Dinosaur Journey Museum

Dinosaur Journey Museum
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Location550 Jurassic Court, Fruita, Colorado
Coordinates39°09′06″N 108°44′22″W / 39.151530°N 108.739381°W / 39.151530; -108.739381

Dinosaur Journey Museum, or Museums of Western Colorado’s Dinosaur Journey, is a museum in Fruita in Mesa County, Colorado.

The museum offers an interactive and hands-on experience, showcasing over 15,000 fossil specimens. It features exhibits and displays highlighting regional discoveries, a visible paleontology lab where dinosaur bones are prepared for exhibition, a sandbox for creating your own dinosaur tracks, and a "quarry site" where children can excavate real Jurassic dinosaur bones.[1]

See also

  • Fruita Museum, a predecessor museum building in Fruita, built in 1938-39 as a Works Progress Administration project, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

References

  1. ^ "Dinosaur Journey Museum". Colorado.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.