ANN ARBOR— A membership club for kids ages 4-12, the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum‘s Dino Club offers youngsters a chance to have fun while learning more about dinosaurs, wildlife, the night sky and archaeology.

For a membership fee of $15, youngsters will receive a membership card, Dino Club stickers, a birthday card, a fun and informative Club newsletter (three times per year), an annual Dino Club party, discounts in the Museum Shop, an invitation to the annual members’ Behind the Scenes tour, and a 20 percent discount on fees for workshops sponsored by the Museum and Planetarium. For a membership application and brochure, contact the Museum at (313) 763-4190.

Rated as one of the top dinosaur exhibits, with one publication giving it a three-bone rating, one of the Exhibit Museum’s most popular attractions is a complete Allosaurus skeleton nearly 20 feet high. Parts of 13 other dinosaurs are at home in the Museum’s Hall of Evolution.

Based on the 1870 gift of 60,000 specimens and artifacts relating to anthropology, botany, geology, and zoology” collected during a five-year expedition around the world by U-M graduate Joseph Beal Steere” the Museum, the first public museum built by a North American university, now hosts more than 25,000 school children annually.

Admission to the Museum is free for individuals and families. Group rates for guided tours are available by calling and Sunday 1-5 p.m. It is closed on major holidays.

Planetarium shows are Saturday at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., and 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Sunday shows are at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Tickets for the Planetarium shows are $3 per person, $2 for seniors and children 12 and under. The Planetarium is located in the Exhibit Museum at 1109 Geddes Avenue.

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