MORRIS TWP. - The whole family will enjoy “boning up” on dinosaur fossils and learning about life in prehistoric New Jersey, at the Morris Museum’s Dino Day, Saturday, April 28, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A special visit from Field Station: Dinosaurs brings a dinosaur extravaganza to the museum’s Bickford Theatre at 12:30 and 2:30 pm with performances by the Dinosaur Troubadour and the fifteen-foot long Mighty T-Rex. These performances and all dino-related activities are included with museum admission: $7/child; $10/adult; children under 3 free.
Activities all day:
Visit the permanent exhibition Digging Dinosaurs
Search for fossils in the dinosaur dig pit
Climb inside a model of a dinosaur nest
Touch an authentic Hadrosaur egg (NJ’s state dinosaur)
Reconstruct a dinosaur skeleton
Create a dinosaur puppet to take home
Examine real amber in the Fossil Lab
See dinosaur dung
Follow dinosaur footprints throughout the exhibition
About Digging Dinosaurs
In the museum’s permanent Digging Dinosaurs exhibition, hands-on interactive stations throughout the gallery encourage visitors to learn about the lives of dinosaurs, and characteristics such as their claw movements and crest trumpeting for communication. The exhibition focuses on dinosaur themes: Nesting and Growth, Tracks and Movement, Paleo-environmental Reconstruction (using paleontology to reconstruct the landscape of a specific time and place), Predator and Prey, and What’s for Dinner. In the laboratory area, children and families will have the opportunity to examine fossils and other specimens, using tools such as electric magnifiers and magnifying glasses. The exhibition features Hadrosaurus foulkii, the New Jersey State dinosaur.
About the Morris Museum
The Morris Museum is an award-winning, community-based arts and cultural institution which serves the public through the presentation of high caliber permanent and changing exhibitions in the arts, sciences and humanities. The Museum also offers educational programs, family events, and is home to the Bickford Theatre and its wide range of performing arts offerings. Continuously serving the public since 1913, the Morris Museum has been designated a Major Arts Institution and has received the New Jersey State Council on the Arts’ Citation of Excellence, among other awards. In 2013 the museum will celebrate its Centennial Anniversary.
The Morris Museum, located at 6 Normandy Heights Road (at the corner of Columbia Turnpike) in Morristown, NJ, is open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Admission to the museum is $10 for adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens. Admission is free for museum members and is free to the public every Thursday between 5 and 8 p.m. For more information, call 973-971-3700, or visit www.morrismuseum.org.
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