Reviews of Niagara Gorge Discovery Center (Museum)

J.A.R. Beltrán

It was very informative, I learned where the name Tesla came from, lol.

Julietta

I've lived in the Falls area my whole life and never once went here. Really enjoyed reading about the history of the plant that one stood here, and it's weird seeing pieces of it still laying around in the gorge.

Richie B

Fun Place!

Tess Murdock

If you've never been to Niagara Falls before then this is the place to start your journey! The staff were very friendly and helpful. But, more than that, the exhibits offer visitors an insightful prespective concerning the geology of the area. The forces that continue to create Niagara Falls are a very recent phenomenon in geological terms; a product of the retreat of the last Ice Age. It is refreshing to see an attraction that actually offered some meaningful education before my children got caught up in all the crap on Clifton Hill and all the other tourist traps Niagara Falls USA and Canada offers.

Karen Kleckner

These are the same exhibits that were there 20 years ago! They are broken and faded now. Very sad. This used to be free, but now there is a charge. Not worth the money. Skip it.

Patil In America

Wow!!! You can use the discovery pass to enter the aquarium. They have tons of marine species, best marine life to watch is jelly fish, sea lion show and penguin feeding. Find the right appropriate times and watch the shows there. It’s amazing.

Teju Olawumi

The historical movie was good.

Marie Roberts

Great information about niagara falls

Peggy Rosa

Love the history!

Sanjana Balakrishna

It's average.

Prabhu Kalaimani

Must be the last in the list when you visit Niagara Falls.. the show was cool and came to know the history of Niagara Falls..

Michelle De Leon

Had so much fun! Well priced and well worth it.

Naresh Agrawal

Good place

Rob Fischer

This is the secret to free parking at Niagara Falls. Come early, get the Discovery Pass. Highly recommend doing Cave of the Winds first and getting the free sandals to keep for Maid of the Mist.

Brandy Green

Definitely didnt know there was an elevator that takes you down and brings you up to the top. Pretty sweet

Lisa Cheng

The center has an administration fee. Free parking. Nice landscape and gardening. Has a short trail(1.2mile?) and the trial head looks very attractive (has a bridge!). Has public restroom. sells the trolley ticket here. Located at the South of the Whirlpool Park and North of the Goat Island. Good starting point.

saranya sampat

Not a great location

Foxtrot2050

Feels dated, enjoyed the information and was very nice but kids and myself lost interest quickly.

Jon Saylor

Most of the interactive displays weren't working. Good information, could be more up to date.

Donna Gifford

Informative.

realdavidlebeau

The best part is the self guided tour of the gorge, very cool and free. The Discovery Center is fine for $3 but there isn't much there.

Nirmal Kumar

Very good place, the people ran it were very friendly! You have a nice view of the falls from here and you can take the trolley from this location right down to the falls and other part of the tourist places.

Farhan Yaqoob

Its ok

Vicky Nah

I don’t even know how many times I have been here. I wish I could fly my drone and eat some cool shots. I wish they had some place where one could take permission to fly drone here.

leauna rice

Very interesting and you can really read alot about the falls.

Phillip Gioia

Nice words geology and history of the area

Jonette Hoskins

Great place, clean, friendly people

Michael & Amanda Smith

So awesome to come in and see the real time camera is cool love the rocks ans minerals

Kate Minard

This place was sort of neat, but needs a serious update. It looks like it was plucked directly from the 1950s.

Bindu N

Good to see

Mohan Kakarla

Nothing exciting to see here. Better skip this place if you are in tighter schedule.

Melissa

Boring. The front staff was not very friendly and everything was outdated. Skip it. Next to the gorge is a brick building and you can descend down to the gorge for free.....see pictures :)

Kimberly Pawaskar

Dated and didn't really hold anyone's interest long.

Selvin Molina

Was fun

Kenny L

Went on a Saturday at 4 and they were closed. Bummer.

priyanka saxena

Place to know best known tours in Niagara

mz kk

Beautiful scenery of the gorge and canada side... Still not open

John R.

Great place to park and explore the gorge. Quick walk to the falls, the aquarium, and the rail trails. The views are spectacular!

Tahir Hussain

nice park

Jacqueline Cuevas

Beautiful.. allot to see and nice employees

Super Salty

Nice place

Usha G

It was okay with fossil collection.

Corina Ann

Loved it

Asaad Abahussain

Small place not much to see in the center

AIIdesignz Web & Online Marketing (aiidesignz)

Great location for picnics, hiking and biking. You can see Niagara Falls from a distance and a tour helicopter takes off and lands near ny making it that much more dramatic and adds some excitement. The Discovery Center itself needs to be open more often so definitely call if you plan on going inside for a history tour.

Brayan Delgado

Nice place but you can tell it's on a slow decline. The displays need some serious love and attention. The people are very friendly!

Frank L Wideman

One of the places at Niagara Falls that adds information to the fun.

sucharitha m

Nice

SB Tripod

Really cool exhibit, the people ran it were very friendly! My only complaint was the whole place smelled like curry...

Ashley Louis

Very small but super cheap, get to go down into the gorge which was amazing!

Husain Anas

There is nothing here, google it :P

Erik R

Tourist Trap. And not in a good way.

Sam Wade

I didn't really dislike it... but it is really dated and if it wasn't included with the discovery pass I would not have paid to go in.

Christopher Baldwin

Nothing to really discover here. Dying location. The only thing keeping Niagara falls alive is the falls that being said the maid of the mist and cave of the winds was really the best parts

Joshy Nadz

Great attractive place to get started to pick up ur brochure and trolley passes

Ramblyn Rose

Awesome place.

Srinivasa Raju K

Most of the interactive exhibits in the centre were not working. A documentary is shown on a very small screen by a DVD player.

Lisa

Dirty, smelly, boring

Biks Videography

Its nice center collection of history and discovers around Niagara. It is worth visiting this place for some time.

Mike M

Cool place and neat place to check out the history of the area and Falls.

Josef Gasimov

Nice place to visit with short movie about Niagara and small exhibits. Admission was part of the pass but otherwise probably not worth paying by itself.

lillian crespo

(Translated) Excellent (Original) Excelente

Mick O'Seasnain

Great experience - free! Well worth the time, and very educational. So much to see and do that it occupied our youngest (4) for hours.

Suyaraj M

It's ok.the movie was good.near to aquarium

Judyth Cespedes

Gorgeous!!!!

Gary McDonald

One of the mist see attractions at the Falls.

Jim Willard

Very interesting information on the history of the falls

Ryan Abel

Way outdated and not much to see. Some cool facts and history, but not worth the stop. There is great potential with all the amazing history, but lack of care.

Shirley McDonald

Visiting Niagara Falls was absolutely fantastic. We parked at the Discovery Center and it was free. We got there before the trolley started operating but it ended up being a super short walk to see the smaller part of the falls. Due to time constraints we weren't able to visit the longer horseshoe part of the falls. We were told that was a much longer walk. Highly recommended visit!

Bob Harms

It took 52 years to get my honey to the destination of her dreams...we parked our RV on goat Island and spent the day on the bus dropping off to view the beauty and natural wonder you have to see to appreciate...dont wait 52 years guys I have a patient woman, on ed of a kind beauty...like the Falls

Larry Fobbs

Are you ready for the best hiking, fishing, natural beauty, water rapids, wild life, picnicking and forgetting all your worries for the whole day(s)? then the Niagara Gorge Discovery Center Niagara Falls is the place to be.

Michael Ondeck

Needs updating and broken stuff fixed

adeeleen ortiz

Awesome place! Small but it is full of information!!! The whole story of the falls, pieces of history is amazing! We got the passes so going here was part of the package but worthy!!! We love the place! This is the second time we been there! The falls are just an amazing place so surreal!!!

Caitlin Pontoriero

Awesome information about the Niagara Falls area

Abhinit Sundar

Exceptionally amiable, aesthetically pleasing, and one of the world's best eco-friendly locations situated in Niagara Falls, NY on the American side of Niagara Falls. Offers an excellent vacation spot for all vacationers and is undoubtedly one of the most relaxing and delightful getaway locations to escape from the monotonous workaday life that one inevitably has to go back to.

Tony Smith

The employee's were very helpful

April Janda

Very informative.

Kar A

Small and informative. Video was good but old. Front desk was really helpful

Lourdu Felix

I loved the place, a little bit outside the falls, but if you're someone interested in acquiring some knowledge about thing, probably this is a place along with romantic, thrilling niagara view

Kathi Spilberg

Any questions about attractions in the Niagara Falls? Then this is the place you wanna go!! Free parking and for $3 you can be driven by the numerous trolley buses from place to place all day. They have discounted packages you can buy and the center houses a ton of history about the area, including a 20 minute history channel movie for a small fee. Great views & a walking bridge to the Aquarium (instead of parking fee at their lot, park here free & walk over!

Vanquishedangel

Not well taken care of

Nick Bodtmann

Wonderful information about the falls. Really educational for the kids to get an understanding of our history.

Miranda Wass

Love it

Kevin B Berger

Great place to hike with great history. Weather was perfect!

Guy Saults

Low-cost natural history lesson about the Niagara Gorge. Worth the $3 admission, and has a water bottle refill station.

Willard Jones

A must see

Ryan Holdgreve

Only went because it was free with our pass. I see why it was free.

Veronica “Brownsuga” Andrews

Nice place

Andrea Lima

Good

Jeff Renner

Very informative

Chaitu Kalapala

A place with decent information about the history of the gorge. But a little overpriced. There's not a whole lot to see though and nothing that you can't get online. It also looks rundown. Needs a facelift.

Bruce Rose

Displays here were informative, if you are curious a out the history of the Falls then this is the best place to stop off at.

Luis Maldonado

Not a great attraction, not much to do or see, "movie" they play is a History Channel special about Niagara Falls.

Troy Schutza

Great staff

Candace Phillips

Beautiful views and great history

Trisha Poole

Don't waste your money.

Vatan Maan

What to say everything is great there

AKSHAY GARG

Good

Christopher Valino

This place has alot of interesting info and artifacts

Meera Asokan

good staff, movie was not panoramic but good one to know the history

Israel Reyes

Nice place. Thought there was very little to see.

rene

(Translated) good point to view the US side of the falls, free parking, trolley bus boarding point and a nice walk down to the remnants of the old hydroelectric power station, please note that the lift is going (Original) goed punt om de US kant van de watervallen te bekijken , gratis parkeren ,trolley bus opstapplaats en een leuke wandeling naar onderen naar de restanten van de oude waterkrachtcentrale let wel op dat de lift gaat

Anthony Otlowski

Exhibits did get a bit monotonous. There is a cool view and and elevator to take you down to gorge level.

Viji Roberts

A must visit place. If you are a history buff this is a place you will enjoy. There are demonstrations that's a blast from the past. Musket firing was my favorite.

flor velo

Love it

R Braley

Worth every penny! Good for kids

Shaun Hick

Somewhat dated, but the displays were informative, covering the major historical themes of Niagara including power generation and local geology. The depth of information was pretty limited, aimed perhaps at a middle school level. The short (20 min) History Channel produced film was informative regarding development of the area as a tourist attraction over the last few hundred years. Some of the interactive displays were broken when we visited, and the parking lot was completely closed for construction (park at the aquarium and walk over), which also greatly limited the outdoor access around the facility.

Pupper Smoker

Liked the info but is very small and some/most buttons and interactive displays are not working. Friendly staff. Nice trail info. The best thing was the elevator to the gorge which i believe is free and separate from this place but is advertised by the staff.

charlene harris-wright

Awesome, The sales people were professional and warm; the tour enjoyable for our group

The Swiss Watch Service Group,Inc.

Find out a bit of the history of one of our nation's most well known/beautiful tourist attractions.

Anayelis

The history presentation was ok. Very informative.. however not impressed

Mythic Valorant

A place everyone should visit!

Ricardo Santiago

Not much to see, just a nice movie about the history of the falls

Neyda Ortiz

(Translated) Wonders that only the almighty Jehovah can do (Original) Maravillas que solo las puede hacer el todopoderoso Jehova

Rolinda Jones

It's American history

Solis Yas

(Translated) Entertaining, if you want to know a little more about Niagara Falls. (Original) Entretenido, si quieres conoser un poco mas de Niagara Falls.

Dirk Coe

kind of old and run down

Lisa Toledo

Very interesting

david thompson

Everything was broken it must be run by the public school system i didn't learn a thing skip this

C Schrader

Small, but interesting. We were able to get in on the park's Discovery Pass, but wouldn't have paid otherwise.

Zhou Frank

It is a good place for scene actually.

shency joy

Not to be missed.

Luis Santos

Great experience

Linda Pelletier

Didn't go through the museum.

Ujjal Bhattacharya

Fair

Dillon Crim

This was a great place to learn more about Niagara Falls and its history.

Pepper

MOBBED!! If you can't find parking on Goat Island prepare to be scalped...and be prepared to spend most of your day waiting in packed lines. On hot days it seems many visitors from abroad aren't accustomed to using deodorant, so be prepared for that too.

Sandeep Kumar Burra

Nothing Interesting

Shobhit Shyam

great place, a must visit place for an out of world experience.

Patrick

Are real Hidden Gem. Well worth the few dollar donation. Lots of interesting information that you never knew the best part is the elevator down to the gorge on the outside of the museum Center. Once you're down into the Gorge all the information in the Discovery Center starts to make sense. Very unique well worth the time to stop. Parking can be challenging but there is a bigger lot across the access Bridge. But please hire somebody with a weed wacker.

Marva Rajaram

Best view

William Paige

Nice place to visit to learn about the falls.

Megan Gonyou

The best part about this place is the trails behind the center. Very close to the water.

Eliezer Simon

Looks nice

Yitzchok Kolodny

WAste of time

Suresh Bharathwaj

Nice place to get info

Miriam Nevil

Great educational place.

Marianela Fermin

It the greatest place.

t k

Wonderful place to learn.

Aseel Nasser

The right place to learn the history of Niagara Falls, just needs some improvements.

Ann Jones

Nice for my granddaughter. Hands- on experience.

Bill Merryman

Nice stop after going to the falls

Dave Vesely

Lots of interesting facts.

Mark Hamilton

Very informative of the history of Niagara Falls.

Fernando Arroyo

(Translated) A good place to visit in Niagara you can dedicate an entire morning there is an interesting variety of species have two shows of seals (Original) Un buen lugar para visitar en Niágara le puedes dedicar toda una mañana hay una variedad interesante de especies cuentan con dos shows d focas

Jesse Stiles

Ok place, very informative. 20 minute video plays every half hour inside about history of the falls. This and the Aquarium were at the very north end of the park and were probably the most in need of updating. Still worth checking out in my opinion.

Gayathri Ramanujam

Loved it

Kelly Brown

It was good

Lisette Malave

Fun

Anusha Reddy

They show a movie but its very boring I actually slept in the show..I really dont like it..

C.V. Jones Jr

Nice

Eric H

Recommended!! Great place to learn and play. All free!

Anlly leo

(Translated) Okay (Original) Bueno

Tina Chmie

Multimedia exhibits of the history of Niagara Falls.

Lacey Rollins

Very neat to see the history! The people working here were very nice. Some updates would really make this place a five star attraction. The gorge was awesome. I loved going down the elevator and seeing it all.

sunder raman srinivasan

Informative

Andre Miller

Can’t see the falls but a beautiful view

Rick Bearducci

Very imfomational about the falls

brandon cooper

A fun visit

Sébastien CLOUET

(Translated) Interesting and exciting but too bad that the manual presentations do not work (Original) Intéressant et passionnant mais dommage que les présentations manuelles ne fonctionnent pas

IQBOL TV

Good

Randy Nason

Needed an upgrade 15 years ago

Gregg Lessing

Nice with helpful folks. Use the trolley, $3 all day, 10 min. Between trolleys. Worthwhile!

Tamika Ann

Ir was closed anD it was only 3 in the afternoon the website said it was open but building was closed

Peaceoz _

Besides the Discovery Center there is an elevator where great, unique views await at the bottom. Taking the elevator down to the water and looking up at the remains of the old power plants that used to be along the Niagara River ages ago is really cool. The stone walls and intakes are still visible. The maid of the mist boats are stored on the platform at the base of the elevator in winter but in summer you're able to walk in that area and view the river and the Rainbow Bridge from below. There's a small hiking trail that takes you along the Niagara river a short distance. There's another much longer hiking trail from the bottom that takes you along the gorge to the top. Or you can just take the elevator back up top.

Fat Daddy

Nice information, water bottle refill spot!

Robert Levy

Nice information

Stefan Dimitrov

Get the pass, greatest value for all attractions

James Medley

A must stop

Chris D

If this was free it would be better

Smita Bharti

Enjoyed a lot.

R K

Learned a lot about the falls

Dana Cole

Great for kids

Malachi Zo

Bit dated, needs repairs. Many of the interactive information stations don't work.

Christine Mendez

Movie was informative, but needs to be updated.

Jason Towne

Love

Kimberly Snody

Good film of history. A geological overview of area

Mohammed Shafeek

Few more collections would be great

Angleique Jungmeyer

Feels super old and it's very small. Good place to get into some AC waiting for the trolley, though.

Donna Pollow

You have a nice view of the falls from here and you can rake the trolley from this location right down to the falls.

Norman Brown

Great Staff. Kinda dated. Needs updating.

John Schnell

It's very outdated, including information that science has since revised. The staff is very nice though.

Jessica Peraza

Interesting information

Claudia Amaya

(Translated) I need more to offer (Original) Nesecita mas que ofrecer

Sanjay Sharma

Nice place to visit

박경순

(Translated) It is as good as a national park. The ground is wide, nothing is better. (Original) 국립공원인 만큼 잘 되어있음. 땅이넓으니 더할나위 없음.

John Parker

Reasonably priced. Good information. Nice stop on the tour

Holly Peczynski

It was nice to learn about the gorge

Nina Brawn

CLOSED FOR THE SEASON 2021! Even though the internet indicated it was open! Didn't appreciate the hike for nothing in the hot and humid weather.

Shane Carolla

The place seems old but does give you a lot of history about Niagara Falls.

Martha Butler

Not much to this. Outside bathrooms locked, need a ticket to use ones inside or have to go over to the aquarium.

Lili M

Only 3$ admission but it is a small building. Great if you want to see the history of how the falls came to be, types of rocks, etc. Nice stop if you're exploring. Across from the aquarium via a bridge and about a mile walk to the falls and prospect point.

shai shani

Great view

Leena Silver

Best movie and museum in the area.

rené kenter

(Translated) I found disappointing (Original) Vond ik tegenvallen