My husband and I walked the grounds and visited the inside museum. We have also been to Cahokia mounds in Illionos so knew what to expect. Go when the weather is mild and you will have a wondwrful time.
I've been many times in the past, and walked the trails alone. I just thought it was a neat place to be alone for an hour or two. After visiting during the Autumnal Equinox and doing the guided tour, I realized just neat it really was. The archaeologist on site was very knowledgeable and informative. Great experience, but kind of a sad story.
the staff was very helpful. do be prepared to walk. a lot.
but its what went on there, indian history is extremely important and we took our daughter so she can begin to understand what a rich history is in the south
We try to do something educational with our kids every weekend and this was a cool place to visit! I would love to see the state put some more funding into Spiro Mounds. I wish they had a guided tour.
We only toured the inside exhibit, as we were all pretty sunburnt from our previous day!Our boys (14 and 15) were pretty bored, but my husband and I are very interested in the subject, and this was our first visit to a mound site, so we learned a lot, and are anxious to see other sites!The site's main mound had been pillaged in the 30's but many artifacts remain, and the exhibits are very informative.Really wish there was more research being done on these civilizations!
Highly recommend visiting the Spiro Mounds. Small museum is interesting and the curator is knowledgeable. One of the big mounds was plundered in the early 1900s.
Very Historic, One of the countries largest indian mound sitesNice center with exhibits and picturesGood to just walk around
The directions that I got by clicking on them through Trip Advisor took me to a neighborhood. Don't trust that link. It was a 2 mile walk to view all the mounds. It was interesting, but 90 degrees is too hot for a 2 mile trek.
The museum was informative. Had no idea that there were native Americans here so long ago! We were disappointed that nearly all of the artifacts were replicas.