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 E-mail: [log in to unmask] > -----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 > > ========================================================= Important > Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ========================================================= Important > Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important > Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).