World Museum of Natural History

If you live in Corona take your kids you can explore a local museum all within an hour. 15 min drive to la sierra university, museum for 30-35 min. head home 15 min drive No lines, no cost of admission, and a wide variety of birds, mammals, reptiles displayed, i really liked the Komodo dragon. I finally remembered on a Saturday and took my sons (6, 3, and 1) to the museum. We live in Corona /borderline Riverside so it's local to us. Great way to inspire your kids about attending a university by allowing them to explore a wonderful campus filled with trees. Awe also enjoyed the Art building very cool how everything ties in together.Staff is knowledgeable and welcoming.

It was a bit hard to get to (and only open on Saturdays, from 2-5 PM). However, once I realized that I could get on campus through the South entrance, the walk to the museum was nice and peaceful.There are a variety of displays, which I believe are well organized. I only wish my photos of the florescent minerals came out better!

This place pretty cool alot of history. Good place to look at and walk around and take photos

This an amazing hidden gem! It was hard to figure out which gate was open but other that, it was a great experience. All the different animals and rocks kept the kids engaged for at least a couple hours! Highly recommend!

For a small sized museum, it has an interesting collection of alligators, snakes, turtles, birds, big cats, desert animals, primares, and in the lobby, a huge komodo dragon, two baby elephants, a bison, a bear, and a wolverine. The other half of the museum are gems, rocks, and petrified wood and insects. Four stars because of free parking on Saturday, small enough to go though with the 3 hours of operation (Sat 2pm to 5pm), and it's free to go in. It may not be the greatest or biggest natural history museum, but for its size and running off of donations, it's good enough for a 30 mins to 1 hour of browsing and reading.Plus, the Komodo dragon is really huge.

Best place to enjoy and relax and see nature and enjoy with family and friends I highly recommend you to go visit and see it for yourself and get away you will be treated with kindness and make new friends the museum is nice peaceful

Cool animal taxidermies, gemstones and minerals! It's small but interesting to walk through. The volunteers are very helpful and informative. My son loved the giant Komodo dragon.

This is by far one of my favorite museums to visit, there are many beautiful specimens and minerals to look at. I love seeing the petrified wood in person, lovely range of colors and textures. They also have a unique Native American exhibit that displays arrowhead spears to handmade woven baskets. I love the nature films they show at the museum along with quartz crystals to take as a souvenir. There is also a big friend to greet you at the entrance of the museum, you'll have to check it out for yourself:)

Small but packed full of amazing and interesting species of animals. Also a huge selection of rocks and minerals. With 21 out of 25 crocodilian species and the largest Komodo Dragon this is a really cool place to stop!! Also found out that the animals all died of natural causes which is amazing!! Can't wait to take the kids back!!