Elgin Public Museum

Nice little museum, kids loved doing the buffalo search.

Elgin Public Museum has always been a place our family loves to go. The museum is nestled within Lord's Park in Elgin. We have gone many times this past year to take Homeschool classes. We've taken classes on Rocks, Indigenous Tech and many others. They have so many things to see here. Information on the ice ages, fossils, rocks, plants, animals, dioramas, indigenous people artifacts, many taxidermy animals and a whole large area for kids to discover and play. They also have a small gift shop, host many adult educational classes and fundraisers as well. Next to the Museum you can visit the park, see the Bison and Elk, visit Lord's Park Zoo or walk around the beautiful lagoons.

It is a nice, but tiny natural history museum. They had beautiful displays for Day of the Dead and coloring and activity pages available for children. The only complaint we had was that many of the artifacts did not say where they had been found.

Took daughter and wife, some of the exhibits were a little broken. However, the attendant was very cheerful and eager to help any way she could. Had a wonderful display of the history of Elgin, and of endangered species (a little bird heavy, but still interesting). If everything was in working order the price of admission could easily be worth double what they're currently charging. Overall we all enjoyed the 2 hours we spent there.

It was kind of small, but a great place to take your kids of they are bored!