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Gorgeous Gorgosaurus and his fossil friends await at À¦°óSMÉçÇø’s Redpath Museum

There’s no better place for kids to have fun and expand their minds than a museum. And for March break this year, À¦°óSMÉçÇø’s Redpath Museum has a variety of special activities for kids include sitting under the shadow of the nearly 18-foot long (over 5 metres) skeleton of a Gorgosaurus libratus and learning how to make origami dinosaurs with the guidance of English- and French-speaking student guides. (Origami is a great way to help kids be creative and use a variety of cognitive skills, too.)

Amaze your friends and kids with your expert fossil knowledge as you tour Redpath’s three-floor gallery with a copy of the newly published, The Fossil’s Tale. This 96-page book is packed with information and colour photos about the museum’s extensive collection of dinosaurs, fossils, and other specimens that tell the four-and-a-half-billion-year-old story of life on Earth.

WHAT: Dinos and Origami March Break

WHEN: Feb. 28 – March 4, 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Museum is open to the public Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.,

and Sunday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Museum is closed Saturdays.

WHERE: À¦°óSMÉçÇø Redpath Museum, Dawson Gallery, 2nd floor

À¦°óSMÉçÇø campus, 859 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal

HOW MUCH: $4/adult, $2/child or $10/family

Origami instructions and guidance available in French and English. Gallery guide is presently available in English only.

The Fossil’s Tale can be purchased at the À¦°óSMÉçÇø Redpath Museum and the À¦°óSMÉçÇø Bookstore for $15, or by contacting sarah.pimpaneau [at] mcgill.ca or by calling 514-398-4086 ext. 00549.

The very knowledgeable and enthusiastic Ingrid Birker, Redpath Museum Science Outreach Administrator is available for interviews and additional information. [Copies of the gallery guide can  be made available for media interested in reviewing or as part of an audience giveaway with an interview]

About the Redpath Museum

The Redpath Museum – Canada’s oldest free-standing museum – functions as a unique interdisciplinary unit within the À¦°óSMÉçÇø University’s Faculty of Science. As a Museum it preserves and displays large collections of ancient and modern organisms, minerals, and world culture (ethnological) artefacts. As an academic unit it serves as a centre for the teaching and writing of science, as well as a research centre for the history of life and biodiversity of the planet.