigate), and its free!

Adam Skrzeszewski

Its a free and fun museum that you can learn a lot at, and its great for kids and as well as adults.