Expedition Dinosaur at Mid-America Science Museum
Location: Mid-America Science Museum, 500 Mid America Boulevard
Event Date: April 25 - August 16
Walk among dinosaurs! 165 million years in the making, Expedition Dinosaur combines life-size, lifelike animatronic dinosaurs with realistic movements and sound with fascinating and educational interactive experiences. Walk alongside Stegosaurus, Amargasaurus, Velociraptor, Albertosaurus, Triceratops, and more. Now everyone can explore the realm of dinosaurs like never before.
Explore topics like:
- What tools paleontologists use to search and excavate fossils
- How the dinosaur digestive tract likely functioned
- What the supercontinent Pangea once looked like
- Fossilized eggs and what paleontologists can uncover from them
- How the field of paleontology has evolved
For more information, visit midamericamuseum.org.
Exhibit Activities Provide Opportunities to:
Dig for fossils
Peer through the Wentzscope at fossilized materials
Study a paleontologist’s field tent
Scan and turn simulated dinosaur eggs with a robotic arm
Play with the AR topography sandbox
Pose in the jaws of a dinosaur