When I was little I wanted to be an archeologist or paleontologist. While that didn’t happen I can live vicariously through the volunteers and employees at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. At the end of Prehistoric Journey is the Paleontology lab, where you can see the progress that is being made on specimens recently brought in from the field.

He kind of looks like John Hammond from Jurassic Park.

He kind of looks like John Hammond from Jurassic Park.

If you are a member of the museum, they also do many special nights where you can actually go into the lab and see a lot more that they are working on. Its definitely my favorite perk of being a member!

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