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February 14, 2008
Dino Day, Saturday, March 1, 2008, 10 am - 4 pm, Burke Museum
Seattle – Discover your own fossils at
this year’s Dinosaur Day family event at the Burke Museum, Sat., March 1. New
this year: See the incredible, 21-foot-long, 145 million year old ichthyosaur
fossil recently installed in the museum. Get up close to the newest giant
marine reptile, the nothosaur, which
will be on view inside its crate for the first time in the Burke lobby.
Plus,
crack into real shale rock using chisels. If you find a fossil treasure inside,
you get to take it home, courtesy of Stonerose Interpretive Center.
The
fossil focus continues with live demonstrations by Burke Museum paleontology
specialist Bruce Crowley, who will work on a real Tyrannosaurus rex fossil bone, collected in Wyoming by Burke
paleontologists in 2007. Watch as he uses the tools of the trade to crack away
rock and uncover the 65 million year old bones of the Earth’s most ferocious
beast.
Plus,
Burke paleontologists will bring up bones from the depths of storage to amaze
visitors with the incredible diversity and power of the dinosaur. Look through
tables of dinosaur bones and other ancient vertebrates, invertebrates, plants
and minerals. All displays are staffed with the most knowledgeable dinosaur
experts in the Pacific Northwest. Talk with the experts and learn what fossil
work is really like.
Other
activities include a Dinosaur Romp Room – where kids dress up with dinosaur
body parts – and the ever popular Dino Drawings of Mark Orsen.
This event is presented in
partnership with the Northwest Paleontology Association and the Stonerose
Interpretive Center.
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