We love museums and the boys are especially drawn to dinosaurs and natural history. So off we went to preview Field Station Dinosaurs recently and it was amazing.
It is like walking back in time to the Jurassic age (90 million years ago). It is a huge complex near the Meadowlands, but not at the Meadowlands (a Laurel Hill park ground in Secaucus nearby).
There are 31 life sized animatronic Dinosaur displays; the trip was fun and educational. There are workshops and games and worksheets. There is a fossil dig site half way thru the trail that gives the kids a break and they have fun digging up fossils.
There is a crayon site where the kids get to draw dinosaur related pictures. There is an amphitheater with regularly scheduled talks and workshops (we got to see various baby dinosaurs up close and ask questions).
There are a couple more archaeological outposts for viewing various archaeological site formats with objects an archaeologist might use in real life at a real dig site.
Lunch needs to be brought or pre ordered, as there is only a small gift shop with limited snacks available.
Photos are available at the gift shop with pics of the site near the entrance, however the pictures didn't seem to upload very quickly so we didn't get a chance to purchase any.
There are bathrooms at the venue but they are the nicer but portable ones. Parking is available at a small fee.
My favorite displays were the raptors, seem like an amazing feat to be able to fly with that size bird.
Enjoy our pics.
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