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A small child wearing a blue sun hat and a pink shirt smiles while holding two rocky aggregates that might be fossils.

Dinosaur Park Open House

Saturday, September 5, 2026
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Event Category: History, Lifestyle & Learning, Youth, Youth Free
Add to Calendar Saturday, September 5, 2026 10:00 am 09/05/2026 2:00 pm America/New_York Dinosaur Park Open House Dinosaur Park Open Houses are a free public program on the first and third Saturday of every month and the […]

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Dinosaur Park Open Houses are a free public program on the first and third Saturday of every month and the 2nd Sunday in the Summer. Come join us and learn more about fossils including the Dinosaurs who used to call Maryland home. Guests can expect an orientation and then the opportunity to search the surface of the ground for fossils. No prior registration required. ASL interpretation is offered at each event. All park rules apply (listed below).

1. Closed toed shoes required
2. No pets or tools allowed inside the fossil site
3. Guests cannot cross the rope fence
4. There is no digging during this program. All fossils are naturally eroding from the ground
5. No running in the fossil site
6. No throwing rocks or rolling rocks
7. All scientifically important fossils will be kept in trust with the commission to be used for current and future research