The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, 90 minutes drive east of Calgary, is known the world over as an outstanding palaeontology museum and research facility. Opened in 1985, the museum is operated by the Alberta provincial government's ministry of Community Development, with a mission to collect, conserve, research, display and interpret palaeontological history, with special reference to Alberta's extensive fossil heritage.
The museum includes ten signature galleries and feature exhibitions that celebrate the spectacular history and diversity of life on Earth for the past 3.5 billion years, as well as the palaeontologists who bring the story to life. A window into the exhibit preparation room allows visitors to watch the work of technicians carefully extracting and preparing the fossils for study and exhibition. In addition, guided and self-guided tours of the badlands, a discovery center for children, tours of the exhibition prep rooms, fossil digs, school programs, and many other programs are available for education and enjoyment.
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