Dinosaurs roar into Benalla for school holidays

By Simon Ruppert

Jan 3, 2023

Inspiring: A child gets up close to inspect a dinosaur skull which will be part of a Museums Victoria outreach program that will visit Benalla on January 24. Photo: Museum Victoria/Jon Augi Photo by Augier, Jon

Museum Victoria’s “museum in a van” will be visiting Benalla Library these school holidays, bringing Dinosaurs… Traces of the Past to the rose city.

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Dinosaurs have long been the subject of fascination for children.

Through stories and activities, this program will introduce the ways in which palaeontologists have come to understand dinosaurs through finding and studying fossils.

The travelling museum in a van outreach program will feature:

Casts of an ancient Victorian amphibian;
A Triceratops horn, teeth and section of a frill; and
A life-sized Muttaburrasaurus skull.

Children will be able to talk about and touch real dinosaur fossils, learn about ancient time periods, see life-size replicas of dinosaur skulls, and classify their favourite prehistoric creatures as herbivores or carnivores.

The exhibition is for children aged four to nine, with adult supervision required for all attendees.

The travelling exhibition will be in Benalla on Tuesday, January 24, at the Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop Learning Centre on Fawckner Dve from 1.30pm to 2.30pm. Numbers are limited. To book, phone 5762 2069.