Time Travelling

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I had always wanted to visit a museum with dinosaurs (fossils) and I somehow believed that a museum should not be called one, if it does not have some dinosaurs. That was a strong belief from my childhood days.

The Jurassic Museum of Asturias is located in the village of Colunga, near Lastres. The building is shaped like a three-toed footprint of a dinosaur. A quick search on the internet and you could find the aerial view of it.

According to the brochure, the building overlooks the beach of Lastres which, collectively with other beaches nearby, forms what is known as Dinosaur Coasts. This is due to the many tracks which were found on these areas.

The museum is divided into three parts, the shape of three toes made it even easier for segregating it. The layout is made so that any visitors would go from the Triassic part to Jurassic to Cretaceous, just like traveling in time.

There are about 15 full sized dinosaur replicas, and numerous other artifacts in glass cases. Some of which were accompanied with artist impressions of the dinosaur.

Forgotten by the sands of time.

The lightings makes for a horrific scene. Looking at the shadow of the Deinonychus reminded me of one of my favourite show, Jurassic Park. See any resemblance to the logo?

A baby sauropod (long necks) hatching from its egg.

The next post shows one of the main attraction of the Museum, the display piece from the Cretaceous era.