Historic Happenings Blog

Join a curious T-Rex on an adventure to learn about dinosaurs! Opens Sept. 21 LSC’s newest adventure for young learners,  Dinosaur Train: The Traveling Exhibit , opens Sept. 21! Join a curious Tyrannosaurus Rex named Buddy who travels the world to discover everything there is to know about dinosaurs! Based on the  Dinosaur Train  TV series, the exhibition embraces and celebrates the fascination kids have with both dinosaurs and trains. Join Buddy on his adventure back to the time of dinosaurs and unearth basic concepts in life science, natural history, and paleontology! Highlights Hop on the Dinosaur Train and travel to all three time periods during the Age of Dinosaurs (Mesozoic Era – Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous) Learn the characteristics of herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores, and how dinosaurs are classified into these groups Explore math concepts by studying the different sizes and measurements of dinosaurs Interact with real and replica fossils and learn how...

Jersey Crocs Rule! Opening March 2, 2019, through September 8, 2019 East Gallery, 1st floor Crocodylians have been on the Earth for over 200 million years. Much of their evolutionary history is documented in the fossils and rocks found in New Jersey. Jersey Crocs Rule! lets visitors explore what it means to be a crocodylian, showcasing taxidermy mounts and skeletons of crocs living and prehistoric. Crocodiles, alligators and gharials from the State Museum’s collections illustrate the modern form, while the exhibit also delves into the fossil history of crocs in New Jersey, beginning with preserved croc-like trackways dating back almost 200 million years ago. One remarkable fossil feature of the exhibit will be a nearly complete skeleton of crocodylian Hyposaurus rogersii, which lived in what is now Gloucester County, NJ about 65 million years ago. Visitors will also come face-to-face with a skull reconstruction of the monstrous Deinosuchus, one of the largest crocodiles ever and a New...