National Dinosaur Museum
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The National Dinosaur Museum is the southern hemisphere
's largest permanent display of prehistoric material, located in Gold Creek Village near Canberra
, Australian Capital Territory
, Australia
. The museum's exhibition follows the evolution
of all life, with a particular focus on dinosaur
s.
With an annual patronage of 55,000 visitors, the museum is ranked among the most popular attractions in the region
. The attached gift shop stocks a wide selection of fossils and ships all over the world.
Established in 1993, the museum has been steadily improved and updated since its conception. It offers palaeontology displays that keep up with changes in the science.
Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
's largest permanent display of prehistoric material, located in Gold Creek Village near Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The museum's exhibition follows the evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
of all life, with a particular focus on dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
s.
With an annual patronage of 55,000 visitors, the museum is ranked among the most popular attractions in the region
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...
. The attached gift shop stocks a wide selection of fossils and ships all over the world.
Established in 1993, the museum has been steadily improved and updated since its conception. It offers palaeontology displays that keep up with changes in the science.