Had a great time. Made it a pit stop to stretch our legs, adults and 5 year old had a great time. Very clean.
Quirky store, but very knowledgeable staff. Items from around the world, rare pieces. Family owned, new museum opened. Kid friendly areas, although fragile fossils require parent attentiveness (signs informing all broken items must be purchased).
This place is by far one of the best places I've ever been to. Awesome staff. Great activities for the kids. Fabulous store and wonderful museum.
This is a place that every person, of any age should visit. This is the type of place a child dreams of visiting one day. The staff is incredibly intelligent, and fascinated my 12 year old son with mind blowing conversation! My child left with a long list of knowledgeable, fascinating things to share with the world. There aren't many places that truly aim to educate and inspire people anymore!
Go to the museum! It recently opened after 8 years of work. It has 2 story (floor to ceiling) trees and intricate rock work; a very realistic setting. Plan on spending at least 2 hours. There is so much to see that you can get lost on the dinosaur floor. They had many dinos I had never even heard of. And getting to see a replica of King Tut’s tomb with all 4 chambers AND all of the contentsamazing!
The store is amazing, the exhibit wonderful and the kids play area is really convenient for a very hot days or rainy days. How ever some of the games were not working is like kind of old machines would be nice if they upgrade the games. I feel sorry for the Gators and big snakes living in tiny small areas, I think is just cruel. It's really cool to be able to see a gator that close but the area the Gators have is just cruel. Is hard to see the turtles because the glass wall doesn't get all the way there.
They charge for museum, for kids area, for extra activities if it were just one price that includes everything I don't know would be better.
How ever it's a good place to visit if you are in cocoa beach or around.
We got there thinking it was just a little gift shop. But it had an amazing gift shop with lots of things. (Geodes, Toys, etc.) It also had this really cool museum! Love this place!
So amazing and so much fun! Only Dino store I've ever been to, but my kiddos and I were not disappointed! We took pictures! Gently touched the specimens, so nice to not have staff hover and yell every second. So appreciated! Kid friendly which I loved! Will continue to visit every time we pass through Cocoa Beach! Go and love it for yourself!
Visited today with my wife and 10 year old son. Calling this place a dinosaur store and museum is really selling itself short. The top floor (3rd) is currently displaying ancient artifacts to include a replica of King Tut's tomb and several authentic artifacts dating back thousands of years! The 2nd floor has all the dinosaurs and some gems. The 1st floor store is pretty neat with a great selection so everyone can find a souvenir. There is a charge to go to the 2nd and 3rd floor but it is well worth it. Would recommend visiting if you are ever in the Cocoa Beach area.
Complete rip off. Cost us 25 bucks to take our 2 year old into the activity center. There was hardly anything to do. All of the good stuff is broken or closed off for a birthday party. It's a tiny room for the number of kids they let in. Complete and total tourist trap.
So they just opened the top 2 floors of the museum of dinosaurs and ancient artifacts. We went and it was pretty cool to see all the fossils and dinosaurs and learn new things, the ancient artifacts are also very cool not as many as the dinosaurs but still a good amount to learn new things and experience new things. You get a wristband that is good for the whole day meaning you can go and then if you need/want to leave to go get lunch or something you can come back later that day until they close. I would definitely recommend making a trip to go check it out.
This place is pretty cool! I took my 4 year old son there and he loved it. The reason why it doesn't get 5 stars is that it is a small Museum, but with that said it does have a lot of really cool dinosaur fossils. I would definitely check this place out if your kids are into dinosaur and your in Cocoa Beach.
Truly Dino-Mite! The collection of fossils was jaw-dropping, they had every thing from ancient fish to dinosaur bones! Also, this is NOT a toy store. The service was amazing, it seemed they were always smiling! They also carry modern day bones, and even jewelry! The museum is amazing! It has so many statues and skeletons, many depicting prehistoric scenes. The museum also has a floor about ancient cultures. There was also a man who was guiding us through the museum, he even let me hold a genuine stegosaurus tail spike!
So much stuff, something for everybody! We ourselves bought a Amber bracelet as a gift and a sample of wooly mammoth hair. I don't want to give away too much, so go see for yourself!