The Dinosaur Museum News

Best selling author of the ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’, Tracy Chevalier was inspired to write her new novel ‘Remarkable Creatures’ during a visit to the Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester. Her latest novel focuses on the story of Mary Anning – a fossil hunter from Lyme Regis who lived in the early part of the 19th century. She was very much a woman in a man’s world, but despite this discovered the first complete skeleton of an ichthyosaur at the age of 11.
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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.

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 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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The Arena Spectacular of the theatrical production of Walking with Dinosaurs Live is coming to Britain in the summer of 2009. You can book your tickets now. So far the live show has proved a sensational hit in both Australia and America. It is based on the BBC’s multi-award winning Walking with Dinosaurs television series, bringing 15 dinosaurs to “life” in a staged environment. The Arena Spectacular show was Continue Reading…

Dorchester’s award winning Dinosaur Museum has received an offer from an anonymous backer to bid for a rare skeleton of Triceratops that is being auctioned by Christies in Paris on April 16th.

The rare skeleton is the property of a private collector in Europe and is the star attraction of a sale of dinosaur and other fossils at the auction in Paris. It is expected to fetch around 500,000 Euros but may go much higher as it has attracted worldwide attention. Continue Reading…

Good Friday 21st – Easter Monday 24th March. Great Dinosaur Egg Hunt. The Dinosaur Museum, Icen Way, Dorchester.

Explore Britain’s original award winning Dinosaur Museum, in Dorchester, with its exciting mix of actual fossils, skeletons, and life-size dinosaur reconstructions Continue Reading…