Good, understandable and succinct history. Many historical pictures and artifacts. Not overwhelming. Has a nice gift shop too.
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Good, understandable and succinct history. Many historical pictures and artifacts. Not overwhelming. Has a nice gift shop too.
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The museum is relatively small but provides lots of information both about the exploration of the Colorado River by John Wesley Powell and the building of the Glen Canyon Canyon Dam and the growth of the town of Page.
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This is a text-heavy museum, and the text could be in a larger font, but that said, if a person is interested in history of Powell and others important to the Colorado River (e.g., Kolb Bros photography; Georgie White, river runner), then this is a jewel. There was a lovely art show in the special exhibit gallery when we visited,...
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This was a very interesting facility and well worth a one-hour stop to get a grounding in the local natural history.
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Small but very informative of the whle area and the early pioneers and dam. Lots of info almost too muchto take in in one visit Well worth a visit
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The museum was interesting. However, for my 15 year old son, reading signs was not all that interesting. He preferred the video regarding the founding of Page as well as grinding corn into flour. Should be a little more interactive, but good overall.
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What a fun little museum! There were lots of well organized exhibits with fascinating information, ranging from river runner history to dinosaurs to a changing exhibit. The bookstore was a real surprise with great gifts for the grandkids, excellent reading material for historians, adventurers and inquisitive minds and some great local artwork. So glad we stopped in!
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I have visited the museum before, but this year (2003) it is unbelievably the new and improved museum. The exhibits are fantastic! There is a great mineral and dinosaur exhibit, Page's history is dispayed with some great dam building memorabilia, informative and lively show of Major Powell's trip down the Colorado with diaramas (sp), and the movie filming history at...
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