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Dino On The Loose!

October 14, 2021

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Dino on the Loose! Dinosaur Fun at the Virginia Living Museum

Hampton Roads has something for everyone, including opportunities for kids to visit with Dinosaurs!

If your active child loves DINOSAURS you won’t want to miss this event! Head over to the Virginia Living Museum for a dinosaur parade, photo ops, and more! Plus, make sure to check out all the great exhibits at the museum, and out on the Dinosaur Trail!

Where: Virginia Living Museum, Dinosaur Discovery Trail, 524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport News, Virginia 23601

When: These 15-minute encounters take place on select 2021 dates at 11am and 1pm.

Upcoming dates are:

  • October 16, 2021
  • November 20, 2021
  • December 18, 2021

Cost: Included in Museum Admission. Purchase your tickets here.

Description: Join the Virginia Living Museum’s walking T. rex for a15-minute dinosaur parade, photo ops and a roaring good time on the Dinosaur Discovery Trail (weather permitting)! Guests will be asked to line the trail and watch as Dino on the Loose walks by. Feel free to take photos and enjoy watching our walking, roaring T.rex! (11-11:15am and 1-1:15pm) Included in museum admission. The museum is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

More Info about Dinos on the Loose: https://thevlm.org/events/museum-events/

About the Dinosaur Discovery Trail:

The Dinosaur Discovery Trail is a permanent exhibit that opened as a part of the Virginia Living Museum’s 50th-anniversary celebration and showcases 16 of the majestic animals that ruled our earth for more than 150 million years. Visitors walk through the woods to see realistic one-third to full-size dinosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. The dinosaurs range in size from a mini ankylosaur to a 16-foot-tall Brachiosaurus. There is a baby T. rex photo op, a half-size T. rex, plus several nests and baby dinosaurs.

The trail also includes a Paleo camp, dig pits for amateur paleontologists,  and displays of dinosaur and other fossils, including an actual whale specimen from Hampton Roads.

Read more about the Dinosaur Discovery Trail here: https://thevlm.org/explore/exhibits/dinosaur-discovery-trail/

Dino on the Loose! Dinosaur Fun at the Virginia Living Museum

Dino on the Loose! Dinosaur Fun at the Virginia Living Museum

Written by Charlotte Moore

Owner & Founder of MyActiveChild.com | People & Programs Connector | Mom & MilSpouse

Tags: Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs at the Virginia Living Museum, Dinosaurs in Hampton Roads, Dinosaurs on the Loose!, Newport News VA, and Virginia Living Museum
Categories: Events

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