Great Valley Museum and Planetarium - Natural history museum in Modesto - 2201 Blue Gum Ave, USA

Great little museum not known by many people. Took some out of town family for a little day trip & we all ended up learning a few things about our region & the critters within it. Very affordable & if you take your time & look @ everything you could very well spend a couple hours entertaining little ones. Don't forget to check out the gift shop on the way out.....you may find a little project to continue your learning!

My family and I went to the Dinosaur exhibit this evening, the kids had a lot of fun, they had face painting and kind of like a scavenger hunt, raffle and we got to see a lot of the animal exhibits as well. We plan on going back sometime to go to the planetarium. Had a lot of fun.

We basically had the whole place to ourselves, as it was a weekday and the museum most likely is less busy due to covid. It was very nice, and there was a lot to see and read. All the taxidermy there is very good quality, and the scenes that the taxidermy are placed into are all very realistic (down to fake animal droppings haha). You can tell that a lot of time went into creating the scenes and into research for the information. It was very enjoyable. I loved the gift shop as well, lots of very interesting and cool items. we got crystal bracelets, soap, and a little plastic frog. I would definitely go again, especially since they show different exhibits and do different things like that sometimes. Go pirates! :)

Small but ok for a day trip!

Great experience for the family. Lot of learning about our habitats and the animal species that live there in. They have great sceneries presented with great detail from the rodents all the way up to the big animals. Different species of bird types with all taxidermied animals. Great price for a good experience. Highly recommend for a small family outing about 45 minutes spent walking around looking at different things. With the telescope Up on the Roof we were able to observe the moon very close up.

First Time and we Loved every second of it. So much information for kids and adults. 💜 My children enjoy themselves and learn at the same time.

Our three year old liked the exhibits and loved the craft in the kid's area. It was a quick trip. Less than two hours. Nice facility with well maintained exhibits. We will definitely go again once our daughter is older. Gift shop has lots of cool stuff.

Great place to bring kids to show them the animals of the Central valley. Keep your eyes open, there is plenty to see and discover in the animal habitats.