How an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs: A new exhibition at the Natural History Museum details the story.
'09.12.2025'
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American Museum of Natural History invites visitors to experience the epic story of the asteroid impact that 66 million years ago changed life on Earth and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
The exhibition shows what the planet was like before the impact and what happened afterward. Visitors will see a reconstruction of the moment the asteroid struck what is now the Yucatan Basin.
You can also learn how mass extinctions paved the way for new species, leading to a dramatic evolution of mammals and paving the way for the emergence of our ancestors.
The era before the disaster
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid impact changed life on Earth forever.
Exhibition Impact: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs proposes to study the events before and after the impact.
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The asteroid wiped out all the dinosaurs, as well as most animals and plants on the planet, except for birds.
Visitors will be able to travel back to the Cretaceous period, the time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Pterosaurs flew the skies. The seas were controlled by enormous marine reptiles—mosasaurs and plesiosaurs.
How to visit the exhibition
To purchase a ticket to the museum, you must specify the number of tickets and select the date of your visit.
After this, you should add an exhibition Impact: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs or other events with separate entrance. Tickets are available for purchase. here.
Participants in museum programs have the opportunity to view the exhibition. Impact: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs Free with every visit.
What is presented at the exhibition
At the exhibition you can see:
- Life-size models of an 8,2-metre-long mosasaur, a 9,1-metre-long plesiosaur and other extinct species, including a triceratops;
- Hands-on exhibits include a mosasaur tooth cast, a real fossilized Triceratops finger, a Triceratops skin cast, and a fossilized ammonite;
- a spectacular diorama showing the diversity of life during the Cretaceous period in what is now the western United States;
- a panoramic video showing an asteroid impact and a digital interactive about how scientists track near-Earth objects;
- Video footage showing how modern conservation measures are helping combat biodiversity loss.
