The Utah Museum of Natural History is a gorgeous, open museum with huge glass walls that allow a ton of sunlight and make the whole place feel alive. The star of the show for me is their wall of Ceratopsian skulls, which is like nothing I’ve ever seen, but their Stegosaurus skeleton is great too. It’s posed to recreate the effect that mudslides, swamps, and lagoons in ancient Utah could produce. There is a nice video that plays next to the exhibit as well which really helps you understand what you’re seeing, and have many dinosaurs could be killed as result of these natural disasters. Most of the fossils here were collected in the same area due to these harsh conditions. It’s a very dynamic presentation that showcases the particular role Utah played in the lives of some of our favorite dinosaurs.
Salt Lake City, UT – Utah Museum of Natural History
