“Dinosaurs Unearthed” Roam The Springs Preserve All Summer Long
Picture a place where the dinosaurs stand taller than you ever expected and their voices thunder through your bones. Look up—way up! Dinosaurs Unearthed features life-size, life-like animatronic dinosaurs, full-scale skeletons and fossils from around the world. Dinosaurs Unearthed will be on exhibit exclusively at the Springs Preserve, now through September 3, 2019, daily, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. inside the Origen Museum (Pictured: Protoceratops and Velociraptor – Photo credit: Springs Preserve)
Tyrannosaurus Rex Feathered Juvenile
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The exhibit is FREE for members or with paid Springs Preserve general admission.
Predator Trap: Stegosaurus juvenile and Allosaurus juvenile stuck in mud
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Join this summer and:
- Experience two stirring tales of large-scale excavation sites on opposite sides of the globe—from the deserts of Mongolia to a quarry in Utah—and uncover secrets about life on Earth, millions of years ago.
- Activate animatronic dinosaurs like Triceratops and Stegosaurus and see them come alive at the Make Me Move stations.
- Play like a paleontologist for the day: Unearth and identify fossil replicas at the Dig Table.
- Hear what scientists believe was the voice of a Corythosaurus.
- Check out nearly two dozen fossils from the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, including an Oviraptor egg and coprolite—a.k.a. dinosaur dung!
Extreme Dinosaurs
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On weekends get up close and VERY personal with velociraptors, T-rexes and more in Jurassic World: Blue, a virtual reality (VR) experience, running weekends only concurrently with Dinosaurs Unearthed. In this 6-minute adventure, you’ll track alongside Blue—the intelligent, loyal velociraptor from the megamovie series—as she battles the jungle’s most threatening predators—while a volcano erupts in the background! Jurassic World: Blue is a Felix & Paul Studios production. Weekends through August 18, 2019, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., age 13 and older in the Origen Museum. Free for members or included with paid general admission.
Gasosaurus skeleton
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Allosaurus Skull
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WHERE: Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., (Meadows Ln. Between Alta Dr. and U.S. 95); Patio Gallery (Desert Living Center)
WHEN: Dinosaurs Unearthed exhibit on display daily 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., through September 3, 2019; Virtual Reality Experience: Jurassic World: Blue weekends through August 18
COST: Free for members or included with general admission.
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Plan your visit at springspreserve.org