About Dakota Dinosaur Museum

Badlands Dinosaur Museum in Dickinson, North Dakota, United States, reopened on May 17, 2016, after over twenty years operating as Dakota Dinosaur Museum. It is part of the museum complex at Dickinson Museum Center.

The 13,400-square-foot (1,240 m2) museum includes dinosaur skeletons, skulls, and reconstructions, with dozens of displays featuring other fine fossils and minerals. Notable exhibits include international award-winning feathered dinosaur models, a complete Triceratops prorsus skull; the holotype skull of the tyrannosaur Daspletosaurus wilsoni; a complete skull of the only Lambeosaurus collected from the USA; an articulated hadrosaur arm with mummified skin; and full standing mounts of Allosaurus and Albertosaurus.

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Founded
1994

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