Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Royal Tyrrell Museum

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Established	September 25, 1985
Location	Highway 838 Midland Provincial Park Drumheller, Alberta T0J 0Y0 Canada[1]
Coordinates	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)[2]
Director	Andrew Neuman[1]
Website	www.tyrrellmuseum.com

The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (RTMP, and often referred to as the Royal Tyrrell Museum) is a popular Canadian tourist attraction.^[3] It is a leading centre of palaeontological research which has more than 130,000 fossils.^[4][5]

The museum is 6 kilometres (4 mi) from Drumheller, Alberta and 135 kilometres (84 mi) from Calgary.^[6] It is in the middle of the fossil-bearing strata of the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation. Its specimens come mainly from Dinosaur Provincial Park and the Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Egg Historic Nest Site.^[4]

The Royal Tyrrell Museum's mission is to "collect, preserve, research and interpret palaeontological history with special reference to Alberta’s fossil heritage".^[7][8]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Contact Us". Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
2. ↑ "2011/12 Museum Fact Sheet" (PDF). Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
3. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions". Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Naylor, Bruce G. (1997). "Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology". In Currie, Philip J.; Padian, Kevin (ed.). Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press. p. 646. ISBN 0-12-226810-5.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
5. ↑ "Dinosaur Hall". Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
6. ↑ "Getting to the Museum". Royal Tyrrell Museum. Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
7. ↑ "The Canadian Encyclopedia". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
8. ↑ Cite error: The named reference welcome was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).