BYU Museum of Paleontology, Paleontology museum at Brigham Young University in Provo, United States.
The BYU Museum of Paleontology is a fossil museum on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. It holds a large collection of bones, teeth, and other remains from prehistoric creatures, including dinosaurs and marine animals from different periods of Earth's history.
The museum was founded in 1976 by James A. Jensen, a field researcher known for leading digs across the American West. The collection was first stored under the football stadium before moving to a dedicated building in 2009.
The museum is a working research space where students and scientists prepare fossils while visitors walk through. On some days, you can watch technicians cleaning and examining specimens just a few steps away from the display cases.
The museum is located near the football stadium on campus and is easy to reach on foot from most parts of the university grounds. It is worth checking opening hours before your visit, as they can vary depending on the academic calendar.
Some of the dinosaur bones on display here are among the largest ever found, recovered from sites in Utah and Colorado. Certain specimens are so large that they cannot be fully assembled and are shown in sections instead.
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