Unique paleontology displays, interpretation, replicas or actual exhibits skeletons of dinosaurs and other fossils found in Montana. Facility provides public/visitor education programs and/or guided programs tours of paleontology displays associated with the facility. Regularly scheduled or upon request. Facility operates or is formally affiliated with organization(s) field digs conducting paleontology field digs open to the public. Strict adherence to the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Code of Ethics is required. Black icon indicates activity available at each location. Blaine County Museum Garfield County Museum Makoshika State Park Phillips County Museum Chinook Jordan Glendive Malta The Paleontology Department displays a dozen The museum features Cretaceous fossils from the Makoshika (meaning “bad land” in Lakota) is Fossil discoveries from the nearby Judith River Judith River Formation exhibits including Hell Creek Formation. The first T. rex ever discovered part of the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation. Formation are featured inside the museum. Meet hadrosaur, Gorgosaurus and Ankylosaurus fossils was found near Jordan in 1902! Exhibits include a More than ten different dinosaur species have been “Elvis” the 33-foot long Brachylophosaurus fossil, from the area. Remains of gigantic marine reptiles full T. rex skull, full-size Triceratops replica, and a discovered in Makoshika. Significant finds include one of the best articulated skeletons ever found. mosasaur and plesiosaur are featured, along with pachycephalosaur domed skull. Free. Open June a complete Triceratops horridus skull (on display A dynamically posed 28’ Albertosaurus stands invertebrates from the area’s ancient ocean (75-500 1-August 31. Hours of operation available online at at the Park’s Visitor Center), fossil remains of tall greeting visitors. Other significant items are million years ago). In the Look, Touch, and Wonder www.garfieldcounty.com/our-museum.html. Edmontosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rex and a nearly a 700-pound Apatosaurus femur visitors can pose room guests can handle fossils of sea creatures, plants, and dinosaurs Located on US Hwy 200 East. complete skeleton of the rare thescelosaur. Open year-round; camping with and a Skull Game for children. In the underwater sea area a that roamed this area millions of years ago. Free. Open all year. Hours of sites available. Hours of operation, Park fee available at http://stateparks. fantastic 4’ by 4’ Crinoid plate is displayed - is it plant or animal? operation available at www.blainecountymuseum.com, 406-357-2590. Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station mt.gov/makoshika/, 406-377-6256. Located 1.4 miles southeast of Season, hours of operation and admission fees are available at www. Located 4 blocks off US Hwy 2, 501 Indiana Street. Malta downtown on Snyder Ave., follow State Park/Dinosaur Track signs. phillipscountymuseum.org, [email protected], or 406.654.1037. Located in the heart of “dinosaur country,” the Located at 431 US Hwy 2 East next to the Great Plains Dinosaur Carter County Museum museum features many extraordinary fossils: Museum of the Rockies Museum. Ekalaka fish, invertebrates, turtles, plants, crocodile and a Bozeman This is Montana’s first county museum and the variety of Jurassic and Cretaceous dinosaur species, Museum of the Rockies is a Smithsonian Affiliate Two Medicine Dinosaur Center first to display dinosaurs found in the state. Its such as Camarasaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and recognized as one of the world’s finest research Bynum exhibits include a mounted skeleton of Anatotitan pachycephalosaurs, tyrannosaurs, a new species and history museums. MOR houses the most T. Education through Research is our motto! In copei (one of a few nearly complete skeletons of of horned dinosaur and “raptor”, and superbly rex specimens anywhere in the world. Notable addition to our museum - which features local this species found) a complete skull of Triceratops, preserved juvenile and adult specimens of Brachylophosaurus. Summer exhibits include the growth and behavior series of discoveries like the first baby dinosaurs found in and a full cast of Wyrex the T. rex. Carter County has field dig programs are offered for adults and children. Collections Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex, the Montana’s North America - we also offer public, hands-on produced pachycephalosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, room, fossil preparation lab, and gift store. Seasonal hours of operation, T. rex skeleton, the Catherine B. rex specimen, and dinosaur dig programs throughout the summer. ankylosaurs, the first and most complete juvenile T. rex, and the only admission fee available at www.greatplainsdinosaurs.org, 406-654-5300 many other one-of-a-kind dinosaur finds. MOR also delights visitors These programs run from a half-day site tour all the known pterosaur from the Hell Creek Formation. Mounts and casts of all or [email protected]. Located on Hwy 2 East next to the Phillips with changing exhibits from around the world, permanent indoor and way to our two-week long Paleo Training Course. of these are on display along with other real dinosaur bones. Free. Open all County Museum. outdoor regional history exhibits, planetarium shows, and a museum Advanced registration required. Season and hours of operation available year. Hours of operation available at http://cartercountymuseum.org, 406- store. Open all year, hours of operation and admission fee available at at www.tmdinosaurcenter.org, [email protected], 1-800-238-6873. 775-6886. Located at 306 N. Main. H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum www.museumoftherockies.org, 406-994-2551. Located at 600 W. Kagy Downtown Bynum, US Hwy 89, look for the dinosaurs! Havre Blvd. Depot Museum The museum displays 75 million year old dinosaur Upper Musselshell Museum Rudyard eggs and embryos found in local exposures of the Old Trail Museum Harlowton The Rudyard area has provided dinosaur specimens Judith River Formation. Research suggests these are Choteau The museum’s centerpiece is “Ava,” the full-size for the Museum of the Rockies (MOR) and other Lambeosaurus eggs (a “duck bill” dinosaur) laid The Dinosaur Antechamber showcases discoveries skeleton replica of a “first of its kind” Avaceratops, premier institutions for years. Now an MOR affiliate, along the banks of an ancient river and estuary of from the Two Medicine Formation: Maiasaura found in the Judith River Formation outside nearby the Depot Museum’s signature display is the “Oldest the Cretaceous Bearpaw Sea that once covered this and Einosaurus skulls, nestling, hatchling and Shawmut. The museum also has a hadrosaur tibia Sorehead,” a fully articulated Gryposaurus found area. “Stygi,” a skull cast of the rare Stygimoloch (a adult Maiasaura skeletons and bones, and a and fibula, numerous dinosaur leg bone and hip near here. The facility’s lifelike duckbill dinosaur species of pachycephalosaur) and an Albertosaurus head mask are also Sauronitholestes skeleton casting. A prep lab bone fossils, and fossilized ancient sea creatures. and egg nest display places you right next to these displayed. The famed archeological treasure—the Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo display and geologic information about the Rocky Open Memorial Day-Labor Day. Hours of operation ancient creatures, plus other permanent and changing dinosaur exhibits. Jump Site—is adjacent to the museum. Free. Seasonal hours of operation Mountain Front and Willow Creek Anticline available at www.harlowtonmuseum.org, [email protected], 406- Open Memorial Day to Labor Day and winter by appointment. Hours of available at www.hearlclackmuseum.org, 406-265-4000. Located on US provide additional information about the area and its rich paleontology 632-5519. Two locations downtown: 11 & 36 South Central Ave. operation available at http://rudyardmuseum.com, 406-355-4322 or 4356. Hwy 2 West in the Holiday Village Mall. heritage. Seasonal hours of operation, admission fee available at www. Located off US Hwy 2, 4th Avenue NW. oldtrailmuseum.org, [email protected], 406-466-5332. Located on Frontier Gateway Museum US Hwy 89, 823 N. Main St. Fort Peck Interpretive Center and Museum Glendive An official county museum located in the heart of Fort Peck the Hell Creek Formation rich with Cretaceous fossil The Center’s signature attraction is “Peck’s RexTM,” remains. Full size replicas of Stegoceras found in the one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex Glendive area are on display along with fossils from skeletons ever found. The lobby features a life-size Triceratops, Hadrosaurs, Thescelosaurus, aquatic, and replica of Peck’s Rex, and the exhibit hall displays a plant fossils. Open Daily Memorial Day-Labor Day. full-size skeleton cast. A Cretaceous Sea display and Guided tour available upon request. Free. Hours of operation available at several other dinosaur exhibits are also highlighted. www.frontiergatewaymuseum.org, 406-377-8168 or frontiermuseum@ymail. Free. Open daily May-Sept. Seasonal hours Oct-Apr. com. Located at 201 State Street (Take exit 215 off I-94, then Belle Prairie Hours of operation available at http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Charles_M_ Frontage Rd). Russell/visit/visitor_activities/FPIC.html, 406-526-3493. Located 1.5 miles east of Fort Peck townsite, Lower Yellowstone Rd. Phillips Frontier H. EARL CLACK County gateway Old Trail Upper MEMORIAL MUSEUM Museum museum Museum Musselshell Havre Malta Glendive Choteau Great Plains Museum Dinosaur Museum Harlowton and Field Station Garfield Maiasaura Two Medicine Museum of County Fort Peck Interpretive