BYU's Museum of Peoples and Cultures — Attraction in Provo

This is a tiny museum - an hour would be the max you would probably spend. That said - it was interesting, well organized and had a nice variety of displays. They were at different heights, which preschoolers enjoyed, and many had interactive features. There was a concept puzzle teaching children that not all pottery in archaeology will be complete, bead work, building pots with rings and coloring on pots with chalk. The section I described above was about an archaeological site in Mexico. The second section when we attended was about shoes. Both sections were fresh and creative in their approach, and informative about the topic, inviting viewers to connect on a variety of ways. The shoe display suggested building your own shoes and sharing them online to win prizes. I realize not everyone liked this museum but on this rainy day it was a fresh, fun...

The Museum of Peoples and Cultures is a student run museum to help students learn and apply the concepts of museology. They do a fabulous job of creating very educational exhibits for the public as well as the BYU community. They have stuff for people from 8 years old to 80 years old. Even your littler ones can find things that may grab their attention. And they are always changing out their exhibits to remain fresh and current. I highly recommend families to go together and learn together. Great for papers...

I wish I could give this museum a higher rating, but it really wasn't great. I even considered giving it 2 stars, but to be honest, I bored out of my gourd, and I generally love museums! I spent maybe 10 minutes in there and didn't learn anything of import or interest. Too bad - I was really looking forward to the museum since the outside looks really nice. Poorly designed exhibits, way too much text without a story, too many details on the archeologists who worked on the finding the...