Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre

The actual animals that were displayed were pretty near and the actual bones or reproductions of bones were pretty neat but evidently the scientists that compiled this were not much of scientists at all. All the dates are way off for even estimates for when the animals were in the Yukon. Almost laughable

We stopped here on a rest day and really enjoyed this Interpretive centre. The staff is very knowledgeable and very friendly. The video was very informative. They have some great artifacts. If you do the combination admission, you can take the walking trail over to the Museum of Transportation. There is plenty of parking if you have your RV, so it definitely is worth the stop along your travels.

Rescheduled our road trip to ensure that we had at least a few hours on our first day in Whitehorse to give my brother sufficient time to admire the exhibits, but I didn’t realize that it was archaeology day. It was crowded, so I rushed him. I should have waited outside, so he could have had more time. Will visit again in 2027, but it was a lovely first visit!

Was cool to visit this museum, Learned a lot I didn't know before about the age, especially why some larger parts of Yukon was ice free and why, will not give everything away here, so yes if your in Whitehorse it's differently a worthwhile visit

Really interesting museum but you will go through it somewhat quickly. Would recommend watching the movie that screens throughout the day.

One of our fav Places in Whitehorse! Loved the Short-film, very interesting and educational-AMAZING!

Not very large but super informative. I really learned a lot about local pre-history. Definitely worth a stop. Won't take you longer than 1.5 hours at most.

I feels great to have a free tour which is both awesome and informative. The video shown is short and fun. Nice display of artifacts and multiple stations for kids to learn and experiment. Definitely would revisit given a chance.

I walked through the door fresh from the transportation museum (same owners? they're neighbors), and was greeted with the fact that they are a package deal. The guy at the transpo museum didn't know or tell me that. So already I like this place. Then, I'm whisked outside because they're about to do an atlatl demonstration and lesson. I have now successfully launched a dart from an atlatl! (It's like a woomera, in case you're wondering.) The rest of the museum was okay - it had a nice collection of fossils, including extinct animals, but nothing really said which ones were real bones or not. (In hindsight, I have doubts that most of these are actual bones as opposed to castings or inferences based on the few real bones that were found. But only some items were labeled as replicas, which is why I don't know about the others.) There's a decent amount of learning if you've never heard of the land bridge, but otherwise you're mostly there to walk through fossils for a bit. Thanks to the friendly attitude and atlatl throwing, this gets a star up on the transpo museum. I would definitely do both or neither in order to get your money's worth. Was it worth it overall, for $12 for the pair? Honestly, I think the atlatl makes the difference. So there's your insider tip.

Highly recommend checking out this museum if you're visiting Whitehorse. They have a quick movie about Beringia around the ice age period. I learned of some of the different type of wildlife that existed then and the related species that are around today. Interesting!! They have a little kid area in the front for them for interactive learning and an area talking about the First Nations. I believe they have some quick tours provided by a speaker who tells you more information about the place as well, but we didn't have time. Oh, yes, and they also have some ice age fossils and artifacts including a woolly mammoth and flat head bear. I'd say to spend between a good hour or two here.

Excellent experience, great way to spend an afternoon learning from knowledgeable guides about a key part of regional history. Fun for the kids with interactive exhibits and games. Very well done.

We stopped in here while on a family road trip with our service animal. We had it bookmarked for a while and knew we would pop in while on the ALCAN. Staff was friendly. All in all, great experience. We got lots of photo ops.