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ALBANY, NY – “Coelophysis, one of New York’s Dinosaurs” will be the topic of May’sFamily Fun Weekend on May 16-17 at the New York State Museum.

Family Fun Weekend activities will be held from 1- 4 p.m. in front of the Ancient Life exhibition, which displays numerous ancient life forms from the Museum’s exhaustive fossil collection. The youngest specimens date back 100 million years, when dinosaurs were in their heyday. The exhibition has a model of the meat-eating Coelophysis, as well as a life-size cast of the dinosaur.

Family Fun activities will include a craft participants can make and take home. There also will be an interactive cart on ancient life and books on dinosaurs that visitors can explore.

Family Fun Weekends offer theme-based family activities on the third weekend of then month. The New York State Museum, established in 1836, is a program of the New York State Education Department’s Office of Cultural Education. Located at the Empire State Plaza on Madison Avenue in Albany, the Museum is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. except on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Admission is free and the Museum is fullyaccessible. Further information about Museum programs and events can be obtained by calling (518) 474-5877 or visiting the museum website at www.nysm.nysed.gov.

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