Prehistoric Park
Calling all cave kids for a Jurassic adventure like no other! Take a journey to a land before time with dino-mic crafts and Stone Age fun, from braving volcanic explosions to getting up close and personal with dinosaur friends, with the help of paleontologist, Dr. Bolortsetseg Minjin.
Be sure to scroll below for more details, and check out all our Kids Week events!
Exploding Volcanos
9:30am-noon on the Fountain Terrace
Dare to venture on a new frontier as you paint your own volcano. Once your masterpiece is complete, just add vinegar to watch it explode!
Stegosaurus Hats
9:30am-noon in Overlook
To enter Overlook, the second-story indoor pavilion looking over the rink, find the staircase near the southeast corner of the rink. Outdoor, unattended stroller parking will be available nearby.
Get ready to roar and explore with us by making a stegosaurus hat.
Primeval Play
10am-noon on the eastern grey deck
Tell a story at our collection of caves by creating an original mural. Let your imagination run wild while you play, the prehistoric way.
Beyond the Bones with Bolortsetseg Minjin, PhD.
10:30am-11:15am in Overlook
Hear about exciting excavation discoveries and the beginnings of age-old creatures from Bolortsetseg Minjin, award-winning paleontologist and educator.
To enter Overlook, the second-story indoor pavilion looking over the rink, find the staircase near the southeast corner of the rink. Outdoor, unattended stroller parking will be available nearby.
Bolortsetseg Minjin is a paleontologist who focuses on the protection of fossils in her native country, Mongolia. She founded the Institute for the Study of Mongolian Dinosaurs (ISMD), which over the past 10 years has launched expeditions that have discovered new fossil species, has sponsored, and trained Mongolian graduate students in paleontology and geology, and has inspired children in the remote Gobi Desert through on-site educational programs of mobile dinosaur museum and young scientists’ program. In 2012 Bolortsetseg played a pivotal role in stopping the sale of an illegally collected skeleton of Tyrannosaurus bataar from Mongolia, and coordinated the repatriation, return, and exhibition of this specimen in Mongolia.
She also worked closely with the US Department of Homeland Security to reveal a vast illegal market in the sale of Mongolian fossils. Much of this network was subsequently shut down, and she spearheaded the return of over 70 stolen dinosaurs to Mongolia. In 2013 she returned to Mongolia to help establish the Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs where the Tyrannosaurus bataar and other specimens were displayed. Initially a temporary museum was constructed in Sukhbaatar square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and huge lines formed to see Mongolia's first dinosaur celebrity.