Welcome to Alberta’s palaeontological hall of fame! Meet the world’s best-preserved armoured dinosaur; a gorgosaur with prey fossilized in its stomach; the first evidence of feathered dinosaurs in North America; Canada’s first dinosaur eggs with embryos preserved inside them; and more. The opening of the new Breakthroughs exhibit kicks off a year of celebrations of … Continue reading Breakthroughs: First. Best. Only
The Royal Tyrrell Museum’s Fossils in Focus exhibit highlights current research and exceptional fossils from our vast collection. Did you know that less than 1% of the Museum’s collection is on display at any given time? The latest installation of Fossils in Focus includes a mosasaur skull, a vertebra from an animal known as the … Continue reading 2024 Fossils in Focus—New Research, New Discoveries
Andre Gogol’s love of palaeontology began with a childhood spent exploring Alberta’s badlands. As a youngster, he imagined fossils as beautiful and terrifying creatures that might rise from the ground one day to walk the land again. Andre has tried to convey this lifelike quality in a series of photographs featuring specimens from the Royal … Continue reading Perspectives 2024 – Fossil Photography by Andre Gogol
The Royal Tyrrell Museum has completely redeveloped our Precambrian and Cambrian galleries. Our new First Life exhibit, opened in May 2024, explains how life evolved—from its earliest beginnings, to the major diversification of complex life forms known as the Cambrian Explosion. What Will Visitors Experience? Meet some of the oldest known fossils, including the earliest … Continue reading First Life: Origins of Biodiversity
As we set out on a new year and new adventures, we’re looking back on a few of the Royal Tyrrell Museum’s many 2023 highlights—with grateful thanks to everyone who supports our work. 2023 At A Glance Welcomed 526,340 visitors Published 17 peer-reviewed scientific papers Delivered public programs to 31,400+ onsite participants Reached 11,000 participants … Continue reading What a Year! 2023 Highlights
Did you know that less than 1% of the Royal Tyrrell Museum’s collection is on display at any given time? Temporary exhibits, like Fossils in Focus, allow us to highlight current research and exceptional fossils from our vast collection. The latest installation of Fossils in Focus includes Canada’s best-preserved Triceratops skull, the first trackways left … Continue reading 2023 Fossils in Focus—Alberta’s Best
The best-preserved, most complete Triceratops skull known from Canada is now on display for the first time. This extraordinary specimen, collected and prepared by the Royal Tyrrell Museum, has been unveiled as part of the Museum’s new Fossils in Focus exhibit. The ceratopsians are a group of beaked plant-eating dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous … Continue reading ‘Calli’: Canada’s Best Triceratops
As we approach a new decade, we’re looking back on a few of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology’s many highlights from the last ten years – with grateful thanks to everyone who supports our work! From 2010 through 2019: The Royal Tyrrell Museum welcomed more than 4,250,000 visitors.Delivered public, school, and distance learning programs … Continue reading Best of the Decade: At the Museum
The Royal Tyrrell Museum’s newly-opened Learning Lounge invites visitors to get up close and personal with Albertosaurus through interactive displays and hands-on activities. The Learning Lounge is part of a 1,300 m2 expansion that enables the Royal Tyrrell Museum to better accommodate over 430,000 annual visitors with enhanced gallery and educational spaces and services. The … Continue reading Welcoming Visitors to Our New Stomping Grounds
Each fall we refresh our Fossils in Focus exhibit with a new selection of specimens. The exhibit reopens this Thanksgiving weekend. Fossils in Focus highlights significant fossils from our vast collection. Only a fraction of our research collection—less than 1%—is currently on display. This year features new research and new discoveries, providing us with a … Continue reading Fossils in Focus: New Research, New Discoveries