If your kids love everything about dinosaurs then this is an exhibit you don't want to miss taking them to.

A new fossil exhibit is opening May 9th in Rockford!According to WREX News, the Burpee Natural History Museum will be opening this one of kind dinosaur fossil exhibit, "The Unique Paleofauna of the Solnhofen Limestone". It's showcasing some of the world's rarest Late Jurassic fossils discovered in southern Germany. Including, the oldest bird to be discovered: a cast and 3D model of Archaeopteryx, along with a giant dragonfly, shrimp, crabs and flying pterosaurs.

No other museum will be showing these artifacts, they will be exclusive to Burpee Museum of Natural History here in Rockford.

For more details visit Burpee.org.

 

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