The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History was another of the main "dinosaur museums" I always wanted to visit ever since I was a child.  The dinosaurs there were exactly as I imagined they would be when we visited there in June, 2004.  I enjoyed this museum so much, we hit it two days in a row before continuing on our road trip.  Just click on the pictures for the full size photographs.

A gigantic African Elephant

Triceratops skull

Triceratops

Replica of Stan the T. rex

T. rex skull cast from American Museum of Nat'l History

Allosaurus fragilis

A Plesiosaur swims by

Ceratosaurus

The Xiphactinus' last supper?

Basilosaurus - an early whale

Terror Bird

...into the Dinosaur Hall

Triceratops

Replica of Stan the T. rex

Replica of Stan the T. rex

Allosaurus fragilis

Allosaurus fragilis

A Stegosaurus dig

Chasmosaurus Skull

Xiphactinus (a large bony fish)

A Saber-Toothed Cat

Woolly Mammoth