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Dino diggers will be pleased to learn that there are now two major paleontology attractions in Edmonton! believe each dinosaur looked and sounded, these replicas were designed to be as lifelike and true to form as possible.

The Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) is scheduled to open in their expanded facility in 2018. The new RAM will be one of the province’s greatest cultural attractions and the largest museum in western Canada. Quaternary Palaeontology is the study of fossil organisms that lived during the last 2.6 million years. RAM’s collection includes Holocene bison, mammoth, muskox, camel, lion and short-faced bear. Other specimens come from cave sites in the Crowsnest Pass, Plateau Mountain, and near Banff (Rat’s Nest Cave). royalalbertamuseum.ca

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The Telus World of Science Edmonton (TWSE) features an exciting exhibit that takes you on a prehistoric journey into life on Earth when dinosaurs ruled. Opening June 1, 2018, Dinosaurs: Down to the Bone will challenge conventional thought and explore prehistoric scenes. This exhibit pays particular attention to extinction theories and the most wellknown dinosaur of our time – T. rex, as well as the recently discovered group of dinosaurs called Dromeosaurs.

There will be lots of cool interactive activities. You’ll marvel at life-sized animatronics that were custom designed and handcrafted by a team of palaeo-artists. Accurate to how scientists believe each dinosaur looked and sounded, these replicas were designed to be as lifelike and true to form as possible.

Admission is free for TWSE members and it varies for nonmembers: $16.95 children; $19.95 seniors, students, youth; and, $23.95 for families.

A slumber party 65-million years in the making! Book a DinoSnores Sleepover and your entire class can sleep beneath prehistoric giants, June 1 - Nov 4, 2018.

You class will become palaeontologists:

· Explore Dinosaurs: Down to the Bone like never before on an after-dark tour. Your flashlight will be your guide as you step in the shadow of these massive creatures.

· Extract bones using picks and brushes, just like your favourite palaeontologists do in the field! You’ll learn about the delicate work of uncovering fossilized remains.

· Unwind the clock and discover the massive (and crazy) scale of dinosaur times. Bet you didn’t know that less time separates iPads and Tyrannosaurus then the time between Tyrannosaurus and Stegosaurus?

For more inforation call 780-451-3344 or visit their website at telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca.