Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pennsylvania
6. Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Top Dino: T-rex rules the lobby
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Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was one of the original dinosaur fans. He funded many dinosaur expeditions, including one in Utah that netted many of the fossils now housed in the Carnegie Museum. The dig site is now part of the Dinosaur National Monument. In addition to the impressive Tyrannosaurus, the museum also displays two huge herbivores, Diplodocus and Apatosaurus. The latter dinosaur is better known by its more common name, Brontosaurus. Children will enjoy seeing a life-sized version of Stegosaurus, a dinosaur often reproduced in toy-sized plastic, distinguishable by the row of triangular bony plates along its back. Overall, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History has more than 500 specimens from 28 different species. It has one of the largest collections of dinosaur bones in the United States and the best collection of long-necked and tailed sauropods.
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