Dinosaurs: A Bite Out of Time Closes this Sunday, Jan. 11
January 5, 2015
COLUMBIA, SC – Dinosaurs: A Bite Out of Time, the South Carolina State Museum’s popular blockbuster exhibit, will officially close this Sunday, Jan. 11. Due to the exhibit’s popularity, it has been held over one week from its original close date. The traveling exhibit features robotic dinosaurs and strange creatures from prehistoric times, including the ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex, the massive Stegosaurus, the long-neckedElasmosaurus and the flying Pteranodon. A variety of hands-on activities, including a fossil dig station, controllable dinosaurs and a puppet theater, make the past come alive. Visit scmuseum.org to learn more and to purchase advance tickets.
The Stegosaurus is one of several robotic dinosaurs and creatures featured in Dinosaurs: A Bite Out of Time, a blockbuster exhibit closing this Sunday, Jan. 11 at the South Carolina State Museum. Photo courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.
The Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) is one of several robotic dinosaurs and creatures featured in Dinosaurs: A Bite Out of Time, a blockbuster exhibit closing this Sunday, Jan. 11 at the South Carolina State Museum. Photo courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.
About the South Carolina State Museum
As the state’s largest and most comprehensive museum, the South Carolina State Museum, offers a unique, entertaining and educational experience to visitors throughout its 225,000 square foot facility located in the heart of downtown Columbia’s Congaree Vista. The State Museum is housed in one of its greatest artifacts, an 1894 old textile mill full of character and charm. In addition to beautiful meeting spaces throughout the facility, guests can explore outer space in one of the largest planetariums in the Southeast, watch an interactive 4D movie and look through a vintage telescope in a one-of-a-kind observatory. These exciting opportunities are all in addition to the four floors of South Carolina art, cultural history, natural history and science/technology that guests can experience. For more information about the museum, visit scmuseum.org.
