Interest in the existence of dinosaurs, their life activity and the cause of extinction is shown not only by children, but also by adults all over the planet. Thanks to this curiosity, dinosaur skeletons found in different countries are exhibited in paleontological museums in large cities. The work of paleontologists to search for new species of extinct animals continues today, as the Earth every time surprises them with its secrets and new finds.
Science paleontology
If in the last century a museum with dinosaur skeletons was a boring repository of dusty exhibits, in our time of high technology it is also a spectacular institution that tells about the life of prehistoric animals.
Thanks to the science of paleontology, scientists are gradually recreating a picture of the origin of species and life on the planet before humans appeared on it. Modern equipment makes it possible to determine the age of fossils and plant imprints in the layers of the earth with an accuracy of 90-95%. Aboutliving conditions, reproduction and care for the offspring of prehistoric animals can be recognized from the remains of cubs and fossilized eggs. The first dinosaur skeleton found in an egg belonged to a Hypselosaurus and was found in France in 1859.
Thus, a more complete chronology of the change of prehistoric periods and species that lived at that time is built. The found remains of both the earliest ancient organisms and huge vertebrates and later mammals can be seen in the paleontological museums of the world, but not all of them contain complete dinosaur skeletons among the exhibits. Most often, individual fragments of bones or skulls of ancient animals are found, therefore, whole remains in paleontology are considered finds of the century, and these specimens are even given names.
The most famous museums are in America, Canada, Russia, China, Turkey and England. In the USA, 4 cities can compete among themselves, who has which dinosaur skeletons are more ancient, more dangerous and interesting.
Museum of Chicago
The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago has 21 million exhibits in its halls, but that's not the only thing that makes it famous. Tickets to the museum from Friday to Saturday are sold out for several months in advance, since everyone can stay overnight here from January to June.
It's enough to bring sleeping bags with you, choose a dinosaur skeleton model and spend the whole night near it. This event is very popular not only among families with children, but also among adults.
The museum was founded in 1893, and got its namethanks to Marshall Field, who donated $1 million to its development in 1894.
The world's most famous not only paleontologists, but also dinosaur lovers, the most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex named Sue is in the Chicago Museum.
The exposition of the Museum "Evolution of the Planet" in chronological order reflects the historical events in the history of the Earth. Here you can not only see the skeletons of dinosaurs from different periods, but also watch a very realistic 3D movie about the life of mammoths or how “Sue” was found.
Natural History Museum in New York
This museum was famous even before the film "Night at the Museum" was filmed there. Founded in 1869, it occupies 4 blocks in Manhattan and is considered the largest natural history museum in the world. Symbolically, it is divided into halls, each of which represents not only different periods of the development of the planet, but also people and the cosmos.
The famous Fossil Hall is never empty, as it is filled with full-length dinosaur skeletons, bones, skulls, eggs, footprints and bodies.
A separate room is dedicated to each period of dinosaur life. Visitors, moving from one room to another, observe how the flora and fauna of the Earth changes with each new historical period. Among the exhibits are not only fossils found in America, but also brought from Africa and Canada.
Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh
This research museum was born out of interestbillionaire and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie for dinosaurs. It was he who allocated money in 1899 to search for fossils in Wyoming. The most interesting thing that these excavations brought was the skeleton of a dinosaur of a species of diplodocus previously unknown to science.
This copy was cleaned from terrestrial rocks for several years, restored and collected, after which the finished representative of diplodocus was named Carnegie. In total, the museum features 19 complete exhibits of dinosaurs placed in their "natural" environment. Thus, museum guests can see what kind of vegetation there was at that time, and how it changed under the influence of external conditions.
Today, the museum has 20 rooms dedicated to the history of the development of life on the planet and has the world's largest collection of restored dinosaur skeletons. For children, a specialized playground has been created where they can excavate, learn how to use archaeological tools and feel like paleontologists.
Fernbank Museum in Atlanta
Those who prefer their giant representatives to all types of dinosaurs should visit the Fernbank Museum in Atlanta, USA.
This is where giants are presented, most of which were found in Patagonia. The smallest specimens of the museum lived in the Upper Cretaceous and weighed about 3 tons - these are lophorotons, better known as duck-billed dinosaurs.
If you ask in which museum the dinosaur skeletons are the largest, the answer is the museumFernbank. It is here that the Argentinosaurus skeleton is located, the weight of which reached 100 tons, and the length was more than 35 meters.
Guests of the museum can not only admire the ossified remains of ancient giants, but also go “through time” by visiting the exposition dedicated to the state of Georgia from the time of dinosaurs to the present day. This helps to see how the flora, fauna of the state and its landscape have gradually changed.
Jurassic Park in Turkey
The most famous and largest park of prehistoric "animals" in Europe is Jurassic Land in Turkey. There are no real skeletons here, but their animatronic counterparts are so realistic that it becomes scary when you get into their world using a 4D simulator.
An excavation site has been organized for children, where they can find "real" dinosaur eggs and remains and get certified as a paleontologist.
Zigong Natural Science Museum
This is the only museum in the world located on an excavation site. Zigong City has 200 sites where dinosaur remains have been found. The museum itself covers an area of 25,000 square meters. meters and is one of the largest in the world.
Many exhibits of the museum are located where they were found, and in total, 18 remains of lizards were collected and restored in this historical place, many bones of other prehistoric animals, amphibians, reptiles and birds were found.
The first dinosaur skeleton found in Zigong was named Gasosaurus. It was discovered at the construction site of the gas pipeline back in 1972, but the construction was stopped and turneda huge territory of archaeological excavations in the museum could only be in 1987.
Since that time, the museum has become famous all over the world, and 7 million people visit it every year. Thanks to modern technology, visitors can "plunge" into the world of dinosaurs in 3D in a specially equipped cinema.
Royal Alberta Museum of Paleontology, Canada
This museum has over 80,000 exhibits spread across over 4,000 sq. meters, including 40 restored dinosaurs. It leads other paleontological organizations in the number of complete skeletons.
In addition to the terrestrial representatives of the prehistoric world, the museum in Alberta presents visitors with a life-size reef model that existed more than 300 million years ago.
There are also rooms with representatives of ancient cats, reptiles, mammoths and many other representatives of the flora and fauna of those times, closer and more familiar to many people.
Thanks to audio-visual projectors, the exhibits come to life, and visitors can see how they really once looked, how they hunted and cared for their offspring.
Moscow Paleontological Museum and its halls
The Paleontological Museum of Moscow started from the Kunstkamera, but became a separate organization in 1937, presenting finds from the Mesozoic, Cenozoic and other eras to visitors. From the beginning of World War II until 1987, it practically did not work, as the premises were not suitable for receiving visitors.
Today Skeleton Museumdinosaurs in Moscow occupies 5000 sq. meters in a large beautiful red brick building and has 6 large halls, each of which is dedicated to a specific prehistoric period.
In the first hall, visitors are introduced to the science of paleontology and the history of the museum itself is told. The most striking exhibit of this department is the famous mammoth skeleton, which was found in 1842 in Siberia. He lived in these parts about 40,000 years ago, weighed about 5 tons and was 3 meters high.
The following five rooms are dedicated to specific prehistoric periods.
Halls of the Precambrian, Early Paleozoic and Moscow
Perhaps this room is not the most interesting in the museum, as it does not contain giant lizards, but it gives a full picture of how the planet developed and filled with living beings.
The Precambrian era and the early Paleozoic are represented by the imprints of the most ancient living creatures on Earth - multicellular organisms, many of which have "survived" to this day.
Giant mollusk shells and ancient plant prints tell of an era before dinosaurs.
This is the smallest hall of the museum, as it presents a few exhibits of invertebrates and marine arthropods that lived on the territory of Moscow in the Carboniferous period. Their presence suggests that there was once a seabed in this place.
Halls of the Late Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic
Perhaps, these are the most interesting halls, as they contain dinosaur skeletons. In Moscowfor lovers of prehistoric animals, this is the most favorite and frequently visited place.
The Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic Hall introduces guests to the first representatives of vertebrates, which are more like someone's experiment than dinosaurs. These animals had legs on the sides of the body, which did not allow them to move quickly on land, so it is not surprising that they quickly became extinct.
The Mesozoic Hall will delight fans of giant lizards. They are represented by the skeleton of a saurolophus cub and predators - a tyrannosaurus rex and a tarbosaurus rex. Herbivores in this room are represented by huge estemmenosuchus and exhibits from the expedition of Professor Amalitsky - reptiles of the Permian period. The Jurassic and Cretaceous periods tell not only about terrestrial dinosaurs, but also about representatives of ancient birds.
In the sixth hall there are exhibits of the Cenozoic era, the most striking of which are the skeleton of a giant indricotherium, a gomphotherium mastodon, a cave bear and a huge deer.
The Museum welcomes visitors from Wednesday to Sunday from 10.00 to 18.00.
