The Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature in Pingyi, China, is the place to go if you want to experience China’s dinosaurs in all their weird and wonderful glory. Five hundred kilometres south-east of Beijing, it’s the largest museum of its kind in the world, with fossils of more than 1000 complete dinosaurs, 2300 early birds and plenty of creatures that bridge the boundary between the two groups. Arranged in 28 halls in three nondescript-looking buildings, these numerous spectacular specimens merely hint at the treasures behind closed doors, where a backlog of new feathered dinosaur finds is
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