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