T.REX “IVAN” Comes To The Sherman Museum DINO DAYS 2016
The Sherman Museum DINO DAYS 2016 summer dinosaur exhibit will feature a T.rex named “Ivan” as the star attraction. DINO DAYS will run from June 6 through August 13, with June 6 servingas a preview day for museum members. Admission for this special exhibition will be $5for everyone age 5 and up; children ages 4 and under, and museum members are free. Group rates are available, call the museum for details.
DINO DAYS 2016 at The Sherman Museum is Texoma’s only large scale dinosaur exhibit. Now in its fifth year, museum Director Dan Steelman noted that DINO DAYS has become a regional favorite. “It is amazing to think that this is our fifth anniversary. I still remember how crazy the idea seemed a few years ago, but it has struck a chord with the public. They love it. We wanted to do something special to celebrate our fifth anniversary, so we got the biggest and most spectacular dino we could bring in – ‘Ivan’ the Tyrannosaurus rex. At 40-feet, ‘Ivan’ will be the largest dino we have everexhibited.”
Joining “Ivan” will be at least five other complete skeletons. Visitors will come face to face with Dromaeosaurus, a “raptor” dinosaur, Archaeopteryx (in situ), pterosaurs Nyctosaurus, Jeholopterus, and Pterodactylus (in situ), and Dimetrodon. Also on display will be a complete skeleton of Clidastes, a small Mosasaur from the Western Interior Seaway, and the 3-foot-long skull of Acrocanthosaurus, an apex predator that roamed Texoma during the Early Cretaceous period.
Other returning popular DINO DAYS attractions are the DINO DIG and the 3-D Dino Theater. The dig allows children to search for fossils using paleontological techniques. The theater displays dinosaur documentaries and feature-length movies like Jurassic Park 3-D and Walking with Dinosaurs in 3-D. Children will again have opportunities to create dinosaur arts and crafts. DINO DAYS lecture series will engage visitors with discussions of science and natural history topics. DINO ACADEMY will return again this year offering children ages 6-12 a hands-on dino experience.
The Sherman Museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm on Thursdays.