iDINOSAURS! – Age of the Giant Lizards
Original fossils from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous, from early Plateosaurus to the superbly preserved T. rex Tristan Otto, with an Allosaurus skull.
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A T. rex has roughly 300 bones, and 170 of Tristan Otto's survived, which makes him one of the best-preserved specimens in the world. The museum also puts his almost completely preserved skull on the historic staircase, so the show starts before you reach the hall.
The route follows the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous in turn: Plateosaurus from Halberstadt, an Allosaurus jimmadseni from Wyoming, then the twelve-metre Tristan Otto from Montana's Hell Creek Formation. There is also a nest with eggs and the skull of Caspar, a T. rex cub of about seven years old. Tristan Otto is missing 130 bones and still looks better on a Monday than you do on the U6, which stops right outside at Naturkundemuseum.
Entry is €11 for adults, €5 for children from 6 and for concessions, and €18 for a family. Under-6s are free. The ticket covers every exhibition in the museum, and timed tickets online are recommended. The show runs until 30 November 2027.
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Original fossils from the Triassic to the Cretaceous, from an early Plateosaurus to the well-preserved T. rex Tristan Otto, with an Allosaurus skull. Tristan is the rare Berlin regular who still looks this good after 66 million years.
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Tristan Otto, the T. rex
A twelve-metre skeleton from Montana with 170 of its roughly 300 bones preserved.
The skull on the historic staircase
The almost completely preserved skull of Tristan Otto, shown on the museum's old staircase.
Allosaurus jimmadseni
A Jurassic predator from Wyoming, shown with an Allosaurus skull.
Caspar the T. rex cub
The skull of a young T. rex about seven years old, next to a nest with eggs.
Plateosaurus from Halberstadt
An early Triassic dinosaur, the first stop on the route through three geological periods.
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- First-Timers
- Out-Of-Town Guests
- Rainy Days
- Small Kids
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Children from 6 pay €5, under-6s are free, and a family ticket (2 adults, up to 3 children under 14) is €18.
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- DINOSAURS! – Age of the Giant LizardsPhoto: Verena Brüning
- Shilpa Gupta: What Still Holds© Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Photo: Luca Girardini
- CHANEL Commission: Lina Lapelytė. We Make Years Out of HoursCourtesy of Hamburger Bahnhof
- [ materialistin ]: Matter of Care, Care of MatterPhoto: Jacopo La Forgia
- Museum für NaturkundeJörg Zägel / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hamburger BahnhofA.Savin, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammlung BorosJean-Pierre Dalbéra / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- Fotografiska BerlinShaysd / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- KW Institute for Contemporary ArtJörg Zägel / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0