The staff is very friendly and noise is welcome. Our seven month old started laughing when they turned on the huge engines and liked pressing the buttons for the working scale models. Fun interactive displays and facts everywhere. There are lots of spaced out things to see outside too, great for nice weather and expelling excess kid energy. Some of... More

Entertaining and hands on stuff for the kids. Very nice staff. This is a hidden gem in Colorado Springs area. Thanks! More

Interesting and educational. If you happen by this hidden gem its worth a stop. Average experience for the kids but fun for the family. More

Lots of old mining equipment. Sometimes they even get the old steam engine running. More

I absolutely loved this museum, but not everyone will. On our tour, the husbands were enthralled, the wives bored. I went on a guided tour with a wonderful young woman as our guide who has an immense knowledge of geology, mining and mining equipment. She demonstrated a great deal of the equipment which the men on my tour found fascinating,... More

We took our 8 year old because of the 1920's steam shovel which operates in June and July. The tour guide was very knowledgable and really kept the tour interesting. The tour lasted over 2 and 1/2 hours which was about 1 hour too long but if you are interested in mining and the machines that dig, crush, bore and... More

The tour was short but sweet. You were able to see many old machines operate as well as many large machines that were kept outside. You can also pan for gold after the tour is over. Not the most exciting tour but it was worth the money. More

My daughter was learning about the gold rush and mining at the time we were in Colorado Springs for spring break. I found this on a quick internet search. Our tour guide was fabulous. She was great with the kids. She showed how to patiently pan for gold while explaining the process and history of the gold rush. They had... More

Despite having a background in geology, I didn't think I would find this museum particularly interesting. But, as a brand new resident of Colorado Springs (COS), I'm exploring everything. The museum is directly off of I-25 to the north of COS. It doesn't look that impressive from the outside. A fellow I assumed was younger than I by ten years... More