The Royal Tyrrell Museum is a popular Canadian tourist attraction and a leading centre of palaeontological research noted for its collection of more than 130,000 fossils.
Located 6 kilometres (4 mi) from Drumheller, Alberta and 135 kilometres (84 mi) from Calgary, the museum is situated in the middle of the fossil-bearing strata of the Late Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation and holds numerous specimens from Dinosaur Provincial Park and the Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Egg Historic Nest Site.
The Royal Tyrrell Museum is operated by Alberta's Ministry of Culture and Community Spirit. The museum's mission is to "collect, preserve, research and interpret palaeontological history with special reference to Alberta’s fossil heritage".
Das Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology ist ein weltweit bekanntes paläontologisches Museum in Drumheller, Alberta (Kanada). Sein Schwerpunkt liegt auf den zahlreichen Fossilienfunden aus den Kanadischen Badlands.
Das Museum ist nach dem Geologen Joseph Burr Tyrell benannt, dem Entdecker von Dinosaurierfossilien in der Region. Es wurde 1985 als Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology eröffnet und erhielt 1990 den Namen Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
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