Dinosaur Museum (Dorchester)
The Dinosaur Museum is a museum presenting dinosaurs in Dorchester, the county town of Dorset, in southern England.
The Dinosaur Museum is the only museum in mainland Britain dedicated purely to dinosaurs.[1] The museum is not far from the Jurassic Coast to the south, a World Heritage Site. The museum is based in Icen Way in central Dorchester.[2] It features an outdoor model of a triceratops that was renovated in 2012.[3] At Easter, the museum features a dinosaur Easter egg hunt.[4]
See also
[edit]- Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre
- Dinosaurland Fossil Museum
- Lyme Regis Museum
- Jurassica
- Portland Museum
References
[edit]- ^ "The Dinosaur Museum". Visit Dorset. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "The Dinosaur Museum". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Dorchester Dinosaur Museum triceratops off for a makeover". Dorset Echo. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ Meech, Ruth (23 March 2012). "Dorchester's Dinosaur Museum hosts an Easter egg hunt". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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