This theropod is part of the Evolving Planet exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Getty Images How We Know Extinct Dinosaurs Existed To learn about dinosaurs, researchers have to study physical clues and put these clues into the context of current scientific knowledge. This can...
This is more than a single museum: It’s a complex of museums withan entire building devoted to its dinosaur collection. You’ll find anAllosaurus fragilis,Diplodocus, amammoth, the three-hornedTriceratops,Basilosaurus, and the biggest crocodile species that ever lived on the planet—Sarcosuchus i...
In the 1890s, the institutional setting for American vertebrate paleontology shifted from private collections to urban museums funded by large-scale philanthropy, including the American Museum in New York, the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, and the Field Columbian Museum in Chicago. This shift ignited...
Mines Museum of Earth Science 305 Speciality Museums • Science Museums See all See what travelers are sayingLearn more Heidi W Philadelphia, Pennsylvania117 contributions Great walking tour if you are interested in dinosaurs This was a fascinating walking tour, with many dinosaur footprints vi...