They've been dead for 65 million years but their bones have survived and been buried until recently.
We get a good idea here of how fearsome ether would have been if men had been alive at the time they roamed the earth. I am glad they are all dead as they would have eaten us all.
Triceratops
Tyrannosaurus
Among the exhibits are dioramas depicting the animals with their clothes on in an imagined habitat
This one looks like an ancestor of the giraffe
Triceratops and tyrannosaurus in this one below
Two Brontosaurus (with the long necks) in this photo. Plant eaters so don't worry unless you have a garden.
Stegosaurus
Sea snails
A cross-section of a fossilized tree
More imaginings
A mammoth
You can see some of the ancestors of animals we would be familiar with today
If you need a break during your visit there is a little garden outside one of the exit doors (nearest to the Cockrell Butterfly Center) with metal tables and chairs and a view over to Hermann Park. No time to visit the park today so that would be on our list for tomorrow, Sunday. I only saw one restaurant in the Museum-a McDonald's which has tables indoors but it would be better to get a takeaway order and eat it outside where it is quiet.
There is no way to see and enjoy all the Museum has to show you in a day even if you get there at 9 a.m when it opens and leave at 5 when it closes. It would be an exhausting day if you managed it.
Wikipedia has a listing of all the exhibit rooms.
We walked a few blocks and caught a train back downtown as we had an Opera coming up in three hours. There are two stops that get you close to the Museum. Right now we needed to stop at a restaurant and eat something before our Opera nap....
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