Amazing specimens, very cool. Plan to bring my kids back to check it out, theyll love it. The gift shop has so many tempting goodies and the rock pit you can select one rock from was a lot of fun.

This museum is so informative. Wonderful, knowledgeable people volunteering and working here. And the architecture of the house it is in is a bonus. A must see if you’re a rock hound, actually a must see whether or not.

If you are a rock lover you should really check this place out. There are many rocks here and a lot of petrified wood. Theres some background on where the rocks came from and how they were formed. Some extra fun is to be had exploring the rock pile fora rock to take home. It gives the experience of discovery. We would have spent longer but there were several unmasked groups which didnt feel safe in the enclosed space. Coming early may help to avoid the crowds. The staff was very nice and welcoming though.

Loved it! The different exhibits were all interesting and arranged in a pleasing manner. Spent a few hours here, would recommend stopping if you’re in the area.

Excellent place to visit. Public viewing of a very large collection of rock specimens. Worth every bit of a visit.

Great place with many pieces being from the N.W..Excellent place if your a rockhound or have young rockhounds.The cave bear skull was my favorite piece but there are many different types I easily could have had 100s of favorites.Very easy access off the highway with a decent amount of parking.Hand cleaning stations throughout the buildings and lots of glass to keep hands off the pieces.

Amazing! Will be visiting again. Staff is friendly and helpful. The displays are well lit and the specimens are labeled with legible tags. Such a gorgeous collection!

Loved this!!! This was INCREDIBLE! Knowledgeable staff, lovely specimens. You can learn SO much. There is something for EVERYONE.

Super fun if youre into rocks!

Surprisingly wonderful! We enjoyed every room in this wonderfully curated museum.

Saw the sign on the highway and made a serendipitous decision to check it out. Great collection all laid out in a mid-century home and grounds. Bonus: getting to pick a rock from the pile outside. Amazing and informative.

Its a great place for family, suggest to stay at least 2 hours.

I pretty much died and went to heaven. There are so many breathtaking stones here, I just kept feeling more and more in awe. It a well kept beautiful space and will definitely go again

Super fun place for the family! The most amazing rock gem and fossil collection I have ever seen in a small local museum! Knowledgeable staff passionate about showing and educating you!

My daughter brought us for the first time. I love the variety of rocks on display. So many rocks I had not heard of . I have so many favorite rocks now !!

A great place in a beautiful setting and historic home, to take children as young as 5...and/or up to 85. Petrified Wood, minerals, thunder eggs, precious and semi precious rocks and stones, throw in a meteorite or 2 and you have a fascinating collection from this world and out of this world. Worth more than just a single visit...so much to see. Located just off Highway 26 on the way to the coast but be sure to make your visit separate from the one you had planned to Pacific City, Seaside or Cannon Beach. You dont want to rush or hurry as you enjoy this unique museum.Take your time, speak to the docents, who by the way, seem to really love talking with children. Walk around the grounds, stop at the gift store. There is even a rock pile where you are encouraged to take home(just one per visitor please) a little piece of our planet.

While the exhibition is amazing and even the house is worth the admission price be warned. The staff is rude and quite intolerant of kids and women apparently. Gift shop guy checking us in asked my wife if she should wait for her husband to pay. Pretty sure that mentality should have been left in the time period of the house. Then the red head lady walking around the facility kept suggesting we take our children outside. The whole reason we came was cause our children were interested in geology. This made my daughter quite sad. We will not be returning as this place, as beautiful as the exhibits are, the staff is very ugly. Unfortunate.

We had such a great experience here, staff was super helpful and polite. Love the gift shop!!! Super cool you can dig through a spot outside and take a rock home for free!! Pricing is very reasonable too!! Sooo much to look at we spent a couple hours here and had a blast!!!!

Perfect place indeed! Come early, bring a picnic, take your time! The campus is big, family friendly, and staff are happy and inviting!

Great place to learn about rocks for local, to around the world

Came here on Easter Sunday, 4/1/2018 while driving to McMinnville. We absolutely loved it! Saw the sign in the side of the road and had to go and check it out. My kids even got to take home geodes that they dug in the back yard of the compound! Great place!!!

FYI is Museum of Rocks and Minerals, not rice, 😆.

Im sure it is a beautiful place. Unfortunately, Im outside waiting with my boys for my husband and daughter to finish enjoying it because a lady who works here kicked my young boys out for the one with Down Syndrome being too noisy in the stroller. Were outside and she continues to give us dirty looks. Apparantly they are not inclusive at all here. We will not be returning after this, I refuse to support an organization that treats us this way.

This place met, and then exceeded my expectations. A gorgeous collection that is both very educationally, as well as uniquely displayed.

Great experience and impressive amount of unique rocks. Friendly staff and nice outdoors area to walk around. Fun for all ages

Incredible collection of beautiful gems, minerals, rocks, petrified wood and much more. Great place to get educated on geology and admire natural beauty.

Great museum. Lots of things to explore and learn! Don’t take it for granite ;)

Really nice display of rocks, gems and minerals. Its easy to move around and was fun for the kids, we found the display that was donated by family, that was really neat to see.

It was a good idea to take the tour at 2pm. I learned so much about the Rice family and rock formations. I took my 3year old and besides getting caught up with the rocks outside he was eager to go through all the sections of the tour for a full two hours. His favorite part was when they put the rocks under a UV light. That was just incredible. Hold on, I’m getting a correction, he favorite part was getting to pick out a rock to take home.

First time here, so much geologic history and beautiful rock samples. Very extensive.

I loved this museum! Dylan and Elizabeth are so kind and knowledgable. The amazing examples of petrified wood, agates, crystals, a meteor and more will keep you busy for awhile! The gift shop has a varied selection of gems, books and other items. I found some beautiful necklaces and gifts. here is so much to learn and admire at this museum. Be sure to visit!

Great staff, huge impressive collection

This place is awesome! Its easily too much to take in in a single trip, unless you spent all day here. The petrified wood exhibit is my favorite. Unbelievable dinosaur bones and petrified eggs. One of the coolest museums Ive ever visited!

Great place to learn about rocks, minerals, meteorites, fossils, and a whole lot more. Local and good for kids 6 and up. Great staff and a shout out to teen volunteer Grace who gave our grandkids a lot of attention .

Awesome rock collection and an amazing mid-century modern house. Both are worth checking out.

This is the most wonderful coleection of rocks, minerals, crystals anywhere! I just about drool on the cases whenever I visit! The gift shop is awesome and the staff very knowledgeable and helpful.

This is the Smithsonian of the northwest when it comes to minerals. Precious gems, gold, diamonds, meteorites, sunstone, and so much more. There are crystals so fine they look like fur, natural agates that look like scenes from starwars and a room full of rocks that glow in the dark. There is even a map that shows where in the northwest you can find gems of your own. I highly recommend a visit to the Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals.

This was a pretty cool place! I had some visitors from out of town and we decided to check it out because it was nearby. From the outside it didnt look that big, so I initially thought the admission price was a little high. The main museum actually has a huge basement area with more exhibits. We spent a few really enjoyable hours touring the museum. Definitely dont skip the display with the phosphorescent minerals! Strong recommendation for an educational afternoon!

My family and I have visited this museum many times and always have a wonderful experience. It has an extraordinary collections of rock and minerals from near and far. My favorites are the fossils and meteorites. My kids love all the hands on displays, the phosphorescent rocks that glow under the black lights, and of course the rock pile from which they get to choose a souvenir. I also like the stories that go along with some of the specimens.

Great museum! My kids 12 and 8 both enjoyed it, and me too.

Pretty amazing place. Went on a school field trip for the kids. Well be going back to explore more in depth. The school tour blazed right past some of the more interesting things. Last pictures are awesome specimens one of the kids found in the rock pit.

Extensive and impressive collection, well displayed. Child friendly.

The Rice Museum is a fascinating place to learn about rocks and awesome stuff!

A beautiful museum. It also a Smithsonian affiliate. Has a beautiful collection of rocks and fossils especially from the Pacific Northwest region. It seems like it was a house that was converted into a museum.

It is appropriate across age levels. You can get as in-depth as your interest requires. Or, you can hunt for gems in the rock pit.

The best mineral museum on the west coast. I highly recommend a visit.

I could not believe how big of a museum they were able to make of rocks and minerals. Admission is pretty cheap and my 7 year old niece had a blast. There was a big rock pit outside and kids were able to take one (fist size or smaller) home for free. You can also buy them cheap by the pound. I found some great Christmas gifts for my niece in the gift shop too.

I was confused about the name. I thought we were going to look at rice and rock lol. Great place to visit.

We sent and hour and a half looking at everything! It was amazing.

My daughter loves rocks and minerals. Thanks Vicki for making the guide tour for us. We were lucky to be there at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday. It was very amazing. She learned a lot of new things about minerals and rocks.

Guys, in case you dont know, rocks and minerals are cool. So glad I went there. Theres totally enough cool and awesome stuff for people that arent rock nerds to enjoy the trip too, including a black light rock room. Beautiful scenery that the museum is on. Definitely worth the $10. The gift shop is great too with lots of little things under $10 to buy as souvenirs.

Great knowledgeable staff on hand to answer questions. Good display of local and imported mineral samples.

If you love crystals and minerals theres no bigger or more exotic collection in the Pacific Northwest. You can easily spend a couple hours and or more (even after 3 hours its hard to leave) here and still not get to see everything. Some specimens are so unique and foreign you can spend 15 minutes or more marveling at their magnificence. Great place to bring a date.

An amazing collection! Rooms full of thunder eggs, petrified wood, minerals, gems and stones. The beauty and variety was astounding. Plan on spending 1-2.5 hours.

Loved it! Its got an amazing collection of Rocks and Minerals. Its like going through a Geology class!

Its nice to be here again. Try to make it at least once a year. There is astonishing collection of petrified woods, large and small samples of many different kinds of minerals, and fossils. Alma Rose is something you must see. Hummingbirds who are flying all over the place outside will entertain you while having your snack break.

Dont miss the Rainbow Gallery!! This place is super cool and also very educational. Take the family!

I enjoyed it. Beautifully displated rocks and minerals. Very informative, great staff. Highly recommended.

What a cool experience. Great way to learn about all the minerals. So many awesome displays of rare rocks and minerals.

Donna the tour guide was very informative and friendly. She knew all about the history of the Rice family and how their house was built and their love of rocks became a public sensation. We went on Sunday and the tour comes with admission. We just happened to arrive at two when the tour started. Im glad we went. I never wouldve learned as much had i walked through on my own. Im fascinated by rocks and this museum has quite the selection of rare and beautiful formations Ive never seen before. Good specimens of thunder egg, Oregons stage rock.Gift shop could use more selection of rocks and cook specimens to sell. They seemed low on stock and there wasnt much to choose from. Most of the rocks were basic that you get from most rock shops. I was hoping due to the wide array of museum displays thered be more unique rocks for customers to buy, being if they were serious rock collectors. But i guess the everyday clientel is mostly tourists.

Love this place so much we became members. Staff is always friendly, helpful and full of knowledge...we go at least once a month!

Tons of fun and such a fascinating collection. Not to mention it is set in a stunning vintage home thats been wonderfully preserved. Even if youre not a geologist, this museum will delight!

So much bigger than I expected! A much stop!! Amazing collection of epic proportions!!

Great museum especially with kids (favorite room is the one with ultraviolet lights that shows the rocks glowing!)

A brilliant place to visit. I loved it.

Beautiful collection of rocks and minerals. You can see the pride the curators and donors put into every specimen and exhibit. The employees were helpful and kind, and the gift shop was great. Will definitely be back.

One of my favorite places to visit as a child! Just as enjoyable as an adult and came back with a friend and his son. The yearly Easter egg hunts are so much fun as well for kids and the grounds have nice areas to picnic.

Very well organized, very friendly staff and good prices for stones too, my family enjoyed it

This is the most interesting place Ive ever been! So much to learn! Heard that covid has been hard on the museum and Id like to encourage anyone reading to consider helping because we need this kind of stuff to survive!

Really informative and fun museum. Rocks and crystals from all over the world but also a lot of information about PNW minerals and great displays of petrified wood. The house was great with plenty of its original decor and the staff was very friendly and helpful.

This is a great place for a kid that loves rocks, minerals or even dinosaurs.

Love love love this place! Rock Hard and shiny! If you ❤️ mineral, rocks, gems and fancy bling, come visit!

Went for a class field trip and enjoyed the museum overall. The rainbow room was really cool and the PNW was interesting as it applied to the kids.

WOW!! What an amazing place to see & learn about rocks, minerals, fossils, meteors, petrified wood and more, all inside a vintage 50’s home. The Rice’s collection along with other like minded collectors yields a wonderful experience for all ages. You can easily spend several hours there by exploring each exhibit. A great place to learn more about the amazing things Mother Nature has to offer.

So interesting to see all the different types of rocks, minerals, and petrified wood and fossils. Give yourself 2 hours to explore it all!

It was very interesting and I would have liked to have more time. I didnt get to see the phosphorescent rocks!

Such an incredibly cool place! There is so much to look at, and the staff are very knowledgeable and friendly. The meteorite talk was super interesting and my husband and I enjoyed talking with the guide/educator. We spent around 3.5 hours there, and it was well worth the price of admission. They have an extensive collection of petrified wood, and a really cool UV room where the rocks light up like glow sticks! It really is a cool experience, and the house that it was converted from is cool to see as well.

This place is amazing. They have such a great collection of gems and minerals. Their displays are beautiful and educational.

Stunning, unique rocks and gems. I learn something new each time I go.

He was a wonderful visit. There were a lot of neat minerals and rocks and things to see that kept you interested. There was also things to keep my two-year-old daughter interested. All in all my whole family had a wonderful visit

Nice displays, really enjoyed it.

Yesss!!!! I mean, I already like rocks. But let’s be honest- even if you like rocks, you may think, “looking at a bunch of rocks seems boring.” No! We were all kinds of wrong. This place has one of the best collections I’ve seen. It’s in a house (an actual house that you can also rent out for events), and each room is more impressive than the next. Sure, they’ve got some nice polished rocks they’ve set in pieces of jewelry, petrified wood, and some fossils, but that not even the exciting part. I mean- some of the colors and formations of these rocks I’ve never even seen or heard of. Wow!! You can even read more about them or ask the very knowledgeable staff. Not too far from PDX. I think it’s my second fav museum in Oregon so far. Don’t miss the dark room, and under NO circumstances miss the downstairs main exhibit!

Love coming here always a great time!

Such a great collection! I had heard of this museum before but just finally went. There collection was amazing! We had to go through pretty quick because we were on our way home from the beach and didnt plan to stop by the museum but I am so glad we did. Ill definitely be coming back (hopefully in non-COVID times) and will spend a lot more time really looking at all the rocks, gems, and minerals.

Absolutely love this place! Ive been collecting rocks for as long as I can remember and this place never disappoints. Always captures my interest and they seem to have some new display every time I go. My only complaint is that I cant live there lol Highly recommend for anyone who has an appreciation for natural beauty.

Fantastic little museum with lots of beautiful mineral specimens.

This was a complete surprise! Awesome museum, and larger than expected. Our 3yr old had a great time. Their social distancing measures were strictly and actively monitored. Very clean. Great job to this team and very nice place to have a family visit.

Amazing! Beautiful in every respect. A must-see!!!

Incredible collection! Friendly, knowledgeable staff. If you love rocks you have a treat in store!

The precautions in place were very refreshing. I felt like my family and I could freely observe the museum without risk. Nice to be able to get out of the house to do something, and feel safe about it. Not to mention the lovely collection. So fun to see the differences of color and additional deposits between regions.

Had some beautiful rocks! In awe with some of them!!

An absolutely amazing place! The best staff, amazing rocks and minerals om display. They do all sorts of events and a lot of it is focused around kids and education. I frequent the gift shop monthly! The prices are the best around! Weather you want a piece of amethyst, a book or just a friendly chat, the rice museum is your place! Do make aure you call ahead as thw hours arw short and sweet.

Uv exhibit is amazing very worth the price

Huge display of rocks, etc. Nice to have such a large collection from all over the world close to us.

To be honest, I wasnt expecting much from this place but it delivered a very pleasant experience. It was fun to go with the kids and learn something new about gems, rocks, and minerals. During COVID, it was a hands off exhibit but there are plenty of cool rock formations to look at and diagrams to learn from. Pretty cool that the Rice family saw fit to share all of this hard work with us.

A very informative and wonderful place....

Geology Paradise! Amazing collection of all kinds of rocks and minerals. Great for kids too!

Ive always wanted to go since I was little! So we took our kids! So worth it!!

Neat little gift shop. Friendly and helpful

The Rice Museum was awesome and totally informational. Our tour guide was perfect!