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Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Box 7500, Drumheller, AB, T0J 0Y0

403-823-7707 888-440-4240 Fax: 403-823-7131 | Website

The Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller is an important Alberta facility that houses one of the largest collections of dinosaur fossils in the world.

Category: Visual Arts Location
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What:

Type | Museum
Payment | Interac, MasterCard, American Express, Visa

Where:

Neighbourhood | Calgary-5
Getting There | Located 6 kilometers northwest of Drumhellar in Midland Provincial Park.
Cross Street | Drumheller and Dinosaur Trail North

When:

Summer 2008: May 17, 2008 – Sept 1, 2008 9:00AM - 9:00PM Daily Fall 2008: Sept 2, 2008 – Oct 13, 2008 10:00AM - 5:00PM Daily Winter 2008: Oct 14, 2008 – Jan 1, 2009 10:00AM - 5:00PM Tuesday through Sunday *closed Mondays, except for public holidays

Schedule of Events

Date Event Description
10-Mar-10 to 10-Mar-11 Age of Mammals Trace the evolution of mammals as they became more recognizable. 
10-Mar-10 to 10-Mar-11 Burgess Shale Experience the larger than life creatures living in a prehistoric ocean bed. 
10-Mar-10 to 10-Mar-11 Cretaceous Garden Walk through our living exhibit: a garden containing the plants dinosaurs ate millions of years ago. 
10-Mar-10 to 10-Mar-11 Devonian Reef This recreation of a 375 million-year-old reef environment is a slice of Devonian life. 
10-Mar-10 to 10-Mar-11 Dinosaur Hall Visit our big attraction, featuring almost 40 mounted skeletons of ancient dinosaurs. 
10-Mar-10 to 10-Mar-11 Ice Ages Travel back to a colder time not so long ago and not so far away. 
10-Mar-10 to 10-Mar-11