La Brea is one of the best exhibits to visit, indeed - better than many
dinosaur exhibits I have seen - but the oldest finding there is "only"
40,000 years old - Ice Age.

Francis French
Education Programs Coordinator
Reuben H Fleet Science Center
PO Box 33303, San Diego, California 92163
www.rhfleet.org
Tel: (619) 238 1233 ext: 808
Fax: (619) 685 5771
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandra Carrera [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 1:33 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: The best dinosaur museum in North America ?
>
> I've never been to the New Mexico museum and don't know much about
> dinosaur museums in general, but the La Brea tar pits are pretty cool in
> LA where they've found numerous dinosaur bones and continue to excavate
> (is that true?). Of course my fondest dinosaur memory as a 5 year old was
> from the AMerican Museum of Natural History in NYC which seems to me to
> the quintessential dinosaur experience, but perhaps that's only for people
> who grew up there. THe Smithsonian has dinosaurs too, but I think they're
> better known for the great blue whale. Now I'm curious too, where are the
> best dinosaur museums? Alexandra Carrera Education Coordinator Corita Art
> Center
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:21:22 -0600 [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>
> Ah, shucks: The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
>
> John Arnold
> Public Information Officer and Manager of Visitor Services
> New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
> 505/841-2826
> Visit our web site at www.NMnaturalhistory.org
>
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From: Roger Smith [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>       Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 2:21 PM
>       To: [log in to unmask]
>       Subject: The best dinosaur museum in North America ?
>
>
>       Here's a question that has come to me from a correspondent:
>
>       "Hi, I would like to find the biggest and the best dinosaur museum
> in North America to take my 5 year old son to.....any ideas?...thanks,"
>
>       As I don't live in the US or Canada, what museums would the list
> recommend?
>
>       best wishes
>       Roger
>
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