Dinosaur Discovery Museum facts for kids
A mount of "Stan", a Tyrannosaurus rex cast that greets visitors to the museum.
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| Established | 2006 |
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| Location | 5608 10th Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin |
| Type | Paleontology, with a focus on theropods |
| Public transit access | Kenosha Streetcar Kenosha Area Transit |
The Dinosaur Discovery Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is a super cool place to learn about dinosaurs! It focuses on the amazing connection between modern birds and ancient meat-eating dinosaurs. These dinosaurs are called theropods. Think of famous ones like Tyrannosaurus rex and Carnotaurus.
The museum shows how birds today are actually related to these ancient dinosaurs. This link is clearly seen in fossils. The museum has the biggest collection of theropod dinosaur skeletons in North America. It's also the only museum with a special area showing how birds evolved from dinosaurs. There's even a smaller area about "Little Clint," a young Tyrannosaurus fossil found by scientists.
The museum is part of the Kenosha Public Museums system. It's located in an old post office building.
Digging for Dinosaurs
The museum is home to the Carthage Institute of Paleontology. This institute helps students from Carthage College and volunteers. They go on exciting fossil digs. These digs happen on special land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). They look for fossils from the Late Cretaceous period. This was a time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Finding "Little Clint"
All the fossils they find are brought back to the museum. Here, they are carefully cleaned in a special lab. The museum is a federal place for keeping these important finds. In 2006, the team made an amazing discovery. They found the bones of the youngest Tyrannosaurus rex ever known! They nicknamed this young dinosaur "Little Clint." More bones of Little Clint were found in 2007. They also found bones from other dinosaurs like hadrosaurs and ceratopsians.
Museum History
The Dinosaur Discovery Museum first opened its doors in 2006. Since then, it has been a popular spot for dinosaur fans of all ages.
Gallery
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The museum's entrance.
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The skull of a Suchomimus dinosaur.
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The skull of a Carnotaurus dinosaur.
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