Reviews of Orton Geological Museum. (Museum) in Columbus (Ohio).

Orton Geological Museum

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155 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, United States

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This place has a very good rate, they treat their customers well and you’ll feel welcome, super recommended

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Reviews of Orton Geological Museum

Muhanned Qasim

Even though it a small building that can be visited in 30 to 1 hour, it includes a great collection of fossils f different types of creatures from dinosaurs era. It includes one t-Rex skull, big sloth skeleton, different marine fossils, different meteoroids, different types or rocks. There is a small gift shop, but you have to ring a bell to have someone let you inside the gift shop. Entrance is free, but a tour about &15. Parking available in visitors parking lots and about $4.70/hr.

Juliet Wittwer

Has interesting exhibits about minerals and a few cool big specimens like a Dunkleostus skull, but otherwise small and not much to see, plus some exhibits are broken. It's free but parking is not, but at least there was some free rocks! Maybe worth checking out if you're already nearby. btw they're currently doing construction around and you have to go through a really janky looking archway to get to the door.

Dan Hartman (Overlord of Evil)

OSU's Orton Geological Museum is small, but packed full of good exhibits. Want to show the kids some dinosaur skeletons? For free? This is your place. It's a guide yourself sort of museum, and there's also a little gift shop, but it's not always open.

Robert Kabelitz

A cute museum. I can't really give it five stars, as it is very, very small. A casual visit may only be ten minutes. However, it's a really cute collection for it's size. From a real meteorite to registered skeletons, this is a really quaint museum. The library in the same building is also gorgeous. Worth a short pass-through if you're in the area.

Amber Pasternak

If you get a chance to do a guided tour I highly highly recommend. I was ready to go back to school to major in Geology.

Mike Frazier

You can't beat free entry! This would be a good place for anyone deeply interested in geology or geological history. But that's about it. It's a small room, and I wouldn't go out of my way to come back. If I happen to be passing by anyway with my son, we might stop in for a ten minute walk through.

Tom Jarrell

This is a great place to stop in if you are in the area. I took my 12 year old who is really into rocks, minerals and fossils and he loved it. They have a great library across the hall as well.

Casey Meyer

A small, yet packed to the brim room (yes, it's a single room) of geologic information. If you're a geology nut then you'll be in heaven here. The displays are informative, if sometimes a bit entry level, and all well documented. There's a ton of info about Ohio geology and the surrounding areas. Some of the displays were sadly out, but hey, it's free, so no complaints here.

Harold Marrero Otero

Nice geological museum, little but so interesting. I recommend to visit it. No cost admission, but I recommend to make a donation.

Simon Anderson

Hidden gem on the Ohio State campus. Lots of fossils, even meteorites!

Christine Malott

Went to college here. Love this this place. Cute little museum packed with many fun displays.

G Wat

Kids really enjoyed this museum. Cool dinosaur bones along with a lot of other fossils and history.

Patricia Steane

Do not miss the geology paintings in the beautiful library. Impressive.

Emily Monti

I went with a friend and we had a great time. It's a relaxed environment. The exhibits were full of interesting fossils organized by time period. My favorite part was the rock exhibit and, at the end, we purchased a couple things, including a rocks and minerals themed deck of playing cards, some amethyst and some chrysocolla.

Kyle Murray

Not the biggest one the fanciest museum, but still interesting nonetheless. It is free so there is no arguing with that. They have an area where you can look at special rocks under ultraviolet light. They have small plush animals for sale and they are a great unique gift. The man behind the counter was very friendly.

Chunfen Zhou

This museum is basically one room in a historical university building, with common geological materials such as fossils, rocks and minerals. Very traditional ways of displaying - almost all objects are behind glass cases, with no special lighting (save for one exhibit on fluorescent objects) and little interactive features. And there is no seating inside. But the interpretative labels are informative, and be sure to check out the little gift shop - it has some very interesting items. Worth a stop if you happen to be in campus.

Sarah Piner

I wish it were a little larger, but what a fun way to spend a few hours.

Cody Hamm

I loved this place. If you're ever bored and in Columbus, swing by the campus. This place is free and theres a comic museum/library nearby that is also free. It was hard to find, the website says it's at 155 S. Oval Mall and Google says it's on the other side of the oval. I think we found it at 155 S Oval, it's close to a few parking garages. Just look for the steeple, there's a picture of it on the website. Really awesome museum, kids would adore this place. I'm saddened that they no longer have the mastodon, that would have been amazing. The giant prehistoric sloth skeleton is really cool though, it's something you wouldn't expect. They have meteorites and fossils, a really cool collection of rocks and minerals, bones. They have a gift shop, but no one was behind the counter when we got there. I only wish that we had more time to really take in everything. It makes me want to go to more museums, I can't believe how many interesting things they had in such a small area.

Josh Hassenzahl

Very neat display tucked away in a classic university building. Old school cool so all items easy to view and see. If you bring a child be ready to police him/her. Most items simply have a "do not touch" sign but are out in open. Wonderful charm that we don't want to lose. You don't see displays like this very often.

Christy Stay

Very neat little place!!! We learned so much!!!! Couldn't believe it was free!!! Thank u Ohio State!!!

Berkay Kaplan

Although the museum in this building is a little bit small, I thought the pieces were quite interesting. The library is spacious although not as big as other libraries on campus. Decent place to visit, I would say.

Dustin H

Great place to see fossils and minerals. My 8 yr old enjoyed it. It is a part of an OSU education building. It's a small museum but it has a lot of cool stuff. The building it's in kinda looks like a castle which was also cool.

Vijay Sankar

Great little museum to spend around an hour in when on campus. There are around 5-6 dinosaur fossils and several small fossils and minerals across many geological eons to explore. A geological library is also present next to it. A small store too.

Brandon Costlow

This place was very neat to my kids. Wish the shop was open so we could buy some merch. Seems like the curator had surgery so no shop. That's a good enough excuse for me. We'll be back some day for sure. Oh, and make sure to check out the florescent minerals display hiding in the back.

Brandon White

Place is small and underwhelming, its not without value completely but I'd only check it out if you're in the area and want a brief view of some mostly replica dinosaurs.

Ron Mayo

Good local museum where you can meet Zeke the dinosaur. Free admission and it takes about half an hour to see everything. Best place in central Ohio to take children to see dinosaur bones.

Rudra G

Little smaller than I expected it to be but still a great museum. The thing that was most fascinating was the rocks/minerals that they had, especially the fluorescent ones.

Deb Wentz

My nephew loves the museum and gift shop, we go every year. Call to be sure the gift shop is open, the museum is open regular university hours, 8-5 ish

Matthew McNair

Great little museum of geology. There are some great fossils and displays on various geological formations. Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area.

Favloni Fan

Giant dinosaur to greet you right when you walk in the door!! Lol! Awesome. Lots of great info about regular rocks, asteroids, and other normal stuff too.

Ted Mullin

Small in size, but very detailed and interesting museum! Highlights of geography from the Ohio region, and and awesome collection of fossils and rocks!

Jorge J. González González

Collection Showcase The Orton Geological Museum has a large exhibit case on the sixth floor of OSU’s Thompson (Main) Library that changes about twice a year. The current exhibit is: “Famous Fossil Sites of the World” with fossils from the Crato Formation (Cretaceous, Argentina), Green River Formation (Eocene, Wyoming), Hunsrück Slate (Devonian, Germany), Linton (Pennsylvanian, Ohio), Mazon Creek (Pennsylvanian, Illinois), Messel (Eocene, Germany), Niobrara (Cretaceous, Kansas), Rancho La Brea (Pleistocene, California), Solnhofen Limestone (Jurassic, Germany) and the White River Badlands (Oligocene, Nebraska). Telling Meteorites from Wrongs Collection Showcase

Amy Moore

Great place to see some interesting fossils and minerals.

Gretta Parrish

Great ! The director of the museum was so helpful 😀 …

Grace Quade

It's small and old. Yet full of a weird charm that keeps me coming back. Also lots of cool rocks and fossils 🤗 …

Deer Lord

Very cool museum but could use an update (which I hear is in the works)! Amazing dinosuar in the entryway

Fabio Correa

This is a nice museum with real specimens of minerals and fossils from Ohio. Very educative.

Joy L

Very interesting, small. Fossils. Minerals! Shop. Geological Maps. Worth Finding: on (South?) Oval, Orton Hall?

Mikayla Prementine

Really interesting displays, with a lot of detail. Not for the casual observer but more for scientists or geologic enthusiasts.

Zane

Great place for all ages.

Tyler Johnson

Wonderful mueseum and library, absolutely gorgeous exterior, great hidden study spots for students

David Bradley

For a small compact space this packed a lot of interesting items. From dinosaur skeleton's to fossils to minerals.

Kneblie Kneblie

It's very small, but the various items were really interesting to look at.

Kristina Musil

Interesting look into Ohio’s geological background, neat displays and a dinosaur Skeleton!

Liz Stillion

It is really a fun place to visit while on campus!

SuperJahobo

Great (and free) place to observe fossils

William Brennan

Prehistory, meteorites, fluorescent minerals; this place has it all!

Laura Vokoun

Great small museum with lots to see. This is a small museum.

Carl N (Capta1nSk1ttles)

Cool place. A decent bit of stuff for such a small place.

Lara Rumizen

Some really cool fossils. It's free and self-guided.

Gregory Ferrence

Excellent and free small Geo museum

Sfs

Cool little museum.

Dave Staats

This place is fantastic, and the Curator is one of a kind!!!

Heidi Brown

Very small exhibit. Needs updated.

Patty Zuniga

Amazing !!!

Terrence Burke

Wonderful experience for me and my kids.

Dana Moore

Really cool fossils and plenty of information

Kyle

Super neato UV rocks here!

Amy Karoly

If you love stones, you rock!

D

Small but a lot to look at!

Ian Alcock

Giant. Sloth.

Gisela Weinstein

A small place full of information!!!!

Teresa Kemmerling

Loved it!

Adam Marsh

Great place

Temitope Adeyeye

Nice place

Ms. Lj

Interesting

Jacob Smith

Had lot of fun

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