Badlands Dinosaur Museum!

What Is the Badlands Dinosaur Museum?

Part of the Dickinson Musem Center, the Badlands Dinosaur Museum has the largest number of dinosaurs on display in all of North Dakota!

What Makes It Wonderful?

For being a pretty small museum, the collections here are pretty spectacular! They’ve got fossil and mineral specimens from all over the world with exhibits ranging from prehistoric shellfish to a forensic investigation of what killed an Edmontosaurus called “Warwick’s Duck!” They even have a massive Triceratops skull named Bill!

The museum has also created some pretty amazing replicas of feathered dinosaurs and ancient mammals. One of the special ones was a weird, local critter called Trierarchuncus prairiensis which had only one claw on its stumpy forearms, probably for digging ants. Since this museum is fairly small, it can be enjoyed without getting exhausted, but it’s also jam-packed with amazing fossils, so the time you do spend there is guaranteed to teach you a thing or two!

How Can I #HelpTheHelpers?

Pay the entrance fee to help maintain trails, signs, structures, and other visitor services!
Volunteer at the Dickinson Museum Center!
Become a member of the Dickinson Museum Center!
Be a responsible visitor! Please respect the signs and pathways, and treat all structures and artifacts with respect. They’ve endured a lot to survive into the present. They’ll need our help to make it into the future!