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Mesalands Community College's Dinosaur Museum and Natural Sciences Laboratory, Tucumcari

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Features of the Dinosaur Museum include:

10,000 square feet of exhibit space

spacious, well-equipped paleontology/geology laboratory

large storage area for Museum collections not on exhibit

classroom

offices

retail store

The Exhibit Hall at the Mesaland’s Community College’s Dinosaur Museum houses a host of replicated and original fossils from tiny footprint casts to the 40′ long skeleton Torvosaurus, a rare carnivore relative of Tyrannosaurus rex which hails from the Jurassic period. The Museum’s focus is on the Mesozoic period, which is also known as ‘The Age of Dinosaurs.’ The Mesozoic is comprised of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

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By Ubza123

Truly impressed by this museum that was put up by just a junior college. Bring your kids although they do have one shells in the fossil section so if you have Tree Nut Allergy’s, do you need to...

Truly impressed by this museum that was put up by just a junior college. Bring your kids although they do have one shells in the fossil section so if you have Tree Nut Allergy’s, do you need to... more »
By hezzy_t

This is a must stop museum in Tucumcari! Very well done paleontological museum with lots of local dig finds. The exhibits are well made and interesting and we loved that it’s done by the local...

This is a must stop museum in Tucumcari! Very well done paleontological museum with lots of local dig finds. The exhibits are well made and interesting and we loved that it’s done by the local... more »

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By darlene

Very interesting. Child friendly where kids can color pictures of different dinosaurs & play dig for bones in walnut shells pit. Lots to see & read. Expect a good hour & half to enjoy it all. Also info on bones, stones, fossils.

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By Bob Tyler

This was a great stop in Tucumcari! The museum is really interesting on the inside even if the outside area doesn’t look like much. It’s staffed by students from the local college and many of the local artifacts are found by them. They have examples from all over the world. Also, the front desk staff happily looked after Duncan so I didn’t have to wait outside with him. It wasn’t on my Route 66 sites list, but was an add-on that was totally worth it!

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