Dinosaur Isle

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UPDATE:
Dinosaur Isle is open and continues to be through Winter into 2021. Booking is advised to avoid disappointment. Please call 01983 404344, or email dinosaur@iow.gov.uk or message through our Facebook page. Please read the information below to ensure you will get the most from your time with us; measures are in place to ensure you and our staff are safe.

* Our opening times are Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm with our last admission at 3pm. From the 1st November we will be open 7 days a week from 10am until 4pm with the last admission at 3pm. Please note these times may change therefore please check website or Facebook page before booking. 
* Face coverings must be worn inside all areas of our museum and shop with the exception of those who are medically exempt. Our staff will be wearing masks too. 
* Please comply with government guidelines on social distancing. 
* A telephone booking system is in place to ensure we don’t exceed our limits on capacity and to enable us to comply with the NHS Test and Trace system. Our staff will take your details and hold these for 21 days to comply with government guidelines. Your personal details will be destroyed thereafter and not used for any other purposes. 
* Screens are in place at reception.  
* We will be taking contactless payments.  
* A one-way system is in place in order to maximise social distancing. If you would like to revisit anything you have seen in the museum, you can follow the one way route and walk through again.  
* We have introduced hand sanitiser throughout the museum to enable you to touch our interactive displays. Please use this as frequently as possible and always before and after touching an interactive.  
* We will carry out enhanced cleaning throughout the museum.  
* Our toilet facilities are open as normal with paper hand towels available. 

At present fossil walks, interactive sandpits and the education room will not be available at the moment. 

For further information please visit our website and Facebook page. We very much look forward to seeing you soon and hope you enjoy your visit!

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Dinosaur Isle is Britain's first purpose built dinosaur attraction just over the sea wall in Sandown where in a spectacularly shaped building reminiscent of a Pterosaur flying across the cretaceous skies you can walk back through fossilised time to the period of the dinosaurs 120 million years ago.

Set in amongst a recreated landscape you will meet life sized models of the Isle of Wight's famous five dinosaurs - NEOVENATOR, EOTYRANNUS, IGUANODON, HYPSILOPHODON and POLACANTHUS. Flying above you amongst the haunting sounds of a long lost forest are pterodactyls.

You will see dinosaur skeletons as they are found by the fossil hunters and can watch our volunteers preparing the latest exciting finds. At Dinosaur Isle you will be able to encounter the lost world of dinosaurs that once roamed freely across the Isle of Wight.

FUTURISTIC DINOSAUR:
Amongst the many hands on interactives in the museum there is even a robotic dinosaur that you can control!

Quality Assured Visitor Attraction

Schools information:

The attraction can supply:
- Worksheet for teachers
- Worksheet for children
- Classroom
- Toilets
- Picnic area
- Guided Tours
- Interpretation
- Coach parking
- PreVisits

Suitable ages:
- Five to Eight year olds
- Eight To Twelve year olds
- Twelve to Sixteen year olds
- Sixteen plus
Related Curriculum Subjects:
- English
- Science
- Geography
- History

DRIVE LESS SEE MORE EXPERIENCES:
Use the sandhopper community bus from Sandown every half hour on a Saturday for just £1 for an adult to get to the Islands Dinosaur museum. Travel back to the Jurassic period in one quick hop. Take the train from Shanklin and Ryde to connect with the sand hopper buss at Sandown station. The sand hopper bus provides that missing link connecting the rail to the museum.

* Sandhopper bus - http://isleofwightcrp.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Sandown-Sat-Rail-Bus-March-2014.pdf
* Other Bus Routes - 8, Downs Breezer or Island Coaster. More Info - http://www.islandbuses.info/
* Island line - http://www.visitisleofwight.co.uk/plan-your-visit/travel-information/island-line-p145701