All the youngsters out there who love dinosaurs can travel back to the Cretaceous Period and come face to face with dinosaurs of all sizes in their prehistoric environments with a new exhibit, Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice™, currently on display at the Long Island Children’s Museum.
The immersive exhibit takes visitors to two dinosaur habitats (warm and cold environments), as well as a Field Research Station (complete with a Big Dig component), where junior paleontologists will experiment with materials and tools.
Here children of all ages can examine a touchable T-Rex and Triceratops and make observations and comparisons, important steps in scientific thinking; climb into a Troodon’s nest and play with dinosaur eggs; uncover dinosaur bones and examine fossils in a dig station; cooperate and collaborate to help complete an over-sized puzzle; and put on insect costumes and buzz around a swampy bog.
Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice™ was created by Minnesota Children’s Museum and is nationally sponsored by The David B. Jones Foundation. The Long Island Children’s Museum will display the exhibit, which is free with museum admission, through Sunday, May 13.
The Long Island Children’s Museum is located at 11 Davis Ave. in Garden City. Museum visitors under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Museum hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 10 am. to 5 p.m. and most school holidays. Museum admission is $13 for adults and children over 1 year old, $12 for seniors, and free for museum members and children under 1 year old.
For additional information, contact 516-224-5800 or go to www.licm.org.
