May 17 – September 1, 2025

FREE WITH ADMISSION OR LOUISVILLE ZOO MEMBERSHIP

This spring, travel back 65 to 200 million years in time to meet iconic prehistoric animals! Encounter 23 roaring, breathing giants from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Enjoy the world’s tallest, life-sized robotic dinosaurs — ranging from 5-foot-long baby triceratops to a 40-foot-long tyrannosaurus rex.

Walk Among The Dinosaurs

Hurtle back in time and follow the spectacular path of prehistory to encounter scenes of ancient giants battling, scavenging and caring for young — from the earliest primitive dinosaurs to a huge 35-foot-tall brachiosaur.

This experience is created in collaboration with Dino Don, Inc. Founder “Dino Don” Lessem is one of the world’s leading presenters of dinosaurs, the author of 40 books of natural history, and well known for being the science advisor to Stephen Spielberg on the original Jurassic Park film as well as to Universal and Disney theme parks. Mr. Lessem has also excavated and reconstructed the world’s largest meat-eating and plant-eating dinosaurs in Patagonia and Mongolia! The Argentine dinosaur, Lessemsaurus, was named in honor of his contributions to dinosaur research.

The dinosaurs that visitors will see aren’t your average dinosaurs. They have been created by Dino Don, Inc. under the supervision of paleontologists to ensure the highest level of scientific accuracy. These super-accurate animatronics move, roar and breathe like the real thing.

Complete your dinosaur experience by excavating fossil casts in the dig pit, then pose for your photo inside the head of a huge tyrannosaurus rex!