Fielder Museum's 'The Seashores of Ancient Arlington' Exhibition Open Through Sept. 29, 2024

By Arlington Historical Society

Posted on July 16, 2024, July 16, 2024

Texas was a very different place 95 million years ago. Dinosaurs and crocodiles dominated a lush seacoast, and the place that would become Arlington sat in swampy delta lowland where a rich menagerie of marine, amphibious, and land animals lived, interacted, and died. Nowhere has this fossil record been better preserved than at the Arlington Archosaur Site in far North Arlington in what is now known as the Viridian master planned community. Discovered in the early 2000s, this site has provided us an unparalleled glimpse into life here during the late Cretaceous period.

Join the Fielder Museum to look back at a prehistoric era when a great inland seaway divided North America into two separate continents and the place where we live today was uniquely positioned to capture a rare and revealing snapshot of that time.

 The Seashores of Ancient Arlington: A Rich Fossil Record will open on July 21, 2024, and run daily through the end of September at the Fielder Museum. The exhibit will feature fossil displays along with a series of special presentations illustrating rich paleontological discoveries that have been made—and that will be made—in the ground beneath us.

• What: The Seashores of Ancient Arlington: A Rich Fossil Record
• When: Opening Sunday July 21, then daily through Sunday Sept. 29
• Where: Fielder Museum, 1616 W. Abram St., Arlington, Texas 76013

The Fielder Museum is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and other times by appointment. Admission is $5 for ages 12 and over and free for children under 12. For more information, visit the Arlington Historical Society website at www.arlingtontxhistory.org.