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 cool place to learn about dinosaurs! It focuses on how modern birds are related to ancient meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods. These theropods walked on two legs, just like birds. Some famous theropods include Carnotaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex, and Archaeopteryx. Scientists have found lots of clues in fossils that show this amazing connection.
This museum has the biggest collection of skeletal casts (models of skeletons) of meat-eating dinosaurs in North America. It's also the only museum that has a special gallery just about how birds evolved from dinosaurs. There's even a smaller gallery about "Little Clint," a young Tyrannosaurus whose bones were found by a team working with the Carthage Institute of Paleontology.
The museum is located in an old post office building. It's part of the Kenosha Public Museums system, which means it's one of several museums in the area.
Exploring Dinosaur Fossils
The museum is home to the Carthage Institute of Paleontology. This institute works with students from Carthage College and volunteers. They go on exciting trips to dig for fossils on government land in a place called the Hell Creek Formation. This area is famous for fossils from the Late Cretaceous period, which was a long, long time ago.
Discovering "Little Clint"
All the fossils they find are brought back to the museum. They are cleaned and studied in a special lab. 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 during their digs.
Museum History
The Dinosaur Discovery Museum first opened its doors in 2006. A few years ago, a statue of a Dilophosaurus outside the museum was damaged. The museum had to close for a short time for repairs. It reopened after the statue was fixed.
Gallery
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The museum's facade.
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The skull of the Suchomimus mount.
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The skull of the Carnotaurus mount.
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