Reviews of Dawson City Museum (Gardener)

Carol Ouellet

A nice place to learn more about the history of Dawson City. The tours you can attend at the museum is really great and worth checking out.

Ann Watts

Beautiful museum and extremely informative.

Karol Konaszynski

Two store museum with lots of local history. Remember that Dawson City was the "Paris" of the North and the building if full of history about the gold rush, natural history, and the history of the city. Within easy walking distance of any of the hotels (but the whole town is). If you visit the city this is a must to understand what it is doing out here in the middle of no where!

Robert P Corbeil

Interesting

Patrik Pikálek

A lovely little museum! Housed in what used to be the administration building for the Territory, back when Dawson was the capital, the museum showcases gold rush and post rush history.

Bernhard Brunsgaard

Interusting tours

Grant Rambo

Nice exhibits of early Dawson City. I enjoyed it.

Daniel Harris

Like the rest of Dawson this is part of the tourist show. The town would not exist without tourism. Good museum lots to see. The walking tours around the town are worth doing - book them at the tourist information centre near the ferry terminal.

Carol Boyd

The Museum had just finished major revamp when I went in Sept `21 and sadly, it would be have amazing in the 90s. But the way people consume information has changed since then - there needs to be a multimedia approach to create interaction. Unfortunately here it is just endless stagnant displays with text explanations.. If you're into looking at an old cash register with a blurb attached then you'll love this place. But I found my eyes glazing over after the first of four rooms simply because nothing stood out. Take nothing away from the history (I loved the stories etc), just needed to be presented better for something that has undergone such a renovation

Anton Berger

Good displays. I'd recommend watching the rocker box demo

allen Lohner

Interesting

James Bennett

Interesting artefacts from back in the gold rush days. Gives a great slice of life. Worth a visit when in Dawson City.

Ken Peters

Museum director's tour was spectacular. He was very entertaining, informational, and clearly loved Dawson City history.

DB Palmer, Ed.D (Backcountry Professor)

Very informative. Cool locomotives. Lots of neat things to look at

Michael Valdivielso

Had some amazing recreations of the old times. Very informative and fun. It was darker and had some mannequins that might scare kids, but it is definitely worthwhile.

Nolan Zurek

Quaint local museum worth the time to wander through.

Philip Marryot

Tons of history and artifacts from both the First Nations and the stampeders. In the off season call Alex and he'll open the museum, show you the movie and tell you lots of interesting stories about the Gold Rush, museum and the Courthouse (which is upstairs- you can visit it too!)

Nicole Godfrey

Delightful

Dave C

Solid information on Dawson's history. Well organized and easy to follow. Expect to spend around a little over an hour here.

Christiane Cramp

Original buildings with wax figures to help make the information come alive. The town makes you feel like you just stepped back into the 1800s when the gold mining brush was happening. Well worth the long trip if you drive.

Gmanndogdeguy

Super interesting!

Mary Beckett

Very informative, Miner's Meeting show is worth seeing.

Brian James

Nice details about the city of Dawson and the klondike gold rush times

Mark Bancroft

Nicen place and I think it is worth your time

Dave Shalala

Interesting and informative. Be sure to visit the train shed.

Kat “Roy” Donnelson

Canada Day celebrations after the Yukon River Quest paddling race. I don't know of there's any validity to it, and maybe it's due to having just completed 444 miles of nonstop canoeing, but the watermelon served at this event was the best I've ever had.

Jackie Hong

Was really great place to learn a bit more about Dawson. I wish the train shelter tour was a bit longer and more in depth. Note: if you have a fear of mannequins, there are a fair amount here. It's still worth the visit if you can push past the fear. Bring a friend! Also the gift shop is one of the better priced ones in town!

Jim Fellion

Excellent displays - very friendly, informative staff.

Ben

Complete museum with all Dawson history. Showing old object of the time and some fake housing. A bit smaller than typical museum but makes it easy to go.

Jenn Standring

A little off the beaten path and not very well indicated, I found the Dawson City museum very interesting and well presented. The staff were welcoming and informative.

Arathi Seshadri

As great as any awesome museum ????

Leona Groesbeck

Very well done exhibits

Tabi No-Ko

They do a few different tours threw out the day we caught the one about the klondike mines railway the owner of the company wanted the trail to go to Edmonton and into Alaska but it only made 33 miles into the goldfields of dawson city

H. Ly

Lots to see and read interesting facts about people of the time well worth it

Chris Lewis

Artifacts and history!

Erik Miller

Wonderful displays, fascinating.

Hélène Duquette

(Translated) Interestingly. (Original) Zajímavé.

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ok how i get here

Max A

A great museum, but a fair warning they use a lot of mannequins and could be a bit freaky. I'd hate to be there at night hahahaha. There is a room with stored artifacts that have not been put on display yet, and I wish they would have been labelled somehow. Also the information is very heavy so be prepared to read a lot. Although most of it was very interesting.

Brandon Flynt

Definitely stop there.

Michael Bowe

Cool history

Troy Dunn

Great information about the area and history!

Brian Nelson

Was hoping to find more local history relating to the Klondike Gold Rush. Still a nice place to peruse.

Jarle Kirkeluten

The best museum in Yukon! Very knowledgeable staff and extensive display regarding the Klondike Gold Rush.

Tom Parker

Very helpful ????

Rob Deighton

Beautiful, informative. A "must visit" while in Dawson!

Julie Wardrop

Yes!!

Bev Weber

This museum was so cool and had so much really cool history. Often I go to museums in small places and it's kind of boring, but this one was not!

Karel Výravský

(Translated) Interesting museum with a lot of info about the gold rush. (Original) Intressant museum med mycket info om guldrushen.

Daniel Lazenby (Daniel L)

Nice history...esp. watch the movie. Best part might be the "attic." Most museums put all the "stuff" not on an exhibit in a warehouse or someplace not accessible to public. Here, they put it ALL in display cases, jumbled and unrelated. Enjoyed tjis immensely!

David Ellingsen

The new renovations look great and stock interesting

Geralyn Stacey

Unfortunately couldn't get in to see the trains so took the pics through the window

Anders Eliasson

(Translated) A bit pricey but a good insight into the history of the Dawson area (Original) Un peu cher mais un bon aperçu sur l'histoire de la région de Dawson

Donna Kimball

Lots of photos of Gold Rush era, preserved train engines, artifacts, history film, gifts and books.

Lou Soto

Good museum. Covers all stages of history. Train engine exhibit separate and closedin early June.

Andrea Warren

Two floors and an out building (train shed) of exhibits. Highlights geological history of the area, gold mining, and evolution of the town. Includes guided tours and demonstrations. I really liked the rocker box and panning demonstration. Friendly and helpful staff.

Aaron W

Great displays! History of Dawson

KK6WGO Rollins

So much to see in this museum. Definitely one to see!

Greg Pedler

Good history and tours

Kimberly Jakeman

Lots of information on the history of Dawson, how it started and grew, and got to where it is now. We arrived pretty close to closing so we didn’t get to go to the locomotive shed but they do a discount on admission in the last hour before closing. There are also nice clean washrooms. Great stop!

Jenette Blatchford

Thanks to all the human effort to keep history alive

Kathy Peters

A small museum mainly focused on Dawson's Gold Rush history, with some nods to First Nations. Lots of creepy dummies used for dioramas and everything's a bit aged. Also contains a courtroom and a library upstairs. Not bad for the $9 admission price but I definitely wouldn't call it a must-see.

Jesse Thomas

Lots of interesting local history. Knowledgable interpreter.

Jon Wetzel

The rocker box presentation was awesome!

Thomas Garner

Interesting

Sharon Apple

Interesting Exhibits. Don't forget to ask about the trains!

Morgan Intrieri

This is a Museum. It's exactly what you would expect. Lots of old artifacts from the gold rush and Dawson City. They have a large outside building that houses three large steam engines. Worth a visit as you are in an town with lots of history and culture.

JC Denton

Very nice chronological displays of Klondike events & people. Interesting 22-minute video about the rush to Dawson for gold!