If you have a little paleontologist (like I do)… you may be surprised to learn that there are several great dinosaur attractions within driving distance that offer fun experiences! Whether you’re looking for a T-Rex or a Megalodon, scroll down to check out our list of 10 options!
DINO-VEMBER AT THE FERGUSON LIBRARY
Learn all about dinosaurs with story times, art, games, movies, fossils and more at the Ferguson Library!
Click here to learn more and see a calendar of programs in November 2025.
Main Library, Dimattia Building
PERMANENT SCIENCE GALLERIES: NATURAL CYCLES SHAPE OUR LAND
This exhibit at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich includes a paleontology exhibit. The star of the exhibit is a full size Dilophosaurus who walked along the Connecticut shorelines of the Connecticut Valley 200 million years ago!
Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich
THE DINOSAUR PLACE
The Dinosaur Place is a 60-acre Outdoor Adventure Park with more than 50 life-sized dinosaurs on nature trails! You’ll also find a dinosaur-themed maze, two dinosaur-filled caves, and Monty’s Playground, featuring T-Rex Tower.
1650 Hartford-New London Turnpike, Montville, CT
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
The Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History features fossils from one of the two major groups of dinosaurs. In the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda is the iconic dinosaur exhibit, Barosaurus and Allosaurus… don’t miss the T-Rex!
200 Central Park West, New York, NY
LASDON PARK & ARBORETUM
Visit the newly updated Dino Trail at Lasdon Park & Arboretum, there you can use your smart phone to scan the Zappar codes on each sign. Meet Lexi the T-Rexy who will give fun facts about dinosaurs. When you’re done, take a photo with Lexi and and post it at #LexiatLasdon! Entry is FREE!
2610 Route 35, Katonah, NY
BIG ADVENTURES: DINOSAURS AT STEPPING STONES MUSEUM
Take a trip on the Big Adventures Time Machine to visit a 200,000,000-year-old den of Dilophosaurus dinosaurs, be a modern-day paleontologist, or time detective, seeking an adventure or two while fossil hunting. Jump into the realistic-looking Connecticut ecosystem filled with flora and fauna at Stepping Stones Museum.
303 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT
DINOSAUR STATE PARK
Explore a paleontological museum and enjoy the outdoors… all in one trip to Dinosaur State Park. The Park features over 750 early Jurassic dinosaur footprints — one of the largest dinosaur track sites in North America — preserved in place viewable inside the museum, alongside exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, Connecticut geology, and modern live animals.
400 West Street, Rocky Hill, CT
YALE PEABODY MUSEUM
Admission to The Peabody Museum is free and open to all, with no time or date restrictions for individual visitors. Visit Burke Hall: Life Among Dinosaurs. Featuring fossils that are windows into lost worlds, revealing how, when, and where living things evolved as their environments changed.
170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY’S DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER & PLANETARIUM
Nesting With Dinosaurs: Eggs Past and Present is a hands-on exhibition Sacred Heart University’s Discovery Science Center & Planetarium that offers an astounding array of authentic dinosaur eggs and nests collected from all over the globe – including those of each of the major plant and meat-eating dinosaur groups. The exhibit will be open September 2025 – March 2026.
4450 Park Avenue, Bridgeport, CT
CENTER FOR SCIENCE TEACHING & LEARNING
See robotic and skeletal life-size dinosaurs and live animals such as snakes, emus, turtles, and lots more in natural settings at The Center for Science Teaching and Learning! Learn about animal and dinosaur adaptations, unique traits about each dinosaur or animal that helped or helps it survive, hands-on activities and a dino dig too!
1450 Tanglewood Rd., Rockville Centre, NY