The Dinosaur Museum News

The Dinosaur Museum celebrated its 25th birthday on Saturday 27th June. The day was a great success with many new and old friends visiting the Museum to mark the occasion.

Best selling dinosaur author and expert Dougal Dixon pictured here, cuts the ribbon, symbolically launching The Dinosaur Museum on its next 25 Years. Also pictured: Tim Batty, the museum curator and Jackie Ridley, the director of the museum.

New research by Gary Packard has shown that scientists have over-estimated the weight of dinosaurs by a significant amount. Dinosaurs may have been much lighter and more agile than at first thought. The giant sauropods for instance could be up to half the Continue Reading…

This year, the Dinosaur Museum is celebrates its 25th anniversary. The Museum opened in 1984, in Dorchester, gateway to Dorset’s World Heritage Jurassic Coast. From the very beginning visitors loved its novel and innovative approach to dinosaurs, and It quickly became the Town’s foremost visitor attraction bringing, over the years, millions of dinosaur hungry families and schools to the county town.

Jackie Ridley, the Museum’s Director, said “The Museum was an instant success when it opened. People were really excited. At the time it was a complete departure from the rather academic and stuffy “hands-off’ approach of conventional museums.” Continue Reading…

New research has shown that the huge meteorite impact responsible for the Chicxulub crater in Mexico was not responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs. This research by Keller suggests that the K-T boundary, which separates rocks dating from the Cretaceous and the Cenozoic periods, was laid down some 300,000 years after the meteorite impact. Between 4 and 9 metres of sediments were Continue Reading…

This exciting new dinosaur discovery links very early tyrannosaurs with their more famous descendants such as T rex and Albertosaurus. The dinosaur was discovered in the early Cretaceous rocks of the Gobi Desert, China, and has been named Xiongguanlong baimoensis meaning Grand Pass Dragon from Continue Reading…

A new dinosaur – the smallest meat-eating type in North America – has recently been named Hesperonychus. It was half the size of a domestic cat but was like a mini Velociraptor. It would have hunted for small mammals, amphibians and insects in the forests of what is now Canada. The remains had lain mis-identified for 25 years as Continue Reading…

New Event! The Easter Egg Hunt with a difference is being held at the Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester over the Easter weekend. The all new Great Dinosaur Easter Egg Hunt involves children in actually hunting throughout the museum to spot the dinosaur eggs on display. As well as this, children have to discover the answers to various clues in the Dinosaur Mystery whilst seeking out the museum’s dinosaur eggs. The Great Dinosaur Egg Hunt is

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Although the dinosaur show is due only in July, several specific dates have already been sold out. It is amazing to see the speed at which the tickets are being booked. This proves once more that Britain is a real dinosaur nation. More and more people turn to fossil-hunting as their primary hobby and Jurassic Park, the ageless feature film by Steven Spielberg still remains in the Continue Reading…

Jack Horner, a leading palaeontologist, is the project leader of a team who are attempting to recreate a dinosaur. Birds evolved from dinosaurs so by using a chicken embryo as a starting point for this reverse evolution it is like creating a dinosaur from Continue Reading…

Although dinosaurs have been extinct for 65 million years they are still very much alive and well in the world of rock music. Indie rock band Dinosaur Bones from Toronto are one of Canada’s hottest new acts. With a new album on the way Dinosaur Bones are destined for great things. Coming from Canada, home to so many great dinosaur finds, their Continue Reading…