This is a place you would wanna stop if you are visiting Missouri! They have so many cool…read morecollections. The Elvis and Train section was one of the coolest ones! They have so much nostalgia stuff from the 40s,50s,60s,70s,80s,90s,etc! This is awesome if you want to see some cool and awesome nostalgic toys and items!

We loved this, but my 15 year old son didn't. He always loved super heroes and theres not a large…read moreselection of those. But my husband and I really enjoyed it.

This hodge-podge of exhibits has a slim theme of being a collection of items donated by folks…read moreassociated with or having an Ozarks interest. The museum is named after a Missouri radio and TV pioneer who operated out of nearby Springfield. So, there's a room dedicated to Ralph Foster and his broadcast achievements. Adjacent is a room covering his most popular Grand Ol' Opry style show and the country music stars who visited it. The TV Clampett's 1921 Oldsmobile truck from the Beverly Hillbillies has central placement on the first floor; the series creator was from the area. Famous Missourian and artist Thomas Hart Benton has an exhibit space of his landscapes. The second floor largely contains guns and taxidermic works of animals from around the world--both donated collections. Famed entertainer Andy Williams has a small exhibit of his Christmas sweaters due to his long-time residency in Branson. There's also space devoted to the history of College of the Ozarks. And so it goes. While some exhibits are exhaustively detailed, others--particularly the animals--have cursory descriptions. A beautiful exhibit of hundreds of mounted birds includes only the name of each, with some names so jumbled together it's confusing which bird is which. The animal descriptions are lightly proofread Encarta notes--a digital encyclopedia discontinued before 2010. The museum, however, offers a good diversion and you can easily spend a couple of hours here. It's well worth the low light entry expense, which will particularly appeal to families and seniors.

This was such an incredibly cool hidden gem! This museum has it all, including the Beverly…read moreHillbillies car, thousands of amazing old artifacts from the Ozarks and around the world (some from Biblical times), the biggest collection of weapons I've ever seen, incredible animal exhibits, and many other items. The staff were also wonderful: they are college students who work during the summer to pay for their room and board. During the school year, students work 15 hours per week to pay their tuition, so it's called Hard Work U. It's a must-see place; you won't be disappointed.

Cool museum but be VERY CAREFUL buying a car from them. Less than a star would be more of my…read morerating. I bought a vehicle that was on display, (28K). It looked cherry. Engine, inside, outside looked nice but the engine was shot. They wouldn't let me test drive it off the premises so I couldn't tell much just driving it in the parking lot. It was running badly but like a lot of classic cars I thought it was cold and needed to warm up. I got it home and it was still running badly. I called them back and I got the message machine. I never heard from them again. I had the carburetor adjusted, didn't help. I put new plugs and wires, (tune up) didn't help. I changed the distributer. didn't help. Checked the compression, THERE IT WAS. No compression on every cylinder. I called again, no answer, left a message. Never heard from them again. Out enjoying the money I just gave them I guess! I'm rebuilding the motor now. It's been a little over a year since the parts are hard to find for a Buick 340. Again, BE CAREFUL AND CHECK EVERYTHING. THEY ARE UNTRUSTWORTHY!

Museum pretty interesting place to see. The dickhead at the ticket counter killed it for me. Rude…read moreat reception upon entry. Then as we left literally watched him scream, belittle and act a fool towards an elderly man who was trying to load his handicapped son in their van. Would never return after the witness of his behavior towards patrons.

Overall it's a lot of fun and interesting, mixing absurdity with real history and artifacts…read more Unfortunately, one entire exhibit is rife with embarrassingly bad AI photos and videos. No excuse for that.

Such a good place! So many cool features, structures and fun facts…read more So interactive and unique. Would definitely recommend! Take cute pictures, good date and family time place.

Excellent museum with many artifacts from many conflicts involving the United States. Many uniforms…read moreand artifacts were also present.

I need to give more stars! This place just moved me. When you see a WWII veteran sit down and…read morecry, I just had to go hug him. It broke my heart. These men and women need to have more respect in this world

This is a low-key dinosaur museum. They have their own free private parking spots. The museum is…read morelarger than it looks, but is not huge. You start and end your tour in the museum's gift shop. They do not have any animated dinosaurs, just a bunch of life sized statues of them. The museum offers a scavenger hunt, where you find 10 gold fossils throughout the museum. If you successfully complete the scavenger hunt, you get 10% off your gift shop purchases. I found the scavenger a bit distracting though. My kids were more focused on the scavenger hunt than enjoying and learning from the museum. In addition to the many dinosaur statues, the museum has pre-historic human skulls, fun facts, fossil imprints, and a very small theater where they have a dinosaur movie playing on loop. It took us about 30 to 45 minutes to go through the entire museum. And they seemed pretty common for all the other visitors that I saw. The gift shop has toys, stuffed animals, coloring books, posters books, and other novelties. The museum's dinosaurs are realistic, well put together and I enjoyed my brief time there. It is one of the more reasonably priced attractions in Branson, but is not a big time consumer. Be sure to check their website. They listed a code word on there to use when I purchased tickets that saved me $2 on adult admission. They will not volunteer this information, so be sure to look. The word I used was DINOROAR 2023. Not sure how long that word will be valid though, so I would just double check before you go.

First of all this place seems ran down ! Second of all I had previously bought something at a prior…read morestore and they would not let me bring it in. I don't recommend! Not worth your money or time!

I've been to a lot of First Nations focused museums but this one has more artifacts and history…read morethan all the ones I have been to before. It was immersive and fascinating. It also had a cowboy section, a civil war section and a prehistoric section. I loved it and will definitely go back. They have a double pass where you do the nature golf cart adventure (was AWESOME!!) then this museum. I highly recommend doing both. It'll take most of the day and you'll be hungry. The restaurant has good food. I had family from out of town. We did the attractions in Branson the first day and this the second day. It was a great time!

Very impressive. They had so much to read about and see. We did have a 1 year old with us so we…read morecould just experience it fully and had to hurry through. It was worth a stop if you have the time. Great viewpoint near it as well with seating.