St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site provides 12 weeks of fun during Summer Dino Tuesdays
By Diana Azevedo
Join the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site museum for fun and educational dinosaur activities every Tuesday this summer starting May 22 and ending August 7. Activities range from take-home crafts to games with prizes and are included with regular admission prices. Activities will be available at 10 a.m. until supplies last. Visit the website (https://www.utahdinosaurs.com/dinosaur-events/) for a detailed list of activities.
“Dino Tuesday is the best part of summer,” said Jaleesa Spor, a DSU intern for the Dinosaur Discovery Site. “Kids and parents will both have fun and the variety will keep you coming back for more.”
This is only the second year the Dinosaur Discovery Site has offered a summer program, and it hopes to see it become a fixture at the museum. Thanks to the St. George City Art Commission RAP Tax Grant, the museum was able to fund a part-time intern to lead the activities and provide supplies for the take-home crafts and prizes. This year’s activities are slightly different from last year’s. It kept the best ones and improved the activities that weren’t as successful.
The museum preserves and exhibits fossils from southwestern Utah, especially from an Early Jurassic (200 million year ago) lake ecosystem. The museum houses thousands of fossilized tracks of dinosaurs and other animals as well as fossil plants and bones. Uniquely, the museum was built directly over the initial discovery site, keeping the fossil track surface intact and undisturbed. Since opening its doors in 2005, over 517,000 visitors have walked back in time while exploring the site.
Admission is $6 for ages 12 and older is $6 and $4 for kids ages 4–11. Kids ages 3 and younger are admitted at no charge.
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