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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Whooly Mammoth and Smilodon
The Whooly Mammoth is an extinct group of Mammoth that survived until about 10,000 years ago. It had a thick layer of fur that helped it survive the Ice Age. It lived alongside early humans ...
More »Jurassic Period
The Age of the Sauropods - Very Large Dinosaurs. Note the numerous marine creatures – Belemnties, Fish and Crayfish. At the beginning of the Jurassic Period Pangaea began shifting into two landmass ...
More »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 ...
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