Source: Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum
Wednesday 21 September 2026
We’ve waited 66 million years for this. Five triceratops specimens make their Southern Hemisphere debut.
March of the Triceratops opens at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum this Saturday 24 October, bringing visitors face-to-face with five authentic Triceratops fossil skeletons from the only known herd ever discovered.
Developed by Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands, the exhibition assembles more than 1,200 bones and fossil fragments uncovered together near Newcastle, Wyoming. Scientific analysis indicates the animals lived and died together, offering rare evidence that Triceratops may have displayed social or herd behaviour around 66–68 million years ago.
Alongside the fossils, visitors can encounter a life-sized female Triceratops model and animatronic calf, explore augmented reality, animations and soundscapes, and try interactive fossil-discovery experiences revealing how palaeontologists reconstruct the distant past.
March of the Triceratops comes exclusively to Auckland Museum from Saturday 24 October 2026 until Monday 26 April 2027.
Auckland Museum Membership provides unlimited free entry to March of the Triceratops, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events. Find out more at: Auckland Museum Membership.
March of the Triceratops was developed and produced by the Naturalis Biodiversity Center and is presented and toured in partnership with MUSEUMsPARTNER. The exhibition was curated by the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Dr. Jimmy de Rooij and Prof. Dr. Anne Schulp from Utrecht University and the Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
OPENING SAT 24 OCT
AUAHA ATEA NUI SPECIAL EXHIBITION SUITE
Tickets: Adult $29.90, Child (5–13) $19.90. Family (2 children, 2 adult) $90, Concessions $27.90, Under 5 Free.
Unlimited free entry with Museum Membership.
ABOUT AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Auckland War Memorial Museum is one of New Zealand’s first museums and is free for Aucklanders. The Museum tells the story of New Zealand, its place in the Pacific and its people. The Museum is a war memorial for the province of Auckland and holds one of New Zealand’s top three heritage libraries.
It has pre-eminent Māori and Pacific collections, significant natural history resources and major social and military history collections, as well as decorative arts and pictorial collections.