Opening Hours

The National Dinosaur Museum is open to the general public from 10am to 5pm, every day.

Last admissions are at 4:30pm.

We are located in Gold Creek Village,
on the corner of
Gold Creek Road and Barton Highway,
NICHOLLS, ACT 2913
(Click for map)

For detailed directions visit Google Maps

Contact Us for more Details

Admission Prices

The admission prices for entering the exhibit areas of the museum are as follows:

For school group rates, please see our School Programs page.

Credit and Eftpos facilities available.

Things to See

Prehistoric exhibits at the museum

Guided tours for groups of all ages

Children's birthday parties

Educational publications

Special holiday activities

Visit our fantastic gift shop

Colouring-In

We also have our colouring in table set up during the year for kids to colour a prehistoric scene.

Click the thumbnails to view and download the pictures. Proudly sponsored by Crayola

Avast ye found all me treasure, but I've still some challenges for ye to solve!

Come and join a Pirate-o-saurus Birthday party or try your hand at Dinosaur Hunting.

- Captain Minmi

Latest News Holiday Programs

Programs for the upcoming ACT April school holidays have just been announced.

Programs

JURASSIC NIGHT@MUSEUM

Sat 21st April 5PM - SUN 22nd April 9AM

The NDM will be again hosting its popular Jurassic - Night@Museum Program. Where children get to have a fun night of dinosaur activities at the museum, enjoy dinner and a movie, then camp out in the exhibition, perhaps underneath a T-rex. Participants must be between 5-12 years old and accompanied by a parent.

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School Holiday Daytime Activities

We are also proud to offer - in conjunction with DanceKids- two new dinosaur activity programs.

Mon 16th April 9.30AM - 12.30PM

The first program is designed for 4-6 year olds and includes fun activities like plaster fossil casting, a guided tour of the dinosaurs in our exhibition hall and a DanceKids dino dance, theatre and music activity. Includes a break for a healthy snack.

$25

Mon 23rd April 9.30AM - 3.00PM

The Second Program is for 7-12 year olds and includes all the same fun activities as the prior program. Children are also assisted in preparing a peformance of a mini production to share the experience of what they have learnt with their parents.

$50

Bookings are essential and conditions do apply. Contact the museum for more details, or to book a place for your children. Hurry places are limited.

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