Impact: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs

Three adults and three children stand next to a railing and view a life-sized Triceratops model in a diorama with a large tree in the center. Alvaro Keding and Daniel Kim/© AMNH
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid impact changed life on Earth forever. 

Tour begins in Spring 2027. 

Experience the before-and-after story of the asteroid impact that led to the extinction of non-bird dinosaurs and the majority of animal and plant species on the planet.

Step back in time to the flourishing Cretaceous Period—when dinosaurs walked the Earth, pterosaurs flew in the skies, and massive marine reptiles ruled the oceans. Experience the moment an asteroid crashed into the Earth and learn how this mass extinction event paved the way for the rise of the mammals, setting the stage for the emergence of our human ancestors.

Impact: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs features immersive panoramic video, interactives and hands-on games and quizzes, fossil casts, and full-size dioramas and models—including an adult Triceratops, a battling plesiosaur and mosasaur, and an indricotherium. Explore life before the catastrophic end to the reign of the dinosaurs, the rapid evolution that followed their extinction, and the incredible recovery of our planet.

Three adults and a child stand in front of a model of a mosasaur attacking a long-necked plesiosaur with the title of the exhibit on a wall to the right.
Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
Three children stand in front of a 15-foot-tall, life-size model of a Paraceratherium.
Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
Over ten visitors sit on pentagon shaped seats and watch a panoramic video showing an asteroid coming toward the Earth.
Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
Two children take a personality quiz on two screens as an adult stands to the side.
Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
Three children play an asteroid deflection video game on three screens.
Daniel Kim/© AMNH
An adult with a child points up excitedly at a partial life-size model of a Titanoboa, a large snake on the ceiling.
Alvaro Keding/© AMNH

Key Questions

  • What was life like before the asteroid’s impact?
  • How did life recover in the aftermath of the asteroid?
  • Could something like this mass extinction happen again?
  • How can we protect our planet’s biodiversity today?

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Impact: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (amnh.org).