Travel back in time and encounter dinosaurs in this exhibition coming to Toulouse: Tickets are already available

Did you know that the Jurassic Period gets its name from the Jura Mountains? A few kilometers further south, and several million years later, Dinos Alive brings dinosaurs back to life in Toulouse. This exhibition will take you on a journey through a breathtaking era, where childhood, science, and imagination come together. As you make your way through the exhibit, you’ll encounter more than 40 life-size animated specimens , travel from the Triassic through the Jurassic to the Cretaceous, and come across familiar figures like the Ankylosaurus and the Velociraptor.

Even though the doors aren’t open yet, tickets are already available. And given the exhibition’s success in other countries, this is a great way to secure a spot—and to make sure you don’t forget about it or miss out on this exhibition.

What is Dinos Alive?

Dinos Alive is an immersive prehistoric exhibition that you explore on foot, wandering among animatronics, projections, staged landscapes, soundscapes, and scientific content. You’ll journey through worlds inspired by the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, where movement, sound, and the sheer size of massive replicas bring species from these eras—such as the T. rex and the Stegosaurus—to life.

To enhance the “wow” factor, panels and visual displays will explain the scientific context and place these reconstructions within the history of fossils and research. Allow between 45 and 75 minutes to tour the exhibition, which is designed for families as well as curious adults.

What else should you know about Dinos Alive in Toulouse?

Watching dinosaurs is one thing. Measuring yourself against them, touching their skin, or stepping into their shoes is quite another. Throughout the exhibition, you’ll go from spectators to explorers: the Dino Discovery Passport features QR codes along the way that unlock collectible dinosaur cards, while the Create-A-Dino Lab invites you to let your imagination run wild and invent your own species. You can even transform yourself into a dinosaur in real time thanks to body tracking and facial recognition.

And because prehistory takes on a whole new dimension when it becomes tangible, interactive stations let you compare different skin textures inspired by dinosaurs, measure your height against a life-size replica of a bone, or even play paleontologist by carefully excavating fossils buried in the sand. It’s a fun way to understand these extinct giants beyond just looking at them.

Positive press reviews of the exhibition from around the world

Ultimately, Dinos Alive in Toulouse brings together what continues to fascinate us about prehistory: the difference in size between us and certain dinosaurs, the thrill of sound and movement, the journey through distant eras, but also that rare space where play, scientific interpretation, and technology come together. You’ll enter to see monumental reconstructions, and you’ll leave with the feeling of having gotten a little closer to a vanished world.