Lauritzen Gardens opens exhibit featuring life-sized animatronic dinosaurs
Lauritzen Gardens showcases a new exhibit with life-sized animatronic dinosaurs, offering visitors a prehistoric adventure.
GOT TO THE FINALS AND WHAT TO WATCH FOR IN GAME TWO. WELL, THIS MORNING WE’RE STEPPING INTO A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE WITH LIFE SIZED ANIMATRONICS AND FUN FOR ALL AGES. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MARY REGLI IS LIVE WITH THE NEWEST EXHIBIT AT THE LAURITZEN GARDENS. GOOD MORNING MARY. GOOD MORNING ANNA. YES, THERE ARE SO MANY PREHISTORIC SITES TO SEE AROUND LAWRENCE AND GARDENS THIS MORNING. AND JOINING ME TODAY IS CEO DENNIS ANDERSON. AND CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS ONE RIGHT BEHIND US? SURE. WE’VE GONE LITERALLY A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD. SO THIS IS THE CLOSEST OF ALL THE DINOSAURS. TRICERATOPS, WHERE FOSSILS HAVE BEEN FOUND AS CLOSE AS SOUTH DAKOTA. OKAY, SOUTH DAKOTA. THAT’S MY HOME STATE, I LOVE IT. OKAY. AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS EXHIBIT AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT, HOW YOU GOT THE IDEA FOR IT. SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN, FAMILY FRIENDLY, THAT WOULD JUST BRING IN A LOT OF KIDS IN THE SUMMER TO BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF NATURE. WHY NOT? ROARING, SCREAMING DINOSAURS. ABSOLUTELY. AND WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE ROTATING EXHIBITS LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT THE GARDEN YEAR ROUND? SO IT’S ALL ABOUT BEING THAT SPACE AND PLACE FOR ALL. BUT IT’S DEFINITELY EDUCATION IN NATURE IS DEFINITELY A WINNING FORMULA. OKAY. THANKS SO MUCH, DENNIS. AND IF YOU’D LIKE TO CHECK OUT THESE DINOSAURS FOR YOURSELF, THEY’RE HERE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 7TH, SO YOU HAV
Lauritzen Gardens opens exhibit featuring life-sized animatronic dinosaurs
Lauritzen Gardens showcases a new exhibit with life-sized animatronic dinosaurs, offering visitors a prehistoric adventure.
Updated: 12:46 PM CDT Jun 21, 2026
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Lauritzen Gardens is bringing prehistoric sights to life with its newest exhibit, “Dinosaurs Around the World: The Great Outdoors,” featuring life-sized animatronic dinosaurs. Ennis Anderson, CEO of Lauritzen Gardens, shared insights about the exhibit that opened in May. He said people of all ages can enjoy the prehistoric adventure that takes visitors back in time to experience dinosaurs from around the world. The exhibit runs until Sept. 7. Lauritzen Gardens is open Monday through Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Wednesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.For more information, visit the Lauritzen Gardens website.
OMAHA, Neb. —
Lauritzen Gardens is bringing prehistoric sights to life with its newest exhibit, “Dinosaurs Around the World: The Great Outdoors,” featuring life-sized animatronic dinosaurs.
Ennis Anderson, CEO of Lauritzen Gardens, shared insights about the exhibit that opened in May. He said people of all ages can enjoy the prehistoric adventure that takes visitors back in time to experience dinosaurs from around the world.
The exhibit runs until Sept. 7.
Lauritzen Gardens is open Monday through Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Wednesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, visit the Lauritzen Gardens website.
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