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Rainbow Forest Museum

About Rainbow Forest Museum

Rainbow Forest Museum provides exhibits of petrified wood, fossils, and displays of prehistoric animals as well as information, book sales, and restrooms.

Park Passport stamps are available here.

Adapted from National Park Service.

Paleontological museum
Founded
1931

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Photos of Rainbow Forest Museum

  1. Rainbow Forest Museum, Navajo County01Navajo CountyMarine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. Inside Rainbow Forest Museum02Inside Rainbow Forest MuseumMarine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. Exhibit of Triassic Period Treasure03Exhibit of Triassic Period Treasuredaveynin · CC BY 2.0
  4. Triassic animals from Arizona04Triassic animals from ArizonaRichie Diesterheft from Chicago, IL, USA · CC BY 2.0
  5. Placerias05PlaceriasPark Ranger · Public domain
  6. Placerias at the Rainbow Forest Museum06Placerias at the Rainbow Forest MuseumFrank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA · CC BY 2.0

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Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 50 miles of Rainbow Forest Museum; the closest, Painted Desert Visitor Center, is about 18 miles away.