Discover the history of the dinosaurs that roamed the Isle of Wight over 125 million years ago.
Dinosaur Isle is currently closed to visitors for maintenance. We will reopen early 2026
See ‘tickets and times’ webpage for details and updates about our pop up events.
You can see, hear, touch, and smell the dinosaurs. Learn all about their stories and how they lived.
We will show you fossils, rocks, minerals, and lots of other interesting natural history items. All of them collected or discovered on the Isle of Wight and its surrounding waters.
Dinosaur Isle is a family-friendly museum. The whole exhibition is inside which makes it an ideal place to visit come rain or shine!
Come and visit Istiorachis macaethurae meaning “sail-spine,” a medium-sized herbivore that once roamed the lush floodplains of what is now the south-west coast of the Island some 125 million years ago. For details visit our ‘News’ page
“The most important collection of dinosaurs in the UK, second only to the Natural History Museum in London”
Professor P. Barrett – Natural History Museum
Dinosaur Isle Museum 