From China, Mongolia, the United States and elsewhere, the prehistoric tourists have been taking in the world's museums from the United States to Australia, and now they have made their way to Otago Museum, in Dunedin.
Dinosaur Eggs and Babies stars an impressively toothed tarbosaur, and an array of casts of dinosaur eggs and nests from around the world, including a bowling ball-sized cast of a sauropod egg from Argentina.
Technician Peter Norton, who has been travelling with the exhibition, said it was originally put together in Boulder, Colorado, in the United States, and gave people the opportunitynot only to see, but to touch dinosaur bones.
There were 16 dinosaur skeletons, as well as the eggs and nests.
The exhibition, which opens on December 12, had recently been in Melbourne and Townsville, in Australia, where it attracted record crowds, Mr Norton said.
Museum co-ordinator Cathryn Edwards said Dunedin was the first stop in New Zealand for the exhibition, which runs until May 2.
