One of the most popular questions kids ask during Dinosaur Day at the Burke Museum is, “Is this real?”
The answer will inevitably be, “Yes.” For instance, “Yes you are holding a real 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex tooth.”
And inevitably the response is: “Wow.”
Dino Day is the one day of the year that the Burke Museum brings out its fossils, its paleontologists and its dinosaur costumes so children can be immersed in the extinct world of the beasts that once roamed our planet.
Visitors can also learn the many places where these creatures roamed and where Burke researchers collect dinosaurs and other fossils, such as Montana and Wyoming.
According to the Burke Museum website, Dino Day also includes:
•Digging for an ichthyosaur fossil in a new fossil dig pit for kids;
Cracking open rocks with the Stonerose Interpretive Center and finding a fossil to take home;
Drawing dinosaurs with real scientific illustrators;
Seeing dozens of fossils from the museum’s paleontology collection, including recent discoveries from expeditions to Antarctica and Zambia.
Dino Day starts at 9 a.m. for Burke members and 10 a.m. for the general public and closes at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Burke Museum, 17th Ave. NE and NE 45th St., Seattle.
Admission is free to members and covered in the cost of admission, which is $9.50 general, $7.50 seniors, $6 students and youth and free for children 4 and under. Call 206-543-5590 or go to www.washington.edu/burkemuseum.
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