Dinosaur Museum of Drumheller — Attraction in Alberta

A bit pricey for how small it is, but I can see how the animatronic dinosaurs are driving the price up, and my kids loved them. We weren't in there very long, we did the gemstone search. We were a bit put off at the very start that for my husband and I to help our young kids search for the gems to fill their vials, we had to pay an extra $2 each. They upgraded the size of 2 out of the 3 vials we got, which I didn't notice until we were in. In the future, please never change 2 out of 3 kids vials - either offer to upgrade all or don't bother - kids fight over stuff like this.

A warning to any parents worried about chemicals on sensitive skin: the water in the gem digging containers understandably contains either chlorine or bleach. I'm sure this is a great thing for public safety and cleanliness, but there is no signs alerting people to this and a few in our clan with sensitive skin came home with a rash that we could only attribute to this. (Only on the hands/wrists, we didn't use any new soaps or lotions, etc.)

Anyway, young children may become quite bored with the gems and give up easily so I'd recommend paying the extra for the privilege of assisting your kids find the gems they've paid to find or you'll have paid $7 (+$2) for a small plastic vial with a few rocks in it.

We definitely loved the gift shop, though. It definitely has a much better selection than the RTM. I didn't feel very welcomed by the employees by the time we were done selecting our purchases, though.

We had 3 young kids with us, each with money gifted by grandparents to purchase souvenirs on our trip. We were trying to look at the overwhelming amount of fossils and cool things in the store and it took my kids awhile to decide what to buy. On top of that, I was selecting 2 larger gift items for family members and also was there to pick out what I wanted for myself. My husband was trying to usher my children to stay together and cause as little commotion as possible while we were there, and we are very grateful that the woman behind the side counter was so lovely to them as they chose items and changed their minds. Keep in mind the store is packed with amazing finds and even my kids couldn't decide what to bring home.

I walked around the entire store probably 4-5 times trying to help my kids find things then selecting each of the 3 larger items I was buying, and again, the woman behind the side counter was amazing and even showed me her favourite piece - an Agate Slice that looked like the ocean. It was a perfect choice for one of the gifts I needed, and I'd already selected an item for the first, which she wrapped up as I looked for what I wanted to buy.

As I was finally deciding between two or three pieces, I was approached by not only the young gentleman who was at the main till when we entered, but also a woman who I assume is the owner. I explained exactly what I was doing to each, and after I finally brought up my items to pay, the lady I suspect is the owner came over and was flustered in her rude interrogation of the woman who had helped me while she was trying to choose a display stand for the agate.

As an afterthought, I realized the owner may have suspected we were trying to steal items in that we were pretty distracting and I went back and forth a few times, but solely due to the last part of the experience, I don't think we would return. The main attraction pieces were fun to see once but I don't think we'd go back anyway, and how well we were treated while spending $400 in the store just didn't sit...

Hi Pam, I got a hell of a real jurassic experience in your place. Just like in the Jurassic Park movie, I got a great unexpected surprise in my 'digging of fossil'. I just reluctantly touched barely the ball shaped wood on the top shelf and viola..the wood rolled to the other side in a rush. Then I heard a violent scream of a broken million year old fossil. I hurriedly run to see what was toppled. I immediately checked the price tag and it was 299 bucks. When I looked the display where it was placed, I was utterly suprised to see that it was standing with 2 other fragile fossils worth 1800 and about 3000 bucks (I have to check in my movie record). But unlike in the movie where Dr. Indiana Jones has a good ending, mine was not. I ended paying up more than 500 bucks including the magic wooden ball. How I wished that the wooden ball were placed in a location where it would not cause a fortune to the customer in case it will roll. How i wished that this unfortunate incident would not happen again in your shop. However, I felt lucky in a way that only the cheapest one was damaged since there was a huge possibility the three of them that are placed side by side could have been broken with a single stroke. Otherwise, i might be behind bars in Drumheller. But, in the end, God is good he allowed this thing to happen for a greater purpose.....

This was our last stop in a long weekend trip to Drumheller, and when we pulled into the parking lot there was a family on their way out the door telling a staff member that she did not appreciate the way she was treated and was leaving, the manager proceeded to follow her out the door demeaning her and arguing about her small child, who from what I gathered was being a child, and this man felt it necessary to yell at and scare her instead of speaking with her parents and having them deal with her, when the little girls mother asked this jerk to stop yelling at her child he proceeded to threaten to call the police, and chase them out the door which is when I showed up.

This man continued to be verbally aggressive, rude, and disrespectful to this family. We were not the only family in the parking lot, and to behave this way, not only as a business owner but in front of other potential customers is just shocking.

I do not wish to have other peoplee yell at my child, I don't care what the reason is. And to behave this way in front of other people makes me belive he doesn't wish to have our business, so needless to say we left without ever having gone inside, and I will never go back as long as this guy is in anyway involved with...