Think and Drink With the Extinct: Dinosaurs

May 17, 2017 — 5 - 9pm

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Tickets available from the museum website for $8.

Raise a glass and explore the world of dinosaurs at #ThinkandDrink: Dinosaurs featuring Butcher & The Brewer!

  • Watch dinosaur fossils from the Late Cretaceous getting prepared for study
  • Examine specimens and try to identify pseudofossils vs. real fossils
  • Learn what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur, and uncover notorious paleo-impostors
  • Make your own quarry map in a replicated field activity
  • Find out how dinosaurs get their names and roll giant dice to make your own franken-dino
  • Bone up on how scientists reconstruct paleoenvironments
  • Look at Cretaceous microfossils under a microscope and see how many you can identify
  • Dig up toy dinosaurs in a simulated dig pit
  • Test your dinosaur knowledge with a fun trivia game to win free prizes (and bragging rights)
  • Get a lesson in casting fossils and creating dinosaur mounts
  • Enter a free raffle for the chance to win a gift basket by Butcher & The Brewer
  • Explore the Universe with an astronomer in Shafran Planetarium (+$5/ticket). 7 & 8pm shows TBA

https://www.cmnh.org/calendar/think-drink

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