The Royal Saskatchewan Museum is celebrating “all things dinosaur” in the province with a series of online events for 'Dinovember.'
The month-long event will take a look at Saskatchewan’s rich history of dinosaurs and paleontology, which includes Scotty the World’s Largest T.Rex who was discovered near Eastend and now resides at the RSM.
All Dinovember programming will be taking place online this year for residents to enjoy from the comfort of home.
This includes a Dinos in 3D contest running for the entirety of the month, featuring a set of downloadable dinosaur postcards from the RSM’s website and an interactive phone app that brings them to life in 3D.
The RSM is challenging residents to snap a photo of their 3D dinosaurs and enter the contest to potentially win a copy of the book Mega-Rex: A Tyrannosaurus Named Scotty. Photos will be judged on a few categories, including “silliest,” “hungriest” and “best friends.”
Also as a part of Dinovember, the RSM is offering virtual tours of dinosaur-related exhibits. A tour of the CN T.rex Gallery — home of the famous Scotty himself — is available through the GuidiGO app for anyone to explore.
An educational virtual field trip for students grades one to three is also available, using a live video with a museum educator to explore how fossils form, how they’re found and how RSM’s paleontologists study them. This tour can be arranged by contacting [email protected].
There will also be a few special events taking place, beginning with a Live Paleo Lab Tour on Nov. 19 at 1:30 p.m. through Facebook Live. The tour will head behind the scenes with a paleontology team answering questions and talking about a 70-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil.
A Facebook Live discussion with Dr. W. Scott Persons will take place on Nov. 24 at 4:30 p.m., to talk about the new book Mega-Rex: A Tyrannosaurus Named Scotty.
The RSM in Regina is also open to visitors on Friday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Visitors over the age of three years old are required to wear masks.
For more information about RSM programming, visit royalsaskmuseum.ca.
