Museum of Ancient Life

Roam among the dinosaurs, explore a Carboniferous Forest, and dive deep into a Cretaceous Ocean at the Museum of Ancient Life. Come visit one of the world’s largest displays of mounted dinosaurs with 60 complete dinosaur skeletons in our galleries, along with more than 50 hands-on exhibits. This is the destination to enjoy learning about our pre-historic animals, playing with toy dinosaurs in the Erosion Table, and digging for fossils in the quarry dig.

Museum hours are Monday through Saturday 10 am - 8 pm. Closed every Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
You do not have to pay admission to the museum to use the machines.
Admission Monday through Thursday Adults: $10, Children and Seniors: $8. Friday through Saturday Adults: $12, Children and Seniors: $10 -Free for children ages two and under.
Parking is free.

All eight designs all say ‘Thanksgiving Point' on them.

Machine 4: (2016) is located to the right of the reception counter. Designs are:
1) Baby Mammoth,
2) Dueling T-Rex,
3) Hesperosaurus,
4) Archelon.

Retired machines:

Retired 1 designs were: 1) (H) Dinosaur skull, 2) (H) Tyrannosaurus Rex, 3) (H) Triceratops skeleton, 4) (H) L.D.S. Temple Square with 'Temple Square Salt Lake City, UT'.
Retired 2 designs were: 1) (H) Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, 2) (V) Pterodactyl, 3) (V) Trilobite, 4) (H) Brontosaurus.
Retired 3: 1) Dimetrodon, 2) Carcharodon Megalodon, 3) Xiphactinus, 4) Utah Raptor.

G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: 40° 25' 29.5788", Longitude: -111° 53' 8.8368"

9/16: New machine 3 & 4.
4/25: Machine #3 is no longer there.

4/17/2026 Machine is repaired and working well.

7/20/26 Machine out of order. The penny slot to the roller is jammed.