Museum Destinations
Dinosaur museums worth the trip
A family-friendly guide to the best dinosaur museums across North America. Plan your visit, log it in Dino Watch, and earn a Field Trip badge.
Northeast
Mid-Atlantic
Washington, DC
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
The David H. Koch Hall of Fossils — Deep Time presents 3.7 billion years of life on Earth, anchored by a real Nation's T. rex specimen.
All ages, especially 4+·Half day
Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
The original 'Dinosaurs in Their Time' immerses visitors in three Mesozoic ecosystems with mounted skeletons in plant-rich dioramas.
All ages·Half day
Midwest
Mountain
Southwest
Dallas, TX
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
T. Boone Pickens Life Then & Now Hall puts a real Alamosaurus, Texas's biggest dinosaur, front and center.
All ages·Half day
Houston, TX
Houston Museum of Natural Science
The Morian Hall of Paleontology is one of the most dramatic dinosaur galleries in the world — every mount is posed mid-action.
All ages·Half day