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Dinosaurs

  • Open daily except 24-26 December. 

The Museum's dinosaurs are world-famous. Meet the roaring T. rex, see the skull of a Triceratops and wander among fossils in the Dinosaurs gallery.

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.

Star specimens and exhibits include:

  • 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

Are your little ones dino-mad?

Test out our interactive gallery quiz and get fun facts, amazing videos and extra information to help them learn and explore.

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Our T. rex is t-resting

It needs regular check-ups to keep its teeth shining and claws sharp and so our T.rex pit will be closed from 9 to 27 September. We're sorry for any disappointment this might cause. Why not pay a visit to some of our other prehistoric predators in our Dinosaurs Gallery instead?

How to find this gallery

The Dinosaurs gallery is in the Blue Zone on the Ground Floor next to Hintze Hall.

Map of the Museum highlighting the Dinosaurs gallery. Map of the Museum highlighting where dinosaurs can be found throughout the Museum.