Our own Rob Sula will lead a tour and discussion of the Dinosaur and Dinosaur Eggs exhibit at the Aurora SciTech Hands on Museum on Saturday, February 12 at 2:00 pm. All ages welcome. $8 per person museum admission fee.
The museum's address is 18 W. Benton Street, Aurora, IL. Click here for a map.
Validated parking is available by turning left just past the museum onto Stolp Avenue. Look on the right and you'll find the Stolp Avenue Parking Garage. Bring your ticket to SciTech's front desk and we'll validate you for 4 hours of free parking.
Metered street parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The south side of Benton has three-hour limit meters and the north side has ten-hour limit meters.
The Aurora Public Library has opened their parking lot to SciTech Hands-On Visitors. Turn right past the museum to find your spot. Please pay the meters and come on in!
The exhibit features:
- Real dinosaur leg bone fossil for visitors to touch
- Over 130 real and cast dinosaur eggs and nests
- Dig pits
- Six different groups of dinosaurs are represented
- "Life-like" models of dinosaurs
- Original artist depictions of early dinosaur development and life
- Baby Louie as featured in National Geographic Magazine