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Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History

Australian Age of Dinosaurs is a multi-award-winning science-based, not-for-profit museum and major tourist attraction located in Outback Queensland. The Museum is situated on a large mesa (The Jump-Up) and hosts daily guided tours through its facilities. The Museum site includes the Laboratory, Reception Centre, Dinosaur Canyon and on site accommodation.

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Experiences

  • Guided Tours
  • Art & Culture

Sustainability Commitment

The Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History is committed to sustainability in all aspects of its operations and development. We support responsible tourism and the wellbeing of Winton and Outback Queensland. Since 2002 our mission has been to protect and provide access to our natural history collections, ensuring their preservation for future generations. We emphasise energy efficiency and environmental responsibility, educate our staff and volunteers on sustainability practices and source materials locally. Our exhibitions highlight the interconnectedness of nature, human impact on the Earth and the need for resource conservation.

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Accessibility

  • Actively welcomes people with access needs

Accessibility Details

  • Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour
  • Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss
  • Caters for people who use a wheelchair
  • Have accessibility information photos and/or maps
  • Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss
  • Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
  • Caters for people with allergies and intolerances
  • including of a bathroom room and/or floor plan on your website

Ultimate Dinosaur Tour

Visitors to the Museum are guided on an Ultimate Dinosaur Tour of the Laboratory, the most productive in the Southern Hemisphere, the Reception Centre housing rare holotype dinosaur fossils and Dinosaur Canyon, an outdoor exhibition featuring life-sized bronze dinosaurs. As a tourism operator, the Museum offers visitors world-class customer service, once-in-a-lifetime experiences and up-to-date scientific knowledge.

The Jump-Up Dark-Sky Sanctuary

Construction on The Jump-Up site has been based on best practices, making use of innovative environmental advancements wherever possible. This includes solar generated electricity and water pumping; nature assisted climate control and environmentally friendly waste management systems. The Jump-Up is home to a diverse array of fauna including numerous lizard species, mammals and birds.

Maloney Lodge Precinct

Located just 50 metres from the Fossil Preparation Laboratory on The Jump-Up, Maloney Lodge has five fully-furnished adjoining cabin-style rooms (single and twin-stay) with shared kitchen, bathroom, laundry facilities and BBQ area.

Gondwana Stars Observatory

Tours through the Gondwana Stars Observatory offer immersive naked-eye and telescope-viewing experiences in Australia’s first International Dark-Sky Sanctuary. Astronomy guides use handheld lasers to explain the night sky’s evolution, connecting Earthly events to the extraordinary dark skies above. These tours explore time, space and the preservation of dark skies for future generations to learn from.

Gallery

  • A group of people admire dinosaur sculptures from a bridge in a sunlit outdoor park, surrounded by trees and rocky terrain, embracing nature and the local ecotourism.
  • Outdoor exhibit featuring a bronze lizard sculpture on brown concrete platforms with a modernist building and trees under a clear blue sky, offering a touch of nature in an urban setting.
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CONTACT DETAILS

Lot 1 Dinosaur Drive, The Jump-Up Dark-Sky Sanctuary Winton QLD 4735
P. 07 4657 0079
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QLD - Outback Queensland Region
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