The Dinosaur Museum
The Dinosaur Museum is all about having a roaring good time! It’s not a theme park, there’s not an animatronic in sight! It’s a real museum for the young and not so young.
01305 269880
thedinosaurmuseum.com
Open from 19th May to 31st October, daily from 10am to 4pm.
Icen Way, Dorchester, DT1 1EW.
We are Britain’s original dinosaur museum, with skeletons, fossils, dinosaur reconstructions, hands-on and computer displays. See millions of years of amazing creatures at this award-winning museum. Don’t miss the excavation pit!
The original award winning Dinosaur Museum is a treat, especially for children. The museum combines life-sized reconstructions of dinosaurs with skeletons and fossils creating a hands-on and interactive experience. New displays tell the incredible story of the dinosaurs and their fascinating prehistoric world millions of years ago. The life-size dinosaur reconstructions include Tyrannosaurus rex, Deinonychus and Triceratops and they beg to be touched by little hands – and that’s encouraged!
The Dinosaur Museum is situated in the centre of Dorchester, just 8 miles from Dorset’s world famous Jurassic Coast. The hands on displays make discovering about dinosaurs fun. They include the ‘Feely Box’ where you discover what it was like to touch a dinosaur, ‘Dinosaurs and You’ where you compare yourself to a dinosaur, and find out what a dinosaur smelt like with the new ‘Smell a Dinosaur’!
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The Dinosaur Museum celebrates Percy the T-Rex’s 35th birthday
The Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester is celebrating a very special 35th birthday! Percy the T-Rex tucked into cake 🍰 this morning to celebrate. Museum owners Michael and Jackie are thrilled…