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Pembina River Plaza
Northern Lights Atrium
Exterior windows lit up at night
xiphactinus
plesiosaur
Fossils of giant sea turtle names Archelon
shells
Shell
Didymoceras shell
Sea shell fossil in a rock
Triceratops and T. rex skeletons on platforms facing each other
Triceratops leg bone
Dromaeosaurus skull
Edmontosaur leg bone with teeth marks
Hoplophoneus skeletons
Toredo-bored petrified wood
Skull of a Titanoides
Skull of Daphoenus
Lower jaw of Megacerops
Skull of Dinictis
Skull of Palaeolagus
Skull of Hesperocyon
Skull of a Hyaenodon
Bison and saber toothed cat sleketons
Skull of a Smilodon
Native American artifacts on display
moccasins
Native American artifacts on exhibit, including moccassins
An exhibit case representing the Metis with a quilt, saddle, and robe
cyclorama image
Close-up of a painting with two men working in a field, two women behind them with baskets on their back, and two bull blats in a river behind them
The interior of an earthlodge with people inside it
A man in a black shirt and blue hat paints earthlodges on a wall
Hidatsa pictograph from the Winter Count depicting a battle between Old Dog, a Hidatsa, and a Dakota enemy circa 1860s.
A tan tip
A Native American dress with blue beading on the top and tassles hanging off the arms and some on the body
A bison silhouette is painted on a wall with artifact cases holding pieces of the bison in them displaying how different parts can be used
A Native American dress with blue, yellow, and red beading at the top and tassles hanging down from the arms
Parts of a brown vase that is broken
Mars space suit
Erskine automobile
1950s soda shop
Exhibt case displaying ag hats, shirts, and other items
Fallout shelter
Kids play are
Play fire engine structure for kids
Gems and Minerals exhibit case
Pottery on exhibit
Guns of North Dakota exhibit case
Mastodon skeleton
Birsd of North Dakota exhibit
Metal T. rex print in a floor
Metal human adult and child footprints in a floor
Metal Saber-toothed cat prints in a floor
Metal bison prints in a floor
Metal horse, mule, and ox prints in a floor
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