Dickinson Museum Center & Badlands Dinosaur Museum — Attraction in Dickinson

Family fun for a few hours. There is a massive rock and gem collection. There is also a very large dinosaur fossils exhibit. You can look through the glass and watch the technicians working in the lab with various fossils. There are interactive areas for kids. Our kids especially enjoyed the sandbox that shows topographical lines when they move the sand into various configurations. We also looked around the more recent history exhibits. There's some pretty cool stuff in that part of the museum including some pottery that was made by the WPA. The museum is extremely clean. The people there were very nice. The highlight of our visit was a small, lit probe that connected to the computer and showed whatever you put it on magnified. We had a blast looking at various rock samples, a record, wood, our jewelry, clothing, skin, etc. The museum is very careful with cleanliness and has lots of sanitizing stations. The magnification station was cleaned as soon as we were finished...

The Dickinson Museum is probably one of the best dinosaur museums we have been to. The exhibit isn't very large, but it is very well curated and explained. I found extremely interesting the exhibit information on dinosaur eggs. You can see into a working lab where staff are sometimes working to remove fossils from stone. Not only does the museum have a fabulous display of fossils, but they also have a great rock and mineral collection and a small local history section. There is also an outdoor exhibit with a few historic buildings although the outdoor buildings were closed during our visit.

Admission is very inexpensive at $6 per adult, making this a great 1-2 hour stop on a drive through North Dakota.

The parking lot isn't very large, but we were able to easily park our truck and trailer since there weren't very many guests during our visit. The museum is also easy to get off and on...

This place was absolutely amazing. The ticket price for adults ($6) was fair and well worth the experience. This was one of the few museum visits where they had both replicas & real fossils. Secondly, the staff was externally friendly & I was astounded that they had a real paleontologist there with actual field work under their belt (6 years!). Danny answered every question I asked and provided one of the most educational & interesting conversations I’ve had about dinosaurs in a while. I did notice that the museum does have a Facebook account to follow, however, as part of the “younger generation”, I would’ve liked for the museum (especially the Dino side) to have an Instagram to follow. Though I live states away, I would love to be updated on their new findings & current research/work on the Tyrannosaur skull. Highly suggest if your passing though and the gift shop...