Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
The Royal Tyrrell Museum is Canada’s only museum dedicated exclusively to the science of palaeontology. In addition to housing one of the world’s largest displays of dinosaurs, the Museum offers a wide variety of creative, fun, and educational programs that bring the prehistoric past to life. Their mission is to be an internationally recognized public and scientific museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, presentation, and interpretation of palaeontological history, with special reference to Alberta's rich fossil heritage.
The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is Canada's only museum dedicated exclusively to the study of ancient life. Located in Midland Provincial Park near Drumheller, Alberta, it features one of the world's largest displays of dinosaurs and offers creative, fun, and educational programs that bring the prehistoric past to life. Operated by the Government of Alberta, the Museum's mandate is to be an internationally recognized public and scientific museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, protection, presentation, and interpretation of palaeontological history, with particular emphasis on Alberta's rich fossil heritage. It opened to the public on September 25, 1985, and connects people with the history of life on Earth through Alberta's fossil record.
