Wyoming Dinosaur Center

Wyoming Dinosaur Center is a museum in Thermopolis, WY, part of the Bighorn Basin guide. Cost: under $25. Dig site tours run late May through early September.

110 Carter Ranch Rd · Thermopolis, WY

Why you should go…

This Thermopolis museum displays more than 50 mounted skeletons, including a 106-foot Supersaurus replica based on the specimen nicknamed Jimbo. It also holds the Thermopolis Specimen of Archaeopteryx, one of only two real specimens of the genus on display outside Europe. You can visit the dig sites on Warm Springs Ranch, about 15 minutes from the museum, where more than 10,000 bones have been found, on a Dino De-Tour or a full-day Dig for a Day program.

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