If you’ve never visited the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History, the time is NOW to plan a field trip to go! A special traveling exhibit from the American Museum of Natural History called Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas will be in Ann Arbor through September 15, 2024, and is FREE to visit.
Note: Tickets for February 17-19 are sold out.
Image from University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
About the Exhibit
What were living, breathing dinosaurs really like? Just how big were they and how did they behave?
Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas, a traveling exhibition from the American Museum of Natural History introduces how current thinking about dinosaur biology has changed in recent decades and highlights research by scientists from the American Museum of Natural History and other leading paleontologists around the world.
During its tenure at the U-M Museum of Natural History, the exhibit will be complemented by a special display on an exciting discovery by Jeffrey Wilson Mantilla, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Curator at the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan, and U-M researcher Iyad Zalmout, Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleontology. They uncovered a brand new species of dwarf sauropod, which is also the very first named dinosaur from the Jordan region.
Dawn Johnson, interim director at the U-M Museum of Natural History, said: “Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas gives visitors a chance to peek behind the curtain at what modern-day dinosaur research looks like. Thanks to advances in technology such as bioengineering computer software and even CT scans, paleontologists are rethinking old assumptions about the way dinosaurs lived.”
This exhibit is recommended for age 3 and up.
HOURS AND LOCATION
The museum is open Tuesday—Sunday 10 a.m.–4 p.m. {closed Mondays}
Although the U-M Museum of Natural History is normally closed to the public on Mondays, it will be open on Monday, February 19, 2024, and will be offering free interactive activities for visitors of all ages during the opening weekend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum admission is also free.
The museum is located inside the Biological Sciences Building, 1105 North University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Learn more about what to see at this Ann Arbor gem at this post.
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