About This Attraction
The Isle of Wight is one of the richest fossil sites in Britain, the richest dinosaur locality in Europe, and one of the top ten localities in the World. Dinosaur Isle Museum is the home to many of these finds. This includes the mounted skeleton of the carnivorous Neovenator, and plant eating Iguanodon. Dinosaur Isle also offers fabulous views across Sandown Bay.
Fossils
Dinosaur Isle boasts an impression collection of fossils and artifacts with around 300,000 incredible specimens of which over 1,000 are on display at any time. These prehistoric specimens include ammonites, molluscs, insects and of course dinosaurs that can be dated between the Early Cretaceous. However, the true stars of Dinosaur Isle include the Neovenator salerii and Eotyrannus lengi skeletons.
What’s in Dinosaur Isle Museum?
The museum is so much more than dinosaurs, with displays of fossils from across the Island including ammonites and Ice Age mammals. There are interactive exhibitions, plus visitors can meet the staff who work cleaning the fossils and the scientists who study them at their open lab door.
Guests can take a walk from the Ice Age to the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs thrived, finishing in the impressive dinosaur gallery. Here you can view reconstructed skeletons, fossils, animatronic dinosaurs, and full-size fleshed reconstructions. Displays use a combination of sound, lighting, smells and technology to engage young visitors and bring prehistory to life.
This immersive experience even gives you the opportunity to pick up and touch real fossils dating up to 130 million years old.
Jan- June, Tuesday-Saturday 10am – 4 pm.
July and August daily 10 am – 5 pm.
September- December, Tuesday- Saturday 10 am – 4 pm.
Last admission one hour before closure.
Adult £6, Children and Pensioners £5.
Family (2 Adults & 2 Children) £17.50, (2 Adults & 3 Children) £20.50
