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New Royal Saskatchewan Museum exhibit looking to the past for Canada 150

What do Canadian geese, a tyrannosaurus rex and a caribou have in common? Partial fossils of their once living husks will be on display at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum.

As part of celebrations for the country's 150th anniversary of Confederation, the museum will open its exhibit 150 for 150 on Canada Day.

One hundred and fifty items will be on display from the province's natural history and fossil collections, chosen by the museum's curators from a selection of more than 239,000 fossils and plants.

Visitors to the exhibit will hear how curators learn about how new species, how species get their names and the importance of their names.

There will be an opportunity to submit suggestions to name a recently discovered 99-million-year-old ant that was discovered trapped in amber.

The Royal Saskatchewan Museum, located at 2445 Albert St., is open daily, including Canada Day, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST.