Museum event: Dinosaurs
- Audience Type:
- General, Kids
- Event Type:
- Current exhibition
- Location:
- Level 2, Dinosaurs Exhibition
The Australian Museum's popular Dinosaurs exhibition is bigger and better than ever! Famous for having 10 complete dinosaur skeletons and eight-life-sized models, it also features high-tech interactive displays that encourage you to look, listen and learn about these fascinating creatures who ruled the world until 65 million years ago.
Hear roars from the Mesozoic era and roam the eerily lit space looking, touching and experiencing the ancient world of dinosaurs as it's brought to life with skeletons, skulls, teeth, claws and hundreds of other fossils. Learn how dinosaurs lived and died and find out which ones are still thriving!
Things to do
- Catch up with old dinosaur favourites including Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex.
- See new additions including the 228- million- year- old Eoraptor, the bird-like Bambiraptor, and the amazing Jobaria - a 22-metre- long sauropod (long-necked plant- eater) rearing to a whopping 10 metres!
- Gain insights into the dinosaurs found in Australia's own backyard including a skeleton of the seven-metre- long plant-eating Muttaburrasaurus.
- Smell the Mesozoic world, make dinosaur calls and even see the world from a dinosaur's perspective using the cool interactive displays!
- Watch a recreated scene from Australia's ancient past telling the story of a deadly encounter between a small herbivorous dinosaur and two hungry carnivores.
- Learn how new discoveries and the latest technology are changing our understanding of these fascinating creatures.
- Find out the latest theories on what killed the dinosaurs.
- Spin the wheel of misfortune to find out which animals died and which survived the mass extinction that occurred 65 million years ago.
- Check into the dinosaur palaeontology lab and see which projects are open for inspection. Don't miss the Centrosaurus fossils from the badlands of Canada which are being excavated on-site and prepared for display.
- Browse through the Museum's Shop on your way out and pick up a dinosaur memento or gift about the natural world including books, toys and games, and the Museum's official souvenir guidebook. Great for kids' presents, local and international tourists, or as a treat for yourself.
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11 comments
Christine Callen
3.11 PM, 20 November 2009
Dear June,
Thank you for your comment on your visiting experience and I am sorry to hear your 3 year old daughter did not enjoy the Dinosaurs exhibition. I understand that new experiences will evoke differerent responses in individuals.
The Dinosaurs exhibition content and atmosphere was carefully constructed after extensive audience research with general visitors, families, school groups and children groups. More importantly we also undertook sessions and advice from child education experts (in particular from preshcool through to primary school) as well as from experts in museums, schools and universities. The production of this exhibition took over 2 years and we purposefully designed the Dinosaurs exhibition to appeal to families (children and adults) as well as inspire enthusiasm for our natural environment and its evolution through an engaging exhibition.
As a natural history Museum we have a responsibility to communicate the reality of dinosaurs (small, medium and the large sized ones from carnivores to herbivores) and evaluation showed a visitor need to experience extreme senses in this space - eg the noise, action, smell, temperature, sight, touch and movement of dinosaurs. Audiences universally wanted to experience the re-created 'life-like' aspect of a dinosaurs world. Since March 2008 when this exhibition opened we have many pre-schoolers through the Dinosaurs exhibiton who have absolutely loved the experience - but I appreciate this was not the case for your family.
Thanks again for the feedback and we hope to see you back at the Museum soon - as there are plenty of other non-dinosaur exhibition spaces and discovery places such as Search & Discover and Kidspace for your daughter to explore.
Regards Christine
june_gay
7.11 AM, 09 November 2009
If you have a little child (mine is 3), best prepare them for both the size and noise of the dinosaurs. My girl was fascinated until the sound effects roared and she fled the room shaking and terrified.
Brooke Carson-Ewart
2.11 PM, 02 November 2009
Hi Kay, The video stampede is a very large video installation in the exhibition that without giving to much away takes you a bit by surprise! You will have to come and visit the exhibitions as describing it here would not do it justice and ruin the fun when you visit. We look forward to seeing you here at the museum soon. Cheers Brooke
Brooke Carson-Ewart
1.10 PM, 21 October 2009
Hi Kris, we love Dinosaurs too! We have lots of information and pictures about all sorts of dinosaurs on our website. I have attached a link to our 'Dinosaurs and their relatives' section at the top of this page. Or just dinosaurs into the search. Have fun Brooke
Kris,Christou
12.10 PM, 11 October 2009
Hey, i am a kid, 11 years of age and i was just wondering, what Dinosauars do you reaseach ( I love Dinosauars! ) Thanks! Kris
kay
9.10 PM, 01 October 2009
what is the video stampede ? sounds interesting
billyhill
5.09 PM, 02 September 2009
Hello everyone I agree with you peppercorn although we still do not know what actually happened. We could be living amongst modern day dinosaurs this very minute. However I agree the exhibition is truly inspiring I loved it.
peppercorn
10.09 AM, 02 September 2009
"Yes i am interested trish in the evolutionary fabled saga of dinosaurs because they where one of the first to die out in mass extinction on earth because believe it or not trish" they could have been evolutionary descendent's of blue jay or birds in your backyard" please reply back from peppercorn joshua.
Christine Callen
2.08 PM, 31 August 2009
Hi Trish, Yes our 'Dinosaurs' exhibition is bigger than the previous 'More than Dinosaurs' exhibition. We now have more dinosaurs and bones on display - not to mention the popular video stampede! I hope life in WA is treating you well? Cheers Christine
trish.mcdonald
7.08 PM, 18 August 2009
Interested to know how it is bigger than before?
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