The Natural History Museum has teamed up with Brighton & Hove’s leading retail destination, Churchill Square in an awe-inspiring new exhibition.  Dinosaur Encounter is the Natural History Museum’s touring dinosaur exhibition with the biggest variety of dinosaur species.  Among the huge beasts are carnivores including the terrifying T-Rex, the ‘tyrant lizard’ and king of the dinosaurs – which at over 6 metres long and over 4 metres tall is sure to impress!

Alongside the giant T-Rex is fellow Cretaceous-dweller and carnivore, the Baryonyx, a 28ft-long dinosaur with huge claws and finely serrated teeth!  Slightly more mild-mannered in comparison, what the Oviraptor lacked in ferocity it certainly made up for in speed! Just six foot long, the bird-like dinosaur from the Cretaceous period falls into the theropod category alongside the lithe-limbed Ornithomimus.  Possibly the most recognisable of the dinosaurs at Churchill Square this summer, and often preyed upon by the petrifying T-Rex, is the Triceratops, which lived around 65-68million years ago.

Visitors to Churchill Square are invited to roam among the dinosaurs, discovering exciting facts about the prehistoric creatures through additional exhibits placed around the Centre, including touch and feel boxes and even a real T-Rex skull!  The exhibition promises to be a truly lifelike experience which aims to transport people back to a time when dinosaurs ruled the land!

The free Dinosaur Encounter exhibition runs from 1^st July to 4^th September 2011 at Churchill Square Shopping Centre.