Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology - wikipedia Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources. ( October 2013 ) Royal Tyrrell Museum Entrance Established September 25, 1985 Location Highway 838 Midland Provincial Park Drumheller, Alberta T0J 0Y0 Canada 51 ° 28 ′ 46 '' N 112 ° 47 ′ 21 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 51.479361 ° N 112.789278 ° W ﻿ / 51.479361 ; - 112.789278 Type Palaeontological Visitors 375,000 / year ( 2010 / 11 ) Director Andrew Neuman Website www.tyrrellmuseum.com The Royal Tyrrell Museum is a Canadian tourist attraction and a centre of palaeontological research known for its collection of more than 130,000 fossils. Located 6 km ( 4 mi ) northwest from Drumheller, Alberta and 135 km ( 84 mi ) northeast from Calgary, the museum is situated in the middle of the fossil - bearing strata of the Late Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation and holds numerous specimens from the Alberta badlands, Dinosaur Provincial Park and the Devil 's Coulee Dinosaur Egg Site. The Royal Tyrrell Museum is operated by Alberta 's Ministry of Culture. Contents 1 History 2 Collections and exhibits 3 Affiliations 4 Images 5 References 6 External links History The museum is named in honour of Joseph Burr Tyrrell, a geologist who accidentally discovered the first reported dinosaur fossil in the Red Deer River valley in 1884 while searching for coal seams. The carnivorous dinosaur was later named Albertosaurus sarcophagus. The museum opened September 25, 1985 and was given `` Royal '' status in 1990. Collections and exhibits Triceratops skeletal mount in Royal Tyrrell Museum More than 4,400 square metres ( 47,000 sq ft ) of the museum 's 11,200 square metres ( 121,000 sq ft ) is dedicated to exhibits in a series of chronological galleries celebrating the 3.9 - billion - year - history of life on Earth. One of the most popular is `` Dinosaur Hall '', with over 40 mounted dinosaur skeletons, including specimens of Tyrannosaurus rex, Albertosaurus, Stegosaurus and Triceratops. Other exhibits include `` Lords of the Land '', a gallery of some of the most dangerous theropods known from Alberta, `` Burgess Shale '', a diorama of dozens of creatures from Yoho National Park in British Columbia ; `` Devonian Reef '', a life - size model of a 375 - million - year old reef ; the newly renovated `` Cretaceous Garden '', featuring representatives of the plants that lived in prehistoric Alberta, and `` Age of Mammals '' and `` Ice Ages '' which cover mammalian life in the Cenozoic. Dioramas painted by Vladimir Krb. Also on display is the `` Triassic Giant '', a 1,700 square feet ( 160 m ) specimen of the world 's largest known marine reptile. The 21 metres ( 69 ft ) long ichthyosaur Shastasaurus sikanniensis was recovered from the shores of the Sikanni Chief River in northeastern British Columbia by a team led by Elizabeth Nicholls, former curator of Marine Reptiles. This exhibit pays homage to the work of Nicholls, who died in 2004. In May 2017 the museum displayed an unusually well - preserved nodosaur. A window into the `` Preparation Lab '' allows visitors to watch technicians as they prepare fossils for research and exhibition. Additional offerings include guided and self - guided tours of the badlands, the hands - on `` Science Hall '' with interactive stations that introduce palaeontological concepts, simulated fossil digs, fossil casting, school programs and summer camps. Affiliations The museum is affiliated with : CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada. Images Cleaning and preparing a fossil at the museum A detail of The Story of Life, mural sculpted by Canadian artist Lorraine Malach, just inside the museum 's entrance An exhibit of Gorgosaurus at the museum Triceratops at the museum An Albertosaurus and an ankylosaur on display Dimetrodon Exterior Drumheller Badlands Chasmosaurus belli found in Dinosaur Provincial Park Edmontonia Prosaurolophus Tyrannosaurus rex Inside the largest display area A Camarasaurus on display inside the museum A pack of Albertosauruses Jurassic section References ^ Jump up to : `` Contact Us ''. Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008 - 09 - 18. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 18. Jump up ^ `` 2011 / 12 Museum Fact Sheet '' ( PDF ). Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 28. ^ Jump up to : Naylor, Bruce G. ( 1997 ). `` Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology ''. In Currie, Philip J. ; Padian, Kevin. Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press. p. 646. ISBN 0 - 12 - 226810 - 5. ^ Jump up to : `` Dinosaur Hall ''. Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008 - 05 - 06. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Getting to the Museum ''. Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008 - 05 - 16. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 18. Jump up ^ Monty Reid. `` Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology ''. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Jump up ^ Barnes, Michael ( 1986 ). Fortunes in the Ground. Erin, Ontario : The Boston Mills Press. p. 198,221. ISBN 091978352X. Jump up ^ `` Museum Amenities ''. Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008 - 05 - 16. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Museum Amenities ''. Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008 - 05 - 16. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Devonian Reef ''. Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008 - 05 - 16. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Cretaceous Garden ''. Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008 - 05 - 16. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Triassic Giant ''. Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008 - 05 - 14. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 18. Jump up ^ `` New dinosaur fossil so well - preserved it looks like a statue ''. The Independent. 2017 - 05 - 12. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 06. Jump up ^ `` Preparation Lab ''. Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008 - 04 - 04. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Nexen Science Hall ''. Royal Tyrrell Museum. 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Question: who is the royal tyrrell museum named after
Answer: Joseph Burr Tyrrell