Royal Tyrrell Museum Drumheller, Alberta. Canada.

Royal Tyrrell Museum is located on the Dinosaur Trail in south central Alberta, 6km west of Drumheller and 138km east of Calgary. The museum is world class and renowned for it's extensive Dinosaur fossils. Most of the museums fossils have been found here in the Alberta Badlands along with the famous nearby Rocky Mountains Burgess Shale discovery. There are 100's of interesting fossil displays to view and read about. Allow 2 to 4 hours to tour the museum. Your children will love it here and be amazed at these prehistoric creatures. It is fun to imagine when these Dinosaurs were alive and how their survival came to an end. What a different world it must have been. The nearby town of Drumheller has several souvenir and fossil shops, restaurants, lodging, shopping, gas and grocery stores. There are also several campgrounds located nearby in the Badlands. Bleriot Ferry campground is approximately 25km north of here, Starland campground is approximately 45km north of here and Tolman Bridge campground is approximately 65km north of here. These three campgrounds are all located within the Red Deer River valley and Badlands. If you're passing through with an RV the gravel overflow parking lot below the Museum may provide a short rest stop. For a complete Alberta Dinosaur tour you should visit Dinosaur Provincial Park 150 km south east of here. Several of the Royal Tyrrell Museums fossils were found in the Dinosaur Provincial Park area where a larger area of the Alberta Badlands exist.