More than 65 million years ago, the Montana landscape was radically different than it is today.  A large inland sea covered much of the area that is now Montana. It created a semi-tropical flood plain not unlike the Everglades of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi today.  During the last days of the dinosaurs, large herds of these massive beasts lived, migrated and nested in the upland areas surrounding the shallow sea.  Duckbill dinosaurs and horned dinosaurs known as triceratops are two of the plant eating varieties that inhabited the area.  Following the plant eaters were also a wide variety of meat eating dinosaurs including the infamous T-rex, which means tyrant lizard king.

Many discoveries of world-wide significance have been found in Montana and along Montana/Canadian border.  One such find, consisting of dinosaur eggs with embryos, is on display in the museum.             Found in the Havre area, these specimens are extremely rare and give visitors, and paleontologists alike, a glimpse into dinosaur development.             Visitors to the museum also have a chance to touch actual fossils in the hands-on exhibit. This feature is especially attractive to younger visitors who have never touched fossils before.

The leg bone of a duckbill dinosaur