The Bernissart herd
Found in 1878 in a coal mine three hundred metres down — a herd that died together.
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Two hours minimum for the dinosaur hall and the main sections, three for a comfortable visit. The museum is larger than most visitors expect, and the common mistake is allowing an hour.
Yes, and it is among the best options in Brussels for them. The dinosaur hall is visually striking and legible without reading, and the other sections are reasonably interactive. Expect crowds in school holidays.
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Brussels's natural history museum, best known for its dinosaur hall: a group of some thirty near-complete Iguanodon skeletons, the largest such assemblage in the world, displayed together in one room. The story of their discovery is part of the value. The skeletons were found in 1878 in a coal mine at Bernissart in southern Belgium, about three hundred metres down, when miners struck a seam holding an entire herd that had died together. Extracting and reconstructing them took years. Beyond that the museum is genuinely large: sections on whales, insects, minerals and human evolution, and a hall on the ice age. It needs at least two hours, and three to cover comfortably. This is among the best things to do in Brussels with children, and one of the few museums in the city that earns a full half day. It sits in the Leopold quarter near the European institutions.
Found in 1878 in a coal mine three hundred metres down — a herd that died together.
Sections on whales, insects, minerals, human evolution and the ice age.
Among Brussels's strongest family options, and it earns a full half day.
Leopold quarter, Brussels