Located in northwest Colorado and northeast Utah, Dinosaur National Monument is a 210,000-acre National Park with magnificent scenery and great riches in dinosaur bones. The Web site is text heavy, but offers some of the best explanations of the process of fossilization (in relation to the unique topography of the park’s landscape), discussions of current issues in paleontology for a general audience, and essays about some of the dinosaurs found in the park.

The American Museum of Natural History

"Fighting Dinosaurs: New Discoveries from Mongolia" features more than 30 of the best-preserved and most scientifically important animal fossils ever discovered in Mongolia's famed Gobi Desert. On view through October 29, the exhibition focuses on the "Fighting Dinosaurs" of Mongolia -- a fierce Velociraptor that was apparently buried alive while attacking a plant-eating, shield-headed Protoceratops. Never before seen in North America and designated a national treasure of Mongolia, these dinosaurs are among the most famous fossil finds in the world. The Museum of Natural History’s Web site features a virtual tour of a portion of the exhibition.

The Dinosaur Museum

The Dinosaur Museum is situated in Dorchester, the County Town of Dorset on the South West Coast of England. It offers some of the world’s most interactive exhibitions focused on dinosaurs. Their website offers children’s activities (like images to color), and a cartoon feature called "jurassic-lark."

The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology

The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada is one of Canada’s best dinosaur museums. Having recently opened a new discovery center, they boast a fantastic website with children’s activities (with some great arts and crafts projects) and virtual tours of their galleries.

The Wyoming Dinosaur Center

Major finds from one of the largest dinosaur quarries in the world are collected in The Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis, Wyoming, United States. The museum offers tours of actual dinosaur digs and their websites takes you on a virtual tour of real digs.

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