Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

Stand beneath a 92-foot Apatosaurus facing Oklahoma's state fossil and see a Pentaceratops skull of record size at OU's natural history museum.

2401 Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072 · Norman, OK

About Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on the University of Oklahoma campus was founded in 1899 and moved into its current 198,000-square-foot building in 2000. It holds more than 10 million objects and specimens. In the Hall of Ancient Life, the Clash of the Titans display sets Oklahoma's state fossil, Saurophaganax, against a 92-foot Apatosaurus, and a nearly complete Pentaceratops holds the Guinness record for the largest skull of any known land animal. Parking in front is free except on game days.

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