Architecture Tours
Explore the Rio Tinto Center's unique design, materials, green features and public art on a guided architecture tour, included with Museum admission..
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Fossil Finds Toolbox
Check out some of the Museum¹s latest fossil discoveries. See casts of Utah-finds like the Allosaurus, Ceratops, Falcarious, T-Rex, and more.
What's in the Fossil Finds Toolbox?
Top Layer Specimens: Allosaurus jaw, Crocodile scute, Hadrosaur toebone, Falcarious hand, Turtle shell (Cretaceous)
Bottom Layer Specimens: Allosaurus finger, Camarasaurus tooth, Tyrannosaurus Rex tooth, Utah Ceratops jaw, Hadrosaur longbone with signs of predation
Books: Bones Rock by Larsen, Eyewitness Fossils, Dinosaurs of Utah by Bagley, Digging up Dinos by Aliki, If You Are a Hunter of Fossils by Baylor and Parnall, Specimen Information (articles about the different specimens)
Other Resources: A Fossil's Journey: Natural History Museum of Utah DVD (10 minutes), 20 hand lenses
Teaching Toolboxes include revelant curriculum tied to Utah State Core Curriculum Standards.