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The Wyoming Dinosaur Center, situated at Thermopolis, Wyoming, showcases its archeological findings and remains, artifacts, dioramas, and other presentations that fully explain the life of dinosaurs in the past. The museum not only provides a series of programs, but it also publicizes the featured research projects from archeologists and experts.

Most of their programs revolve around digging a site. It actually varies from every group that avail of any of the programs. For instance, children ages 8-12 years old are given an opportunity to discover their own findings, learn digging techniques and become a paleontologist for a day through a ?Kids? Dig? program.

Other programs that cater to all ages are the ?Dig For A Day? and ?Shovel Ready Dig?. What makes each program unique and different is that the former program is a real life adventure where the group is taken to the mountains above Big Horn Basin of Wyoming and will look for bones of dinosaurs that is said to be buried for millions of years; while the latter program is open for walk-in visitors and dig at the same day for four hours.

Meanwhile, the Quarry is another digging site that is also part of the museum?s programs. Visitors are allowed to take a peek of one of the few documented Allosaurus feeding sites. This expansive dig site showcase archeological findings of dinosaur body parts such as sauropod bones with teeth impressions, footprints of both sauropods and therapods and teeth excavations from other kinds of dinosaurs.

Aside from these digging programs, the museum also provides tours for its visitors. The museum will provide visitors with more knowledge about the evolution of dinosaurs. Another attraction of the museum is its Hall of Dinosaurs, where it houses the remains of ?The Thermopolis Specimen? the only Archeopteryx in North America, the 35-foot T-Rex called ?Stan?, Triceratops, and ?Jimbo? the Supersaurus.
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