The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is a museum and palaeontology research centre in Alberta, Canada.
The museum, which was established in 1985, is named after geologist Joseph Burr Tyrrell who accidentally discovered the first dinosaur fossil in the Red Deer River Valley in 1884.
Today the museum has a collection of more than 130,000 fossils.
It is a highly interactive space and visitors should allow at least 2 – 3 hours to visit. A highlight has to be the Dinosaur Hall, which has over 40 dinosaur skeletons.
Visitors can also peer through the glass window to the fossil lab and see palaeontologists at work.
From May 15 to August 31 the museum is open 7 days from 9am to 9pm. From September 1 to May 14 it is open from 10 am to 5pm. Note from October to May the museum is closed on Mondays.
The museum is located 6 km (4 miles) northwest of the township of Drumheller at 1500 North Dinosaur Trail.
Fossil Lab
