Dinosaur Isle

On August 10th 2001 a new museum was opened which provides the space and facilities to properly display and conserve the rich geological collections of the Isle of Wight.

The new museum, located on Culver Parade, is in the shape of a giant pterodactyl.

It displays over 1000 of the best fossils from the collections.

An introductory exhibition gallery covers the geology and fossils of the island in a walk back through time, taking the visitor from the Ice Age of the recent past, back to the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs lived. This leads to the large dinosaur gallery, which has exciting displays including the real fossils, skeletal re-constructions, life sized fleshed re-constructions and an animatronic dinosaur.