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The heart of where dinosaur scientific research and investigation are conducted is in the laboratory.
Here at the Sirindhorn Museum, the laboratory is transformed into a research exhibition where visitors can watch through the glass wall to observe the lab and how scientists are working.
Looking through the glass wall of the lab, we will be able to see all parts of the fossilised bone specimens that were discovered in Thailand, placed on the lab tables. These specimens are haunch bones and l
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Within the initial part of the exhibition at the Sirindhorn Museum, we will see a large Geological Time Scale in a rectangular grid engraved on the exhibition floor. The Geological Time Scale is a system of chronological measurement that relates stratigraphy to time and is used by scientists and paleobiologists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred throughout the Earth’s history, from 4.6 billion years ago until the present. The periods of time in Geochronolo
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The most breathtaking moment for visitors entering the Museum is the gigantic structure of a dinosaur skeleton staring at them.
At the Sirindhorn Museum, about 20 species of dinosaur specimens are displayed. Most of them were bought from overseas. Out of those 20, there are the Sauropod fossils of the biggest herbivorous dinosaur that was first identified and discovered in Thailand, called Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae.
In general, replica models of dinosaur fossils are exhibited in the Museu
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During late 1996, two local girls - 10-year-old Kalayamas Singhnaklong and 11-year-old Patcharee Waisane, found a set of dinosaur footprints at the site of Phlan Hin, also known as Wang Khruea Chan at the hillfoot of Phu Faek in King Amphoe Na Khu in Kalasin province. Later on, the dinosaur exploration team from the Department of Mineral Resources discovered 21 footprints along the 6 pathways walking in different directions. From those, there are three obvious walkways as indicated as follows:
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