Dinosaur Discovery Museum

The Dinosaur Discovery Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, is dedicated to the exploration and explication of the relationship between modern birds and ancient carnivorous biped dinosaurs, the theropods, which include Carnotaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex, and Archaeopteryx. This link is especially well documented in the fossil record. The museum has the largest skeletal cast collection of theropods (meat-eating) dinosaurs in North America and is the only museum to focus a gallery specifically on the evolution of birds (avian dinosaurs) from non-avian dinosaurs, with a second smaller gallery focusing on "Little Clint", a three-year-old Tyrannosaurus uncovered by a dig conducted with the Carthage Institute of Paleontology.

Dinosaur Discovery Museum
A mount of "Stan", a Tyrannosaurus rex cast that greets visitors to the museum.
Established2006
Location5608 10th Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Coordinates42.5839°N 87.82365°W / 42.5839; -87.82365
TypePaleontology, with a focus on theropods
CuratorNick Wiersum
Public transit access Kenosha Streetcar
Kenosha Area Transit
Websitemuseums.kenosha.org

The museum is located in the former post office (later the home of the Kenosha Public Museum building) and is a part of the Kenosha Public Museums system. The museum is unrelated to the Dinosaur Discovery Center in Maine.

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