Coming January 25, 2025

Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas is an exciting exhibition that highlights the latest advancements in dinosaur research. Featuring groundbreaking work from the American Museum of Natural History and leading paleontologists, this exhibition showcases our evolving understanding of dinosaur biology. Visitors will dive into cutting-edge research that reshapes how we view these ancient creatures.

Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas is set to debut to the public on January 25th at 10:00 AM and will be on display until April 27th

MOSI Members can enjoy an exclusive preview of this exhibition on January 25 at 9:00 AM

The exhibition presents major fossil discoveries, computer simulations, and lifelike models, bringing dinosaurs to life in ways never seen before. Meanwhile, advanced technologies—such as CT scans and bioengineering software—unlock long-standing mysteries about dinosaur appearance, movement, and behavior. Moreover, the exhibition explores extinction theories, providing a comprehensive view of what we know and what we are still uncovering.

Ultimately, visitors will experience how modern science continually reshapes our perspective on dinosaurs. They will also discover the tools and techniques scientists use to interpret fossil evidence and reveal secrets once thought unreachable.

Featuring:

🦖 How Dinosaurs Moved: Visitors explore how ancient creatures moved and adapted to their environments through biomechanical studies.

🌳 The Liaoning Forest: Fossil discoveries from Liaoning Province, China, reveal crucial insights into the origins of birds, mammals, feathers, flight, and flowering plants.

🦕 How Dinosaurs Behaved: Modern technologies reinterpret old fossil evidence to uncover dinosaur behavior. Life-size models and skeleton casts illustrate theories about the functions of unusual skull features like horns, frills, crests, and domes.

🌋 Extinction: Explore theories on the events that ended the Age of Dinosaurs, including asteroid impacts, climate change, and volcanic eruptions. Evidence highlights these events and shows how dinosaur descendants continue to live today.

Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (amnh.org), in collaboration with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; The Field Museum, Chicago; the Houston Museum of Natural Science; and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh.