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Joseph Burr Tyrrell found the first dinosaur, 70 million year old Albertosaurus while surveying coal deposits. The Royal Tyrell Museum was opened in 1985 and is the only museum in Canada devoted to 4.5 billion years of the Earths history. Visitors to the museum can experience the course of evaluation through displays of dinosaurs and fossils. The most popular part of the museum is the Dinosaur Hall where a T-rex towers over a display of some 35 complete dinosaur skeletons.
The museum organizes dinosaur digs from 2 hours to a week long which helps uncover fossils and dinosaur bones for the museum. Contact the museum if you would like to attend a dinosaur dig in the badlands surrounding Drumheller.
Drumheller Accommodations
Family Fun in Drumheller:
Atlas Coal Mine designated National Historic Site
East Coulee Drumheller, Alberta - Phone: 403-822-2220
Badlands Historical Centre
1st Street East Drumheller, Alberta - Phone: 403-823-2593
Dinosaur & Fossil Museum
335 - 1 Street East, Drumheller, Alberta - Phone: 403-823-2593
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Drumheller, Alberta Phone: 403-823-7707
Reptile World
95 - 3rd Avenue East Drumheller, Alberta - Phone: 403-823-8623
Funland Amusement Park
901 B North Dinosaur Trail Drumheller, Alberta - Phone: 403-823-5201
Badlands Go-Kart Park
North Dinosaur Trail Drumheller, Alberta - Phone: 403-823-7352
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