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Visit the Sternberg Museum and step back in time, to the Late Cretaceous, the end of the age of dinosaurs. The central attraction exhibit life-sized walk-through diorama from this long ago time.
During the Cretaceous time period, the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex hunted in the western United States, along the shores of an inland sea. The sea cut North America into two land masses. Kansas was underwater for most of that time. |
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The museum's walk-through exhibit features life sized animated models of some
of the dinosaur life from the Late Cretaceous.
In this immersion experience, visitors are transported back in time, complete with the sights and sounds. |
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See Kansas from 84 million years ago. Giant sea creatures swam the Cretaceous seas, and hunted each other in the warm tropical water. |
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Eventually, the mud at the bottom of the sea formed the rocks now exposed over much of western Kansas. |
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Whenever possible, the Demonstration Laboratory is staffed with student and volunteer workers. See fossil preparation and other tasks that are an on-going part of the museum's research programs. |
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In addition to fossils, see many other exciting
traveling and temporary exhibitions
. The museum features exhibitions in all areas of the natural sciences. And don't forget to visit the
Discovery Room
for hands-on learning and fun! |
