All entries for Monday 18 May 2009

El Museo Jurásico de Asturias

Follow-up to Poo de Llanes beach, Asturias from Transversality - Robert O'Toole

Near to Colunga on the Asturian 'jurassic coast', MUJA is an amazing museum full of fossils, reconstructions, and informative displays. It is built in the shape of a giant foot print, with each toe representing a different part of the Mesozoic, along with some Permian and Tertiary exhibits to put them into context.

It's a great place to hear a lecture by a leading palaeontologist:

Some of the exhibits can get quite hungry, best appease them with sacrificial children:

This photo gives an idea of the vast size of the halls:

Lawrence correctly identified the oviraptor and explained its name (egg eating raptor):

A display illustrating possible colour schemes for various Ceratopsidae.

Robert O'Toole : 18 May 2009 22:04 |  Tags: Asturias Travel Writing |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem