Virtual tour of ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM of Palaeontology/Dinosaur Museum

The Musuem History -

On August 12, 1884, Joseph Burr Tyrrell, a geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada, found the 70-million-year-old skull of a carnivorous dinosaur near present-day Drumheller. Tyrrell’s find was named Albertosaurus sarcophagus a fresh-eating lizard from Alberta in 1905 by American Museum of Natural History palaeontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn.

So significant was Tyrrell’s discovery that when the museum opened it’s doors to the public on September 25, 1985, it was named the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. (The “Royal” appellation was added in 1990.) Originally intended to serve primarily as scientific facility, the plans soon changed to include a large public gallery and dispaly area that attracts more than 430,000 visitors annually.

In addition to being a centre of excellence for palaeontology, the Royal Tyrrell Museum displays one of the world’s largest collections of dinosaurs, and has become world-nenowned for engaging exhibits and public education programs.

The Royal Tyrrell Museum is Canada’s only museum dedicated exclusively to the study of ancient life. In addition to featuring one of the wold’s largest display of dinosaurs, the museum offer a wide variety of creative, fun, and educational programs that bring the prehistoric past to life.

Inside the museum, they categorized every department like these:
Cretaceous Alberta
Fossils In Focus
Foundations
Preparation Lab
Grounds For Discovery
Burgess Shale
Palaeozoic Era
Learning Lounge
Terrestrial Palaeozoic
Triassic Giant
Cretaceous Garden
Dinosaur Hall
Cenozoic Gallery




source: Royal Tyrrell Museum website


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