Thomas Condon Paleontology Center

Free museum

The museum is free and the displays are very informative. The collection of fossils is quite impressive. We recommend spending about an hour to check out this place. The gift shop is nice as well.

Very informative and educational

The Thomas Condon Paleontology Center in Kimberly performs dual functions - First as a Visitor Center for the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and secondly, as a paleontology research facility f...

Amazing exhibits

Great display of fossils unearthed from the region. There are also beautiful murals that help you imagine what the earth might have looked back then, and what these unusual plants and animals looked i...

Phenomenal find

We went on a road trip to the John Day area wanting to explore a part of Oregon we hadn’t been to before. We had never previously heard about the John Day fossil beds, which in hindsight is a crime. T...

Lots of Interesting Info

Nice facility and exhibits. See fossils and learn about what Oregon was like millions of years ago. Worth a stop.