Trips Places Foods Stories Newsletters

Take your next trip with Atlas Obscura!

Our small-group adventures are inspired by our Atlas of the world's most fascinating places, the stories behind them, and the people who bring them to life.

Visit Adventures
Trips Highlight
Borneo orangutan
Malaysia • 12 days, 11 nights
Wild Borneo: Secrets of an Ancient Rainforest
from
Pastel de nata
Portugal • 8 days, 7 nights
Portugal: A Culinary Adventure from Porto to Lisbon
from
View all trips
Top Destinations
Latest Places
Most Popular Places Random Place Lists Itineraries
Add a Place
Download the App
Top Destinations
View All Destinations »

Countries

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • China
  • France
  • Germany
  • India
  • Italy
  • Japan

Cities

  • Amsterdam
  • Barcelona
  • Beijing
  • Berlin
  • Boston
  • Budapest
  • Chicago
  • London
  • Los Angeles
  • Mexico City
  • Montreal
  • Moscow
  • New Orleans
  • New York City
  • Paris
  • Philadelphia
  • Rome
  • San Francisco
  • Seattle
  • Stockholm
  • Tokyo
  • Toronto
  • Vienna
  • Washington, D.C.
Latest Places
View All Places »
Ana de Mendoza y de la Cerda, Princess of Éboli, was imprisoned for six months in the tower.
Torreón de Pinto (Tower of Pinto)
Rococo staircase to the musicians’s gallery.
Biscari Palace
Statues of Qin Hui and Lady Wang.
Qin Hui Statue at Yue Fei Temple
The Salt Canyon.
Salt Canyon
Latest Places to Eat & Drink
View All Places to Eat »
The sign declares this the number-one gumbo shop in town.
Gumbo Hut Shioya
The pavlova comes crowned with jewel-like fruit.
Central Park Boathouse
The Village Tavern of Long Grove - exterior.
The Village Tavern
Hunter House Hamburgers
L’Escamoteur
Recent Stories
All Stories Video Podcast
Most Recent Stories
View All Stories »
 Fenway Park at night
How Was Your First Trip With Your Significant Other?
about 16 hours ago
Ivan the Terra Bus
The Bus, the Myth, the Legend: Ivan the Terra Bus
2 days ago
Pigeons were included in a series of 1891 illustrations entitled “Household Pets.”
What Makes a Pest a Pest?
3 days ago
Burros Alfa and Beto, seen here with Luis Soriano in 2008, have been helping the teacher deliver books for more than 20 years.
How One Man and His ‘Biblioburro’ Spreads Literacy in Rural Colombia
5 days ago

No search results found for
“”

Make sure words are spelled correctly.

Try searching for a travel destination.

Places near me Random place

Popular Destinations

  • Paris
  • London
  • New York
  • Berlin
  • Rome
  • Los Angeles
Trips Places Foods Stories Newsletters
Sign In Join
Places near me Random place
All Canada Saskatchewan Eastend T.rex Discovery Centre

T.rex Discovery Centre

Built after the 1991 discovery of one of the world's most complete T.rex skeletons in the nearby hills.

Eastend, Saskatchewan

Added By
airplanejayne
Email
Been Here
Want to go
Added to list
Built into the hillside, the Centre has a striking facade.   http://www.trexcentre.ca/
Built into the hillside, the Centre has a striking facade.   http://www.trexcentre.ca/
Replica skull of “Scotty” the T.rex.   http://www.trexcentre.ca/
This skull is part of the climbing structure in the outdoor playground.   http://www.trexcentre.ca/
Been Here
Want to go
Added to list

About

Built after the 1991 discovery of a T.rex skeleton in the hills outside of this town in Saskatchewan, the T.rex Discovery Centre holds "Scotty," one of the most complete skeletons of this type in the world at 75 percent complete.

The skeleton is almost always being studied in a fossil and paleontological laboratory on site, but a replica is also housed in the museum where visitors can see all of the bones that have been discovered so far.

Admission to the Discovery Centre includes a 30-minute documentary called "The Dinosaur Hunters," which details the discovery and excavation of Scotty in the nearby hills. Guided tours of the building are offered at no extra charge, but visitors are also welcome to wander its halls on their own, where they can learn about the rich fossil history of this area of Saskatchewan.

Another exhibit, "Saskatchewan After the Dinosaurs," contains a full-scale diorama that displays the animals and environments that would have been found in the immediate area about 60 million years ago, right after the expected extinction of the dinosaurs. The exhibit includes a six-foot-long Borealosuchus, or northern crocodile; a five-foot Champsosaurus, or fish-eating reptile; and Ptilodus, a small mammal known as a multituberculate.

“It is an exciting opportunity to introduce the prehistoric world of Saskatchewan,” said Sean Bell, general manager of the T.rex Discovery Centre. “When people think of fossils, they think of dinosaurs. Here in Saskatchewan, we have a lot of really interesting dinosaur material, but we have an even bigger story to tell. Saskatchewan has a great fossil record about the evolution of life in North America after the dinosaurs went extinct. This Palaeocene display will let us portray Saskatchewan from a time that is not necessarily familiar to most people.”

Related Tags

Museums And Collections Natural History

Community Contributors

Added By

airplanejayne

Published

February 22, 2011

Edit this listing

Make an Edit
Add Photos
Sources
  • Dino Country: http://www.dinocountry.com/?s=1&p=263
T.rex Discovery Centre
1 T-rex Drive
Eastend, Saskatchewan, S0N 0T0
Canada
49.516667, -108.816667
Visit Website
Get Directions

Nearby Places

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park

Maple Creek, Saskatchewan

miles away

The Badlands Guardian

Walsh, Alberta

miles away

Havre Beneath the Streets

Havre, Montana

miles away

Explore the Destination Guide

Photo of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Canada

Places 28
Stories 2

Nearby Places

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park

Maple Creek, Saskatchewan

miles away

The Badlands Guardian

Walsh, Alberta

miles away

Havre Beneath the Streets

Havre, Montana

miles away

Explore the Destination Guide

Photo of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Canada

Places 28
Stories 2

Related Places

  • Closeup of the elephant herd.

    New York, New York

    African Elephants Diorama

    This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

  • A taxidermy hippo.

    Tervuren, Belgium

    Royal Museum for Central Africa Natural History Collections

    A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

  • The museum exterior.

    Colmar, France

    Museum of Natural History and Ethnography

    A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

  • The Komodo dragon diorama.

    New York, New York

    Komodo Dragon Diorama

    Here be dragons.

  • View of the museum ground floor with mammoth skeleton in the foreground.

    Lille, France

    Lille Natural History Museum

    An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

  • The museum paleontological site.

    Texcoco, Mexico

    Museo Paleontológico Tocuila (Paleontological Museum of Tocuila)

    Get a close look at the gigantic remains of long-extinct mammoths.

  • Temnodontosaurus platyodon skull at the Lyme Regis Museum.

    Lyme Regis, England

    Lyme Regis Museum

    A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.

  • Hutchison Hall Specimen Collection.

    Rochester, New York

    Hutchison Hall Specimen Collection

    Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.

Aerial image of Vietnam, displaying the picturesque rice terraces, characterized by their layered, verdant fields.
Atlas Obscura Membership

Become an Atlas Obscura Member


Join our community of curious explorers.

Become a Member

Get Our Email Newsletter

Follow Us

Facebook YouTube TikTok Instagram Pinterest RSS Feed

Get the app

Download the App
Download on the Apple App Store Get it on Google Play
  • All Places
  • Latest Places
  • Most Popular
  • Places to Eat
  • Random
  • Nearby
  • Add a Place
  • Stories
  • Food & Drink
  • Itineraries
  • Lists
  • Video
  • Podcast
  • Newsletters
  • All Trips
  • Family Trip
  • Food & Drink
  • History & Culture
  • Wildlife & Nature
  • FAQ
  • Membership
  • Feedback & Ideas
  • Community Guidelines
  • Product Blog
  • Unique Gifts
  • Work With Us
  • About
  • FAQ
  • Advertise With Us
  • Advertising Guidelines
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms of Use
Atlas Obscura

© 2025 Atlas Obscura. All Rights Reserved.