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Visitor tip
Take advantage of the free scavenger hunt and daily 'outlaw' search activities included with admission to engage kids and add interactive fun to your visit.
Visitor tip
Start with the indigenous peoples collection and Wyoming history exhibits—reviewers were particularly impressed with the Indian artifacts, clothing, and crafted items, making these highlights worth prioritizing.
Visitor tip
Combine your visit with the nearby State Capitol (one block away) and Historic Governors Mansion for a full downtown Cheyenne cultural experience, all within walking distance with free parking on the museum's north side.
About Wyoming State Museum
Vast artifact collections & exhibits. Educational, historical & cultural displays showcase life in Wyoming from prehistoric to present.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Natural History Museum
- Highlights
- Wyoming history, American democracy exhibitions
- Education
- FREE field trips, education trunks, and curricula worldwide
What visitors say
Fascinating here. Lots to see. I'm surprised that they didn't bring the original cupola of the capitol to this museum. Overall I enjoyed it.
Good museum to learn to about Wyomings history. It's just not the biggest, so don't count on spending hours there. The layout of the museum also wasn't really chronological, so there really wasn't a right way to go through it. Admission…
They offer exhibits of Wyoming history including pioneer settlers, details of capital construction and regional wildlife. Exhibits include a tricertops dinosaur, horse drawn coach, small pioneer gun exhibit. I was impressed with their…
From 1,205 Google reviews
Did You Know?
- Offers completely FREE field trips, education trunks, and curricula to all schools worldwide, with programs delivered at the museum, in classrooms, or virtually
- Features a traveling 'Voices and Votes: Democracy in America' interactive exhibition that circulates across Wyoming, combining multimedia with historic artifacts to teach American democracy
- Houses actual discovered dinosaur fossils with documented discovery stories, including a Triceratops specimen
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