
The Montana Dinosaur Center
The Montana Dinosaur Center is a nonprofit dinosaur museum and educational institute in Bynum, home of the first-discovered dinosaur nest. Through the summer it runs hands-on fossil dig programs ranging from half-day site tours to multi-day expeditions, open to participants of all ages with adults accompanying children. It is a museum and dig-expedition attraction rather than a dedicated kids' summer camp.
The practical details
We list only what the camp itself publishes, and programs change — dates, prices, ages and availability can all move after we check. Confirm the details on the camp’s own website and contact The Montana Dinosaur Center directly before you register or pay. Last checked August 2026.
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Google Reviews
Powered by GoogleThis was an interesting place and the man who worked here was very knowledgeable and friendly. There were some real dinosaur bones and fossils and some of the displays were replicas. The place was pretty small and we were hoping to see more. We saw all that they had on display.
Really great little trip to break up our journey at a low cost. It isn’t big, but is bursting with interesting specimens and facts, a unique experience to normal museums as you can talk to the friendly Palaeontologists about these dinosaurs they have found and see their active research through the window. Almost all of the artefacts here were found in nearby Montana, including the bones of the first ever baby dinosaur found. Would recommend in you have half an hour to spare when you’re passing.
This is a great little museum! Entry is very affordable, and it makes for a pleasant 30ish minutes. While small, it contains many interesting and impactful fossils. The displays are informative and the mounted sauropod is spectacular as you'd expect! Not really a place to travel a huge distance to visit, but a must-stop if you're in the area and haven't been.
This place is spectacular, small but definitely worth the visit. Highly recommend. Seeing the mounted seismosaur replica was fascinating, very cool to see the world's largest mounted dinosaur.
My family toured the museum. We all enjoyed the exhibits and Andy answered all of our grandson’s questions patiently. The space is not huge but there is much to see and well presented. We also went on the dig for 2 days and our rock, fossil, dinosaur loving grandson thoroughly enjoyed himself and even said it was “fun” which as grandparents was our ultimate goal. The three of us were given specific jobs and meticulously dug around the exposed bones we were shown in preparation of getting them out of the ground. The staff was knowledgeable, passionate, patient and caring. Their greatest desire for us was that we have a great experience. As a grandpa and nana there primarily to provide this opportunity for our grandson we were most impressed with the paleontologists who taught and cared for him. Thank you Dustin, Bryce, Andy and volunteer Archie for a wonderful experience. It was great to get to know you all.




