My daughter and I stopped into the bear center last summer when we were camping/fishing in Ely. We had a rainy day and decided to spend the afternoon here. They had a lot of displays and video inside the building, which were very educational. We saw 2 or 3 bears in the fenced in area outside, when they weren't hiding.... More

Loved this place. Learned a lot about bears too. This and the Wolf center are both awesome must see places. More

it was alot of photos of bears. and alot of reading. now i'm a history fan, etc., so i will read displays, but this was way too much. Seems like alot of same things. There are also alot of monitors (t.v.) of old videos of their bears. problem is one has to be about 5'8" to see the screens comfortable.... More

Black bears in person. Watch their activity, get to know them, amazing research and work being done here. More

A little too zoo like but great if you love bears. Decent viewing area but a little pricey More

Kids loved seeing the bears and watched them for at least an hour. Good information. Try to go at feeding time if you can, it is a joy! More

If you love bears, this is a must, not only will you fall in love with the resident bears at the NABC (Teddy, Honey and Lucky) you will fall in love with bears, period. It's a great learning center and a great place to start to learn about 'real bears' not the myths we have been taught. This is a... More

We got to see the bears and read quite a bit of information about them. Very interesing! More

The staff was not very friendly. The facility was alright and the displays nicely done. I think we prefer the wolf center. More