A photo of the animatronic T-rex in the Dinosaurs gallery, lit up in blue lighting

Dinosaurs Gallery

Meet the roaring T. rex, see the skull of a Triceratops and wander among fossils in our world-famous Dinosaurs Gallery.

Open daily except 24-26 December.

Free, permanent gallery.

Step back in time and walk among some of the most important dinosaur fossils in the world.

Explore the different time periods dinosaurs lived, sort the facts from the myths about why they died out and find out what our scientific research has taught us about these prehistoric giants.

Our roaring T.rex will be closed to the public between 7-25 September for its annual service. We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Star specimens and exhibits

  • part of the first Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever discovered, one of the largest carnivores ever to have walked the Earth
  • the first skeleton of Iguanodon known to science, one of the species used to describe the concept of dinosaurs
  • the skull of a plant-eating Triceratops
  • the gigantic armoured dinosaur Scolosaurus

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