the royal tyrrell museum was named after sir harry veitch.
the royal tyrrell museum was named after sir harry veitch.
who is the royal tyrrell museum named after?
sir harry veitch
there is also tyrrell lake, a small alkali lake near warner, alberta.









































section::::honours and awards.:institutions named for tyrrell.









































bullet::::- royal tyrrell museum of palaeontology, drumheller, alberta









































bullet::::- j. b. tyrrell senior public school in scarborough, ontario









































bullet::::- joseph burr tyrrell elementary school in fort smith, northwest territories









































section::::honours and awards.:awards.









































bullet::::- 1896 back award, royal geographical society









































bullet::::- 1918 murchison medal, geological society of london









































bullet::::- 1929 honorary president, royal canadian geographical society









































bullet::::- 1930 daly medal from the american geographical society









































bullet::::- 1933 flavelle medal, royal society of canada









































bullet::::- 1947 wollaston medal, geological society of london
joseph tyrrell
royal tyrrell museum of palaeontology









































the royal tyrrell museum is a canadian tourist attraction and a centre of palaeontological research known for its collection of more than 130,000 fossils.









































located northwest from drumheller, alberta and northeast from calgary, the museum is situated in the middle of the fossil-bearing strata of the late cretaceous horseshoe canyon formation and holds numerous specimens from the alberta badlands, dinosaur provincial park and the devil's coulee dinosaur egg site.









































the royal tyrrell museum is operated by alberta's ministry of culture.









































section::::history.
royal tyrrell museum of palaeontology