Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
A palaeontology museum and research facility in Drumheller, in the Alberta badlands. It is named for Joseph Burr Tyrrell and fills a 12,500 square metre building with dinosaur skeletons from the region's rich fossil beds.
- Where
- Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 51.4792, -112.7900
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Questions
Where is Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology?
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Calgary Tower (101 km), Heritage Park Historical Village (107 km), Dinosaur Provincial Park (121 km).
How do I get the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Alberta volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Alberta volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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