The Best Places To Take A Dinosaur Lover In Metro Detroit

Dinosaurs are timeless favorites. If your kids can’t get enough of the prehistoric creatures, here are the best places to find dinosaurs throughout Metro Detroit.

Dinosaur Adventure (Detroit) – February 7th & 8th

Step into the world of prehistoric giants at Dinosaur Adventure, a unique exhibit showcasing life-sized, realistic dinosaurs that move and roar just like the real thing! Children’s Activities: Kids can dive into fun-filled activities, including Jurassic scooters, themed obstacle courses, dinosaur rides, and more!

Ice Dinosaurs @ Sloan Museum of Discovery (Flint) – Thru May 3rd

Explore paleontology’s final frontier in the new traveling exhibition ICE DINOSAURS: The Lost World of the Alaskan Arctic. This immersive, interactive, and educational experience features groundbreaking discoveries, animatronic displays, real fossils, and more. Built around groundbreaking discoveries that challenge the traditional understanding of paleontology, ICE Dinosaurs invites visitors to learn about the unique adaptations of polar dinosaurs who lived in cold, dark, and snowy conditions year-round.

Cranbrook Institute of Science (Bloomfield Hills)

Before you even make it inside the building your littles will be excited to meet Steggy (a life-size stegosaurus at the museum entrance). The popular dinosaur has been bringing smiles to faces for years. Inside the museum you don’t have to go far before you find a giant T-Rex

Blossom Heath Park (St. Clair Shores)

Blossom Heath has a new dinosaur themed play structure shaped like a dinosaur fossil with dinosaur pictures on the structure. Kids can climb on the dinosaur, into dino eggs and spend time in the sandbox doing a fossil search. In addition to the playground there are also swings – including a mommy & me swing.

Fun ZoneZ (Redford)

This brand new dinosaur themed fun center offers interactive arcade games, laser tag, bumper cars, toddler play area, play structure and virtual reality attractions. There’s also a large T-Rex to greet you at the door.

Dinoland (Ann Arbor, Dearborn Heights + Madison Heights)

Find indoor fun for all ages at Dinoland. The indoor playground is dinosaur themed and lots of fun. The ball pit is regularly sanitized and LOTS of fun – you can even do dino target practice on the upper level.

Dooley Park (Livonia)

It doesn’t take much to make kids happy and Dooley Park is dinosaur themed with two dino figures for kids to ride on. Location: 14198 Harrison St, Livonia, MI 48154

Woolley Park (Ann Arbor)

Find dino figures for kids to ride on and a fun house shaped playground in Ann Arbor. Location: 1220 W Textile Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

University of Michigan Museum of Natural History (Ann Arbor)

Journey through four billion years of life on Earth to learn how the first organisms changed our world and how evolution connects all living things. The Natural History Museum was recently renovated and it is a fantastic FREE place to see life-sized dinosaur bones.