For the first time in over ten years, Museum of the Rockies will unveil a significant new primary paleontology exhibition. Our valued members are invited to the first to experience this new exhibition.

Cretaceous Crossroads will explore a time of transition in the Northern Rockies, when a vast seaway covered North America and new dinosaur species dominated the land. The exhibit is comprised of real fossil material, 3D prints, casts, reproductions, new paleoart, murals, AV interactives, an augmented reality piece, microscope stations, discovery drawers, and more.

Visitors will see a mounted Maiasaura (Montana’s State Fossil) tending its nest, a 30-foot-long Daspletosaurus (a T. rex cousin), dinosaur egg clutches, Troodon (raptor-like dinosaur), a 23-foot-long Mosasaurus, and many other specimens, some of which are only known from Montana.

🦖 Schedule of Activities:

• 5:30 p.m. | Doors open and member check-in
• 5:45 p.m. | Ribbon Cutting & Welcome Remarks: Kick off the evening with a celebratory ribbon cutting, brief remarks, and sponsor gratitude from museum leadership in front of the new exhibit entrance.
• 5:45 – 7:30 p.m. | Open Exhibit Time + Sweet Treats: Wrap up the evening with dino-themed desserts in the Bair Lobby and more time to wander through the new exhibit with your fellow members. (All main floor museum exhibits will be open to flow through access both entrances to the Cretaceous Crossroads exhibit.)
• 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Family Fossil Activities: Take part in a drop-in hands-on paleontology activity for kids and kids-at-heart.
• 6:30 – 7:15 p.m. | Cretaceous Crossroads Q&A Session: Join Scott A. Williams, Senior Director of Exhibitions, and Dr. John B. Scannella, the John R. Horner Curator of Paleontology, for a fun and engaging conversation about the research and planning that went into the making and installation of the exhibit.