I very much liked the Museum of the Rockies (see visitor's information below), but if your family loves dinosaurs, here are a few other museums that will knock your socks off.

The Field Museum: Possibly the most famous dinosaur in the U.S., Sue is the centerpiece in the lobby of this Chicago museum. She is a near-complete T-Rex. $22, basic admission for adults, $15 ages 3-11; fieldmuseum.org; 1-312-922-9410.

Royal Ontario Museum: I like the displays at this Toronto museum. Lots of natural light shows off dinosaur bones better than the dim lighting in some other museums. $17 adults, $14 ages 4-14; rom.on.ca; 1-416-586-8000.

Royal Tyrrell Museum: This museum has an unbelievable collection of prehistoric treats, set amid the wide, oily fields of Drumheller, Alberta (near Calgary). In addition to 40 dinosaur skeletons, it has a world-famous collection of trilobites (Paleozoic marine arthropods) and other fossils that were ancient when dinosaurs were babies. $18 adults, $11 ages 7-17; tyrrellmuseum.com; 1-888-440-4240.

National Museum of Natural History: What about the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.? No dice. Its dinosaur hall was closed in 2014 for five years of renovation. It is due to reopen in 2019 with a glossy renovated hall full of great exhibits. Its fearsome new centerpiece T-Rex? It will be on loan from the Army Corps of Engineers, which previously had it on display for more than a decade at — you guessed it — the Museum of the Rockies.

Museum of the Rockies: Bozeman, Mont.; $14.50 adults, $9.50 ages 5-17; museumoftherockies.org; 1-406-994-2251.

Ellen Creager