Two Medicine Dinosaur Center
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The Two Medicine Dinosaur Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and educational institute located in Bynum, Montana
that opened in 1995. It is part of the Montana Dinosaur Trail
and home to a skeletal model of what is believed to be the world's largest dinosaur
, a seismosaurus.
The Center also houses the first baby dinosaur bones collected in North America - the original discovery reported by paleontologist John R. Horner.
In addition to the above-mentioned displays, the Center houses specimens of new species of several types of dinosaurs, including duckbills, ceratopsians, and tyrannosaurs. The mission of the Center is to incorporate public education with scientific research, and the Center offers the widest variety of paleontology programs available to the public.
The Two Medicine Dinosaur Center is one of 2 museums in Montana that employ degreed paleontological staff. The Center provides assistance and expertise to other Montana Dinosaur Trail facilities in addition to conducting its own research and public education programs. It is open 7 days a week from Memorial Day through Labor Day and with varying hours the rest of the year.
Bynum, Montana
Bynum is an unincorporated community in Teton County, Montana, United States, about 13 miles north of Choteau.Bynum is the site of a one-room country school, a general store, post office, an agate shop, and Two Medicine Dinosaur Center, which provides displays and educational programs about...
that opened in 1995. It is part of the Montana Dinosaur Trail
Montana Dinosaur Trail
The is a series of fourteen Dinosaur themed museums, state parks and other attractions in twelve communities located in the central and eastern regions of the state of Montana in the United States of America. The trail, a plan to increase attendance at the region's museums and drive tourism in...
and home to a skeletal model of what is believed to be the world's largest dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
, a seismosaurus.
The Center also houses the first baby dinosaur bones collected in North America - the original discovery reported by paleontologist John R. Horner.
In addition to the above-mentioned displays, the Center houses specimens of new species of several types of dinosaurs, including duckbills, ceratopsians, and tyrannosaurs. The mission of the Center is to incorporate public education with scientific research, and the Center offers the widest variety of paleontology programs available to the public.
The Two Medicine Dinosaur Center is one of 2 museums in Montana that employ degreed paleontological staff. The Center provides assistance and expertise to other Montana Dinosaur Trail facilities in addition to conducting its own research and public education programs. It is open 7 days a week from Memorial Day through Labor Day and with varying hours the rest of the year.