Dinosaurs

Exhibitions

Dino Fest

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Dino Fest

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Dinosaur Hall

Step into our award-winning Jane G. Pisano Dinosaur Hall, and enter the age of dinosaurs.

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Dinosaur Lab

Watch real scientists prepare fossils every day.

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Events

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Three T-rex dinosaur skeletons in different sizes

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Tours & Activities

Dinosaur Hall Tour

Explore our Dinosaur Hall with a Museum Educator to learn more about the fascinating world of dinosaurs.

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daily

1:00 pm

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Tours & Activities

Dinosaur Hall Tour

Explore our Dinosaur Hall with a Museum Educator to learn more about the fascinating world of dinosaurs.

Learn more

daily

1:00 pm

nhm

Tours & Activities

Dinosaur Hall Tour

Explore our Dinosaur Hall with a Museum Educator to learn more about the fascinating world of dinosaurs.

Learn more

daily

1:00 pm

nhm

Tours & Activities

Dinosaur Hall Tour

Explore our Dinosaur Hall with a Museum Educator to learn more about the fascinating world of dinosaurs.

Learn more

daily

1:00 pm

nhm

Tours & Activities

Dinosaur Hall Tour

Explore our Dinosaur Hall with a Museum Educator to learn more about the fascinating world of dinosaurs.

Learn more

daily

1:00 pm

Stories

A life-like painting of a large lizard lurking over a nest of dinosaur eggs with one already in its mouth

2025 Excavated: A Look Back at Some of the Biggest NHM Discoveries

From prehistoric giant lizards and ancient raccoons to newly discovered spiders and heroic extinct dugongs, NHMLAC researchers had a busy year describing new species. Meet some of the coolest creatures our researchers described this year, along with other inspiring discoveries.

A Decade of Discoveries for 10 Years of Dino Fest

To mark 10 years of Dino Fest, we're looking back at 10 of the colossal discoveries by NHM researchers from the Age of Dinosaurs

Bridget Altman Paskil at Ghost Ranch New Mexico

More than a rock

Our intrepid colleague's dig diary from her fossil-finding expedition to Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.

Orange and black banner in front of a dinosaur

NHM's Favorite Cinematic Dinos

Watch a video compilation of our top picks for the fiercest, weirdest, and kitschiest dinosaur movies through history. Travel back through their cinematic history from Jurassic Park's T. rex to Arlo, The Good Dinosaur.

Our Dinosaur Librarian

Meet Maureen Walsh, Collections Manager of the Dinosaur Institute, who protects and presides over the Museum’s world-class collection of thousands of specimens spanning the millions of years dinosaurs stomped, darted, and soared around our prehistoric planet