The Museum of the Rockies is the place where you can see a real Tyrannosaurus skull, the thigh bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex with some fossilized meat still on it and generally the largest collection of dinosaur bones in the country. This fascinating museum, which is part of the Montana State University, is also the place of work of Dr. Jack Horner, the scientist behind the Jurassic Park creatures.

While the dinosaur bones are a popular reason for people coming to this museum from all over the world, the main focus of this highly acclaimed history and research museum is the cultural and physical history of the Rocky Mountains and the animals and people that lived in the area for the last 500 million years. Its most fascinating permanent exhibits, besides dinosaur fossils in the Siebel Dinosaur Complex, are: Enduring Peoples, about American Indians from the Northern Plains; History of the Northern Rocky Mountain Region, about the frontier days in the region and the people that lived through them - Native Americans, gold seekers, fur traders and white settlers; Living History Farm in the Tinsley House, about the life of a family during the turn-of-the-century; and the Taylor Planetarium.

600 W Kagy Blvd, Bozeman, MT 59717, 406-994-2251

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