Events
Check out the calendar below for our upcoming events! Have questions? Let us know here!
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- Cross Orchard
- Dinosaur Digs
- Dinosaur Journey
- Farmers Market
- Full Day Digs
- Half Day Digs
- History Alive Chautauqua
- Museum After Dark
- Museum of the West
- Trips & Tours
- Volunteer
Celebrate Earth Day early with us as we clean and maintain our historic dinosaur hiking trail at Riggs Hill! If you are interested in participating, please RSVP at the bottom of this event page! On Saturday, April 20th, we are kicking off National Volunteer Week early with a Trail Stewardship Day! With Earth Day in […]
Interested in learning more about our available volunteer opportunities? Stop by one of our four Volunteer Open House Days during National Volunteer Week to see if volunteering with us is right for you! If you are interested in participating, please RSVP down below! On Tuesday, April 23rd, our Volunteer Open House Day will be hosted […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Interested in learning more about our available volunteer opportunities? Stop by one of our four Volunteer Open House Days during National Volunteer Week to see if volunteering with us is right for you! If you are interested in participating, please RSVP down below! On Wednesday, April 24th, our Volunteer Open House Day will be hosted […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Interested in learning more about our available volunteer opportunities? Stop by one of our four Volunteer Open House Days during National Volunteer Week to see if volunteering with us is right for you! If you are interested in participating, please RSVP down below! On Thursday, April 25th, our Volunteer Open House Day will be hosted […]
Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 United States
Interested in learning more about our available volunteer opportunities? Stop by one of our four Volunteer Open House Days during National Volunteer Week to see if volunteering with us is right for you! If you are interested in participating, please RSVP down below! On Friday, April 26th, our Volunteer Open House Day will be hosted […]
Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 United States
Join us at Cross Orchards Historic Site for a night of old-fashioned fun at the Barn Dance on Saturday, May 4th, 2024, from 6pm-9pm. Get your boots ready for music, dancing, delicious food and drinks, and more! This 18 and over event promises to be a lively night under the stars. Don't miss out on […]
Grand Junction, Colorado 81504 United States
Do you or a person you know have a sensory processing need? Getting out to the museums can be overwhelming and overstimulating. We get it!! Our Monthly Sensory Friendly Events are just the thing for you! To keep the museum environment from being overwhelming, exhibit lights will be turned down, background noise and our animatronics […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 8 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by an adult) Description: Discover one of the largest dinosaur bone beds of the Jurassic Period, the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. Here, as many as 46 individual Allosaurus were buried. Did the large pack die all at […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00 AM Minimum Age: 8 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult Description: This expedition is for those who like a challenge. Fossil bones of the theropod Allosaurus are plentiful at the site, but they are embedded in a hard sandstone. We will […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 5 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by an adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some shade tarps. Description: […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Do you or a person you know have a sensory processing need? Getting out to the museums can be overwhelming and overstimulating. We get it!! Our Monthly Sensory Friendly Events are just the thing for you! To keep the museum environment from being overwhelming, exhibit lights will be turned down, background noise and our animatronics […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 5 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by an adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some shade tarps. Description: […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 12 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking or working outdoors, but participants should expect to spend the day sitting and performing small, repetitive tasks on delicate projects. Description: Learn how to repair and clean fossils […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by an adult) Description: Walk in the footsteps of giants! Travel with us to scenic Moab, UT and find where dinosaurs once roamed. We’ll see tracks from small stalking raptors to colossal sauropods, and even stop […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 5 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by an adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some shade tarps. Description: […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 7:45AM Minimum Age: 6 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Description: Join our expert paleontologists as we raft the black water (= calm water) of the Colorado River to experience canyon geology up close. You will discover the wonder of the geologic […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Do you or a person you know have a sensory processing need? Getting out to the museums can be overwhelming and overstimulating. We get it!! Our Monthly Sensory Friendly Events are just the thing for you! To keep the museum environment from being overwhelming, exhibit lights will be turned down, background noise and our animatronics […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 12 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking or working outdoors, but participants should expect to spend the day sitting and performing small, repetitive tasks on delicate projects. Description: Learn how to repair and clean fossils […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 5 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by an adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some shade tarps. Description: […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Cross Orchards Historic Site in Grand Junction, CO at 9:00am Minimum Age: 8 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by an adult) Description: Explore the colorful wildflowers, soaring peaks, and thundering twin waterfalls of beautiful Yankee Boy Basin. Join curator Julia McHugh on this scenic Jeep adventure. We will travel to […]
Grand Junction, Colorado 81504 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 7:45AM Minimum Age: 6 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Description: Join our expert paleontologists as we raft the black water (= calm water) of the Colorado River to experience canyon geology up close. You will discover the wonder of the geologic […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 5 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by an adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some shade tarps. Description: […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 5 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by an adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some shade tarps. Description: […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 5 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by an adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some shade tarps. Description: […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 5 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by an adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some shade tarps. Description: […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Meet at: Dinosaur Journey Museum, Fruita at 8:00AM Minimum Age: 7 (guests ages 16 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult) Difficulty: Easy. No hiking is required on this expedition, but participants should expect to be outside all day, in the heat and bugs, working on open, rocky ground. We will provide some […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States
Do you or a person you know have a sensory processing need? Getting out to the museums can be overwhelming and overstimulating. We get it!! Our Monthly Sensory Friendly Events are just the thing for you! To keep the museum environment from being overwhelming, exhibit lights will be turned down, background noise and our animatronics […]
Fruita, CO 81521 United States