Lourinhã Museum
GEAL, Museu da Lourinhã, Rua João Luís de Moura, Lourinhã 2530
Phone: +351 261 414 003 - Fax: +351 261 423 887
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Lourinhã is regarded as the dinosaur centre of Iberia and the remains of many species of these ancient creatures have been found in the area. Opened in 1984 and run by a non-profit organisation, GEAL, the Lourinhã Museum has one of the world’s most important collections of dinosaur fossils from the upper Jurassic period. The museum is divided into four sections, archaeology, religious art, ethnography and palaeontology. Amongst the exhibits are various carnivorous dinosaur fossil eggs containing the oldest dinosaur embryo eggs in the world, as well as the second largest known nest.
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