Dinosaurs at Melbourne Museum

Walk among the dinosaurs at Melbourne Museum

Melbourne Museum is getting ready to launch Dinosaur Walk, a blockbuster exhibition where visitors will be able to walk among, around and even above the Museum's collection of dinosaur skeletons. When it opens in April 2009 the exhibition will also feature megafauna and Quetzalcoatlus, the largest flying animal of all time.

Visitors to Dinosaur Walk will be able to see a wide variety of dinosaur casts up close, including crowd favourites Amargasaurus and Protoceratops, and touch displays of dinosaur teeth, bones and fossilised poo. Dinosaur fans will also be able to learn about how dinosaurs moved, what they ate and how they survived.

"As one of Australia's leading natural history museums we have access to some incredible skeletons from sources all around the world. Dinosaur Walk will be the most spectacular exhibition of dinosaurs Melbourne Museum has ever put together", said Brett Dunlop, Manager, Melbourne Museum.

The exhibition will also feature skeletons of Ice Age megafauna such as Diprotodon (the world's largest Marsupial) and Megalania (the world's largest lizard).

"Dinosaur Walk will include specially created animations where visitors can see the animals come to life. All our visitors, regardless of age, are fascinated by these ancient animals. This exhibition will allow visitors to see dinosaurs and other pre-historic creatures in a whole new light," revealed exhibition curator Kate Phillips.

Another highlight of Dinosaur Walk will be a Synapsid reptile, representing a group of animals that pre-dates the dinosaurs.

Dinosaur Walk is the first phase of the redevelopment of the Museum's Science and Life Gallery. Four new long-term exhibitions are being created and, when complete, will feature more than 3,000 objects, many on display for the first time.

For further information, visit www.museumvictoria.com.au/scienceandlife or phone 13 11 02.

Dinosaur Walk
From April 3
Melbourne Museum
Included in general admission prices (adults $8, children and concession card holders FREE)