Natural History Museum opens Jurassic Oceans exhibition in London
London’s Natural History Museum opened Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep, bringing visitors face-to-face with the giant marine predators that ruled prehistoric seas while dinosaurs walked the Earth. The new exhibition takes visitors beneath ancient oceans to explore the creatures that hunted underwater millions of years ago, from vast ichthyosaurs and long-necked plesiosaurs to the mosasaurs often described as the T. rex of the sea.
The museum’s recent science-led displays have also drawn attention through unusual exhibits, including the Xenomorph egg display that captured visitors’ imagination earlier this year. The exhibition also connects with broader discoveries about Britain’s prehistoric landscape, including research revealing the Isle of Skye’s importance as a major Jurassic dinosaur habitat.
Built around the museum’s world-leading palaeontology collection, the latest exhibition combines major fossil displays with hands-on experiences designed to bring prehistoric marine life closer to visitors. Guests will be able to touch a real mosasaur tooth dating back almost 70 million years, handle a cast of a dinosaur claw, examine prehistoric skull replicas and even hold Jurassic fossilised poo as part of an interactive trail exploring which ancient sea creature was the fiercest predator.
Among the most striking animals featured are ichthyosaurs, some of which grew to around 25 metres long, roughly comparable in size to Dippy the diplodocus. Their huge eyes helped them hunt in deep water, while their highly developed senses made them formidable predators of Jurassic seas.
The exhibition also explores plesiosaurs, whose distinctive long necks and four-flipper body plan remains unlike anything seen in today’s oceans. Some fossils on display still carry bite marks left by scavengers, offering a rare glimpse into prehistoric ocean food chains.
Visitors will also come face-to-face with mosasaurs, apex marine hunters equipped with double-jointed jaws and rows of teeth built for tearing through prey.
Tickets for Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep are available through the Natural History Museum.
Planning a museum visit this summer? Jurassic Oceans looks set to become one of London’s standout family exhibitions.
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