If you like everything related to dinosaurs, there are places where you can see fossil remains in various exhibits. Many are traditional and contain precise details about each species. Other dinosaur museums also offer new experiences using the latest technologies.
The Paleo Lab at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas
Here it is on display Nanuqsaurus the most recent Tyrannosaurus Rex from the Paleo Lab, which is part of this museum. This laboratory was inaugurated on August 28, 2018 and has an augmented reality experience.
In this you can see the T-Rex, the Diplodocus and the Velociraptor. They also offer participation in hands-on excavations, bringing visitors closer to the real-life experiences of paleontologists.
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Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC
It is one of the museums most prestigious in the world in this matter. Since its beginning in 1910 it has had the Dinosaur Hall where you can see the Triceratops and to Tyrannosaurus Rex.
An important exhibit is The Last American Dinosaurs: Discovering a Lost World (The Last American Dinosaurs: Discovering a Lost World), which features fossils obtained from the Hell Creek Formation in the western United States.
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Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
In this place it is possible to meet Máximo, a titanosaur just over 37 meters high. Sleepovers are often organized here with 12-year-old children who visit the museum at night to meet the dinosaurs and sleep with them. It is a didactic and fun way to promote scientific knowledge among young people.
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American Museum of Natural History in New York
It is also possible to see a huge Titanosaur discovered in 2014. In the same way there are sleepovers but they are for both children and adults. They have various innovations in the world of paleontology.
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London Natural History Museum
Some of the centerpieces of this exhibit include a Iguanodona Baryonyx and a Stegosaurus. It is possible to know what happened during the various eras and make comparisons of facts versus myths, in relation to the causes that caused the true extinction of various creatures.
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Paris Natural History Museum
It is a museum complex that includes an exclusive dinosaur museum. Have a Alloasaurus fragilis, Diplodocusm, a Mammotha three-horned triceratopshe Basilasaurus and the Sarcosuchus imperator which is the largest crocodile ever recorded. They also have the most complete T-Rex skeleton that comes from Montana in 2013.
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Dickenson Badlands Dinosaur Museum in North Dakota, United States
The main attraction is a 680 kilo Triceratops, which was discovered by a couple in Montana in 1992. They donated it to the Dickenson Museum Center, where it became a stellar, highly successful exhibit, prompting it to become a dinosaur museum. Currently they have skeletons of Albertosaurus, Allosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Stegosaurus, Thescelosaurus and Triceratops.
Most of it comes from the states of North and South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming. That is why this region is often called dinosaur land.
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Royal Tyrrell Museum of Alberta, Canada
This museum offers a face-to-face encounter with some of the most powerful dinosaurs that lived in this country in the north of the American continent. It has 13 galleries that are always being renewed. One of the most visited is the Grounds of Discovery which It has the best preserved dinosaur with a shell in the world known as Borealopelta.
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Colorado
It features the Prehistoric Journey exhibit that shows a interactive fight between a Diplodocus and a Stegosaurus. You can also see the Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience which displays dinosaur fossils, along with animatronic, interactive and hands-on exhibits.
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, United States
Here you can see Willo’s bones, a dinosaur that dates back about 66 million years. Paleontologists discovered his fossilized 4-chambered heart, suggesting he could have been warm-blooded. It was the size of a pony and was discovered by a rancher in South Dakota.
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Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Colorado Springs
In this exhibition can be observed at more than 30 prehistoric specimens of natural size. The most impressive are the carnivore Albertosaurus libratus who was related to him T-Rexand the Bambiraptora raptor species that inhabited the territory of North America.
Visitors can participate in the Paleontology Laboratory where they can learn more about the tasks of paleontologists. They also have a Children’s Resource Center where children can play to create their own dinosaur.
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Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta
It is a museum that has permanent and temporary exhibitions, along with an IMAX theater. Every year it attracts the attention of the public of various ages. It features the interactive experience called Dinosaur Plaza, which immerses you in a recreation of Prehistoric Patagonia. Added to this is the Fernbank Nature Quest, which offers a tour of the prehistoric world.
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Wyoming Dinosaur Center
What sets it apart from others is that it preserves its own excavation sites. They exclusively have a specimen of Archeopteryx which is possibly an ancestor of birds. It has 30 mounted skeletons and a paleontology laboratory. The main figure of him is the T-Rex.
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Colorado Dinosaur National Monument
In this case No We are talking actually from a museum, but rather of a national park. It is the favorite visit of thousands of dinosaur fans who want to see fossil remains still embedded in the rocks. It is also possible to take a selfie with realistic reconstructions of numerous dinosaur species.
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh
It is an institution created in 1896, which has 20 galleries with 10,000 specimens. It is a famous sample due to the discovery made by one of its scientists in 1899 of the fossil of a local diplodocus. In the same way it has the first discovered specimen of T-Rex. And fans of fossil remains are always delighted with the exhibit. Dinosaurs in their Time.
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Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
It is one of the most visited in North America, with an estimated one million visitors a year. Lovers of fossil remains appreciate its Natural History gallery and the Age of Mammals exhibit that can be seen in the Reed Gallery. Here you can see the Wendiceratops pinhornensis cuckold, which was discovered in 2010.
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Dinópolis Theme Park in Teruel, Spain
Spanish speakers can also enjoy the magnificent complex dedicated to dinosaurs located in Teruel, Spain. It consists of seven centers located in seven more locations. These are Galve, Peñarroya de Tastavins, Rubielos de Mora, Castellote, Albarracín, Riodeva and Ariño.
In any of the centers you choose you will be able to learn about the last 4,500 years of evolution on the planet. You will be able to learn about everything that involved the emergence of life, which gave rise to the most incredible dinosaur creatures that we know to this day.
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