An exhibition where you can touch real artifacts from the dinosaur era has opened in New York.

A new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History takes visitors back in time—from the moment an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs to the subsequent period of life's recovery on Earth. The publication explains how to travel 66 million years into the past. SecretNYC.

The exhibition "Impact: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs" tells the story of a giant asteroid that struck 66 million years ago and completely changed life on the planet. It caused earthquakes, tsunamis, global fires, and plunged the Earth into darkness, wiping out most species. But the story doesn't end there—and neither does the exhibition.

Impact depicts not only the moment of catastrophe but also the period of renewal that followed. The exhibition explores how new ecosystems emerged, how mammals began to diversify dramatically, and how, ultimately, humans emerged.

Museum President Sean Decatur notes, "This is a story about the resilience of life and our planet. Some species survived, new ecosystems flourished, and ultimately, all of this led to the emergence of humans and the world we know today. It's a remarkable, unique story."

The exhibition transports you to the height of the Cretaceous Period: here you can see real fossils and their casts, immerse yourself in animations, explore full-size models, and dramatic dioramas. Among the highlights:

• A 5,5-meter-long Triceratops felling a small tree;
• An 8-meter mosasaur attacking a 9-meter plesiosaur;
• 4,5-metre long herbivorous ancient mammal;
• a cast of a mosasaur tooth that you can touch;
• true ammonite;
• a six-minute panoramic video that takes you to the moment of impact of an asteroid with the power of a billion nuclear bombs;
• A test that will determine your "Cretaceous animal" - and whether you would have survived that asteroid or not.

On the subject: The multisensory reSOUND exhibition has opened at Rockefeller Center.

Visitors and budding paleontologists follow a sequential timeline of events: from "Life Before Impact"—where you can touch a real Triceratops finger and a skin cast—through "Impact," "Life After Impact," and finally "Defending the Earth." It's a powerful story of extinction, survival, recovery, and adaptation, spanning millions of years.

Impact also shows the scientific evidence for these events, from fossils to geological data.

"The most exciting thing about this exhibit is how much we can tell you today thanks to science. Breakthroughs in paleontology and geochemistry have given us an unprecedented understanding of what happened before, during, and after the asteroid impact—how ecosystems collapsed, adapted, and ultimately flourished again," noted Roger Benson, head of the Dinosaur Paleobiology Unit.

Tickets, which include admission to the exhibition, start at $30 for adults, $17 for children (3-12 years), and $24 for students and seniors (free for museum members).

The exhibition is on display at the American Museum of Natural History, located at 200 Central Park West. It is open to visitors daily, except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, from 10:00 AM to 17:30 PM.

Details can be found on the museum's website at link.

And while you're at the museum, be sure to check out Apex, a 150-million-year-old stegosaurus skeleton unveiled in December 2024.