Currently happening at the museum
The Great Dinosaur Egg Hunt!
The Naranjo Museum is hosting The Great Dinosaur Egg Hunt starting April 1 and running all the way to April 30!! Join us on the hunt for dinosaur eggs in the museum! Starting April 1, museum employ ...
More »2025 Summer Camp Registration is Open
2025 Summer Camp Registration is OPEN for Museum Members! Naranjo Museum Camps 2025 ...
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Radiometric Dating and Cretaceous North America, Dig Pit
Radiometric dating is a process used to date rocks and fossils after they are found. Willard F. Libby was one of the first men to understand and discover this process. He won the Nobel Prize in 1960 f ...
More »Download a Virtual Guide to the Naranjo Museum
Enhance your museum experience by downloading a virtual guide to the Naranjo Museum! The pdf file includes easy-to-navigate pages that show maps, fun facts, illustrations and more! Children will ...
More »Triassic Period
The first dinosaur is believed to be Coelophysis. The flat rocks have footprints and tail drags, and the petrified wood was found at dig sites while finding fossil bones. After the Permian extinction ...
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