Our 2½-hour Dinosaur Birthday Parties at Carnegie Museum of Natural History include a variety of dinosaur activities and supplies for up to 24 guests. Recommended for children ages 4 and up.

These parties include:

Refreshments and Party Supplies
• Cake choice: One 13x9 inch white cake or 24 white cupcakes. Both sheet cake and cup cakes have dinosaur decorations
• Optional: Cheese pizza (eight slices), $12 additional charge per pizza. Pizzas must be ordered at the time the party reservation is made.
• 24 vanilla ice cream cups.
• 24 fruit punch juice boxes.
• Plates, napkins, forks and spoons.

Party Activities
• Interactive dinosaur talk led by CMNH staff.
• Each participant will cast and take home a four-inch plaster dinosaur footprint from a replica dinosaur trackway.
• Guided exploration of Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibit.

Birthday Party Bags come with:
• Dinosaur coloring book.
• Dinosaurs in Their Time foam dinosaur hat.
• Dinosaurs in Their Time 12 ounce plastic cup.
• Dinosaur cookies to decorate and take home.

Guests will enter the museum from the CMNH/CMA parking lot through the Center for Museum Education portal entryway, where your museum guide will meet and greet your group. This guide will stay with the party and assist for the 2½ hours of activities.

To begin the party, your group will spend up to one hour in our special dinosaur classroom, where they will take part in the dinosaur activities lead by CMNH staff. Your museum guide will bring the group up to tour Dinosaurs in Their Time. Your guide will then escort your group to their own party room for cake, ice cream, and cookie decorating. At the conclusion of the party, up to 24 guests will be given admission tags and are free to explore the rest of the museum until it closes at 5 p.m.

Fee
(includes supplies for 24 participants of any age; minimum two adults per party)
Members: $400
Non-members: $500
Payment in full is required at time of registration. Reservations must be made at least two weeks in advance. In case of emergency, parties can be rescheduled at a later available date; in case of an emergency cancellation, $100 of your payment is non-refundable.

Parking and Directions
A parking pass will be sent along with a confirmation letter to the contact person for the party. Adults who are dropping off children for the party and then directly leaving should tell the parking attendant the name of the birthday party they are attending, and there will be no parking fee. They should also make pick-up arrangements with the contact person for the party as CMNH staff members are not responsible for supervising children after the party concludes. Adults who are parking and staying for the party, to visit the museums, or going to the library during the party will need to pay the $5 parking fee for the day.

Directions to the museum.

For more information
Please call (412) 622-3289.