Dinosaur Museum (Dorchester)

For other places with the same name, see Dinosaur Museum.

The Dinosaur Museum is a museum presenting dinosaurs in Dorchester, the county town of Dorset, in southern England.

The triceratops model outside the Dinosaur Museum.

Iguanodon skull in the museum.

The Dinosaur Museum is the only museum in mainland Britain dedicated purely to dinosaurs.^[1] The museum is not far from the Jurassic Coast to the south, a World Heritage Site. The museum is based in Icen Way in central Dorchester.^[2] It features an outdoor model of a triceratops that was renovated in 2012.^[3] At Easter, the museum features a dinosaur Easter egg hunt.^[4]

See also

• Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre
• Dinosaurland Fossil Museum
• Lyme Regis Museum
• Jurassica
• Portland Museum

References

1. "The Dinosaur Museum". Visit Dorset. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
2. "The Dinosaur Museum". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
3. "Dorchester Dinosaur Museum triceratops off for a makeover". Dorset Echo. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
4. Meech, Ruth (23 March 2012). "Dorchester's Dinosaur Museum hosts an Easter egg hunt". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 26 December 2013.

External links

• The Dinosaur Museum website

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