The Sherman Museum announced today that their popular dinosaur
“We’ve had an outstanding summer with the dinos. I hope that anyone wanting to see them before they leave will take advantage of this extension,” noted Museum Director, Dan Steelman. “Thousands have visited the dinosaurs this summer, but it not too late for anyone who hasn’t.”
This year’s exhibition includes four complete skeletons – the most ever displayed during DINO DAYS – as well as casts from various other dinosaurs. DINO DAYS 2014 features two Jurassic heavyweights, Allosaurus (25-feet long) and Stegosaurus (about 20-feet long). Returning for a second visit will be Velociraptor and Protoceratops. New to DINO DAYS will be two footprint casts donated to the museum earlier this year, both from individual animals believed to be Acrocanthosaurus atokensis. The original footprints from which the museum casts were made are estimated to be 113 million years old, dating back to the early Cretaceous period, and were discovered in Hamilton County, Texas.
Other popular DINO DAYS attractions are the DINO DIG and the 3-D Dino Theater. The dig allows children to search for fossils using paleontological techniques. The theater displays dinosaur documentaries and feature-length movies like Walking with Dinosaurs in 3-D.
Museum hours for DINO DAYS will be 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Tuesday through Saturday. Cost for the exhibition is $5.00 for persons 6 years and up. Museum members and children 5 and under get in for free. The Sherman Museum is located at 301 South Walnut St Sherman, Texas 75090
About The Sherman Museum
The Sherman Museum is a non-profit 501(c) (3) educational organization devoted to collecting, preserving and interpreting objects of historical significance to Grayson County and the Greater North Texas Region. For more information about The Sherman Museum, visit us on the web at www.theshermanmuseum.org.
For more information on special events in the Sherman-Dension area, visit www.texomaconnect.com.
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