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Experience a close encounter with dinosaur skeletons, including a 9-metre-long relative of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex.

Dinosaurs: Surviving Extinction, which opens on 13 February and runs until 14 June, stars life-size replica skeletons of a Tarbosaurus, a carnivorous Asian rival of T-Rex that could grow up to 12-metres-long, the fearsome Utahraptor, which was armed with deadly crescent-shaped claws, and a dinosaur that flaunted colourful quills like a porcupine.
The exhibition explores how dinosaurs are related to modern birds, sharing many of their characteristics, including laying eggs, raising their young in a brood and even growing feathers.
Enjoy a brush with prehistoric giants and an eye-popping insight into the feathered legacy of dinosaurs.
Image: Utahraptor, Andy Frazer. Exhibition toured by Gondwana Studios
Dinosaurs: Surviving Extinction runs at the Canterbury Museum Pop-Up from 13 Feburary to 14 June 2026.