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“Science, Nature and Cultural history”
The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History maintains collections in the fields of archaeology, botany, conchology, cultural history, geology, mammalogy, ornithology, and paleontology. The Frithiof Fossil Collection includes a 15-inch Paleozoic trilobite and complete skeletons of an Ice Age cave bear, early wolf, Saber-toothed cat, along with numerous other partial skeletons. Dinosaurs are represented by the skull, vertebrae, femur, arm, an enormous tail of a hadrosaurid dinosaur, teeth and various bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex and Albertosaurus, and parts of a gigantic Camarasaurus, Triceratops, and Maiasaura. The hadrosaurid tail is unique in that it is one of the few fossils with fossilized skin. The Museum houses the complete skeletons of Psittacosaurus, an early ancestor of Triceratops, and a complete Confuciusornis, a relative of both the raptor-like dinosaurs and modern birds. Rare, virtually complete skeletons of early mammals, fish, and reptiles are also available for viewing.
Great place to take your kid or browse around yourself. This is a small museum with some very interesting exhibits that will appeal to kids. I took my son and he loved the dinosaur bones and the... Read more
It is a small museum but very nice...has a lot of hands on things to do for kids. Has some live snakes and other reptiles. Read more
We did a birthday party here for a group of 3-5 year olds. It was pitch perfect! They provided invitations. We showed up. The kids roamed around the museum for around 15 minutes until most of... Read more
Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History
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