Most modern museums are very different from the early scientific exhibits of the 1800s. This was the time when popular interest in prehistoric life grew, and fossils of dinosaurs and other extinct creatures were first put on display to the public.
Today there are thousands of exhibits in natural history museums. Scientists have been able to reconstruct, in painstaking detail, how prehistoric creatures would have looked in real life. This gives us important information about the probable habits of these animals, instead of simply showing a mounted skeleton or fossil.
Wherever you live, take the time to look at the fossil remains in your nearest museum. By using your imagination, try to picture these extinct creatures as they once would have roamed the Earth.
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