Dinosaurs are spending the summer at the Minnesota Children’s Museum in downtown St. Paul.
“Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice” gives kids a chance to play paleontologist and dig for fossils or put on an insect costume to buzz through a volcano oozing lava. The exhibit runs May 29-Sept 6 and promises dinosaurs “of all shapes and sizes” – creatures that lived in hot and cold climates.
In the Field Research Station, kid paleontologists uncover fossils with brushes and create drawings of the dinosaur environment using fossil rubbings and tracings.
“Land of Fire” is the prehistoric home of the Triceratops and T-Rex. MCM says: “Circle the land in an insect costume and buzz through a volcano with oozing lava, or work through a swampy bog and identify an ecosystem of animals and plants.”
“Land of Ice” is home to a Troodon and an Edmontosaurus, two dinosaurs that made their homes in the cold climate of Alaska. The museum says kids can: “Climb the rocky steps, breeze down an icy slide and hop across stepping stones in an icy river.”
The exhibit is hosted by Minnesota Children’s Museum at 10 W. Seventh St. Tickets are $14.95 for all ages, free to MCM members. Lower-income families may qualify for discounts. Tickets are good for all of the exhibits in the museum.
COVID precautions require reservations. Visits are limited to two hours and all visitors over age 5 are required to wear masks. For more information, go to mcm.org or call 651-225-6000.