Celebrate Dinosaur Day at the Children’s Museum of South Dakota. Visit our lifesize Mama T. Rex and her son, Max! Dig like a paleontologist in our Dino Dig exhibit! Play along in all of the Museum exhibits and take part in these scheduled activities:
- Dinosaur Games | 12-5 pm | Party on 1
- Dino-mite Art | 12-5 pm | Art Studio
- Paleontology Play | 12:30-1:30 pm | Dino Dig Pits
- Dino Yoga | 2-2:30 pm | Outdoor Prairie
- Once Upon a Playtime — Dino-tales | 4:15-4:45 pm | Mama & Max
It will be a great day to celebrate all sorts of fun fossil and dinosaur facts such as:
- The famous Sue the t. rex was unearthed in western South Dakota near the town of Faith.
- A triceratops called Shady was unearthed in 2019 in the Badlands of South Dakota by a group of college students!
- Modern birds are a kind of dinosaur! Check out the “feathers” on our very own baby T. rex Max on our outdoor prairie.
- We will even have some dinosaur jokes! Here’s one …. Q: What do you get if you cross a dinosaur with a pig? A: Jurassic Pork!
Dinosaur Day will be so much fun. We can’t wait for you to celebrate with us!