Open April 4th!

    Developed by Colorado-based Gaston Design Inc., Animal Armor explores how animals have evolved defensive armor to protect themselves from predators and  competition over the last 500 million years. These evolutions have resulted in some of the most beautiful and bizarre adaptations in the animal kingdom.

 In Animal Armor, visitors will have a chance to meet all kinds of ancient and modern armored animals, from beetles and armadillos to prehistoric giant crocodilians and dinosaurs, and to discover how these animals’ built-in defenses have inspired human armor. This exhibition will also include rarely seen specimens    from the museum’s Collections, including fossils from Glyptotherium texanum, a giant prehistoric relative of  the armadillo, and Deinosuchus, a prehistoric crocodile relative that exceeded 30 feet. Animal Armor is located on the Museum's first floor and is included with admission!