Exhibits

The Dinosaur Discovery Museum exhibit gallery has more meat-eating dinosaurs on display than any other museum in the nation. Nine of the dinosaurs can be seen only at our Museum.

The main gallery of the Museum shows the change over time of meat-eating dinosaurs (theropods) to birds, which is one of the most complete transitions known from the fossil record. The gallery starts at the main entrance and proceeds to the left. As visitors walk clockwise around the exhibit they are treated to the most complete display of theropods and primitive birds. Eighteen species of meat-eating dinosaurs are on display.

The dinosaur skeletons in the main gallery are casts of actual dinosaur fossil bones. At a glance, visitors will know the completeness of the original skeletons: the lighter bones are casts of actual fossil bones, and the black bones indicate those missing from the original skeletons but sculpted to replace them. Each dinosaur is labeled, providing detailed information about each species.

On the walls of the gallery, educational panels provide answers to the most commonly asked questions about dinosaurs.

75th Anniversary Exhibit

Through spring 2012

Explore the 75-year history of the Kenosha Public Museums through photographs and artifacts.