Biology:Dinosaur Museum (Dorchester)
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Short description: Museum in Dorset, England
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Iguanodon skull in the museum.
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
- Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre
- Dinosaurland Fossil Museum
- Lyme Regis Museum
- Jurassica
- Portland Museum
References
- ↑ "The Dinosaur Museum". Visit Dorset. http://www.visit-dorset.com/things-to-do/attractions/the-dinosaur-museum-p139603. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "The Dinosaur Museum". TripAdvisor. http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186263-d268146-Reviews-The_Dinosaur_Museum-Dorchester_Dorset_England.html. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Dorchester Dinosaur Museum triceratops off for a makeover". Dorset Echo. 10 January 2012. http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/9461941.Dorchester_Dinosaur_Museum_triceratops_off_for_a_makeover/. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ Meech, Ruth (23 March 2012). "Dorchester's Dinosaur Museum hosts an Easter egg hunt". Dorset Echo. http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/leisure/stage/9608468.Dorchester_s_Dinosaur_Museum_hosts_an_Easter_egg_hunt/. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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