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When dinosaurs roamed the earth Kenosha museum offers hands-on link to prehistoric world
By Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
Brontosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex, allosaurus, triceratops – the names roll off the tongues of children as they explain their favorite dinosaur. Children, even 5- and 6-year-olds, have no trouble naming dinosaurs despite their difficult names and they are often able to tell you many details about them. With children so interested in dinosaurs, it is not surprising the majority of visitors to the Dinosaur Discovery Museum, at 5608 10th Avenue in Kenosha’s Civic Historic District are families with children of various ages. This museum, which opened in a renovated Beaux Arts Historic Landmark in 2006, has quickly become the place to learn all things dinosaur. In the main gallery of the museum, a large display of dinosaur skeletons takes the visitor through the history of dinosaurs, answering such questions as what they looked like, what they ate, and what happened to them over the years. While we may think of dinosaurs as very large creatures, as visitors make their
way around the display, they find that dinosaurs came in many sizes and shapes. The Dinosaur Discovery Museum is the only known museum to focus on the evolution of meat-eating dinosaurs or therapods to modern day birds. The many skeletons on display come from throughout the world and are casts of the original bones. On some of the specimens there are light colored bones and dark bones. The light bones are casts of the actual bones that have been unearthed. Mike Kehoe, an interpreter of the exhibit explained, “Usually it is only the large bones which are found and many of even the large bones are found in pieces. They have to be removed carefully and pieced together back in the lab.” He went on to explain that in the lab on the lower level many such projects are under construction. On the lower level of the museum, The Carthage Institute of Paleontology has a lab. In this room, under the direction of Professor Thomas Carr and Dr. Megan Seitz, students and volunteers work on piecing the bones together.
Carr is especially interested in the growth and development of the T. Rex and inside the lab are the bones of the smallest T. Rex ever discovered, named “Little Clint.” It can be seen on display. Also on the lower level is the Kids Discovery Lab where coloring sheets of various dinosaurs are available or children can work on rubbings of dinosaurs or peruse the supply of educational dinosaur books. Parents are welcome to share the books with their children, and, perhaps, learn a thing or two about dinosaurs themselves. On Saturdays and Sundays a hands-on learning experience, dubbed the Dino Dig, is offered. In this simulated excavation site, children older than 3 years dig for dinosaurs wearing safety glasses and using paleontologist tools that are safe for children. The exhibit allows kids to experience the joy of finding their own “dinosaur bone.” The museum is also hosting a temporary exhibit of the Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek. Each summer an excavation by the Carthage Institute of
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Top photo: There is no doubt that this is the home of the Dinosaur Discovery Museum as motorists are greeted by this prehistoric creature as they approach the building at 5608 10th Ave., Kenosha. The museum is one of three operated by the City of Kenosha. Above: Mike Kehoe, an interpreter of exhibits at Kenosha’s Dinosaur Discovery Museum, provides an explanation of this dinosaur bone, which was found in pieces at the Hell Creek, Mont., dig.
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