For the past 25 years of our 50 year history, the Museum of the Rockies has been home to one of the world's most active and successful paleontology programs.

Montana is prime dinosaur fossil territory and the museum team collects fossils around Montana for curation and research. The Museum of the Rockies, with Dr. Jack Horner as its Ameya Preserve Curator of Paleontology, serves as a state repository for fossils found in Montana . Many recent discoveries in dinosaur paleontology are associated with the Museum of the Rockies and its collections.

Research conducted at the Museum has been integral in formulating the latest theories on dinosaur physiology, growth and behavior. Examples of ground-breaking research include theories about dinosaur parental care and nesting, and the study of the microscopic structure of fossil remains. In addition, research done on a Museum of the Rockies fossil specimen has recently made front-page news worldwide with the discovery of transparent, flexible, and hollow blood vessels in a 68 million-year-old T. rex.