Dinosaur exhibition at the Biodome

We invite you to join us on a journey to the Underworld between 14 February and 30 March. During this six-week period, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals will take over the Biodome.

The dinosaur exhibitions are a popular event for children and adults alike, offering a fascinating and exciting adventure. The exhibits usually showcase the most famous dinosaurs from the United States, Canada, Portugal, Tanzania and Australia. What few people know is that in Hungary, a tiny village called Iharkút is on the list of famous dinosaur sites. While the names of T-Rex, Oviraptor and Hadrosaurus are already being pronounced correctly by pre-school children, very few people have heard of Ajkaceratops, Hungarosaurus, Bakonydraco or Foxemys trabanti, although they are also primitive, and world-famous Hungarian primitive finds at that.

In addition to huge, in many cases life-size models of the best-known dinosaurs, the exhibition will also present a taste of the results of Hungarian dinosaur research, including material from the Iharkút excavations, thanks to the cooperation between the Hungarian Dinosaur Foundation and the Zoo Foundation. The head of the excavations, Dr. Attila Ősi, Head of the Department of Palaeontology at ELTE, has also agreed to give lectures on the Hungarian excavations at pre-announced times during the dinosaur exhibition.

The prehistoric experience will be rounded off with interactive excavations and various educational programmes, as the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden also considers education a priority. Those who visit the giant reconstructions, stalk the moving model, watch the educational films, try out the paleontological mini-playground, experience the adventures of the VR-prehistoric world, will not only experience but also learn. In addition to the dinosaurs, visitors can also meet dragons in part of the exhibition, as the legends, beliefs and tales about them are based on misidentified prehistoric bones found before the birth of modern science.

Helpful hints

-As with other areas of the Zoo, dogs and other pets are not allowed in the 16th Ancient Animal Circuit exhibition

– Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult

– For your safety, follow the designated visitor route only. Be careful of each other’s physical safety and the installations on display!

– A buffet and gift shop will be available for visitors at 16.
– Some installations use sound effects.

– A coin-operated (100 Ft) coin deposit box will be provided in the area.

Visitor information

16 Ancient Beast Boulevard 2025 is open from 14 February to 30 March, Sunday to Thursday from 10am to 7pm, and on Friday and Saturday and the last day of the exhibition from 10am to 8pm, except on Thursday 27 February when the exhibition is closed.

Everyone is advised to start their visit at least one hour before closing to allow enough time to explore the exhibition. On-site ticket sales will also be suspended one hour before closing each evening, after which tickets will no longer be available on site.

The venue for the 16th Gardener’s Boulevard is the Biodome of the Zoo, which does not have the same entrance as the Zoo’s usual entrance, but is located near the end of the Zoo Boulevard towards Hermina út, on the Zoo’s Krt. 16.

Tickets can be purchased online, via the Zoo’s online ticketing platform or on site. On-site ticket sales are available from 14 February to 30 March 2025 from 10am until one hour before the exhibition closes, except on 27 February, when on-site ticket sales will also be suspended.

The Biodome at 16 Őslény körút is most conveniently accessible by public transport, either by trolleybus 72, metro M1 (small underground) or tram 1. From the 72 trolleybus, the nearest stop is Kós Károly promenade towards Zugló railway station (Hermina út), and towards Orczy tér, the nearest stops are Bethesda utca or Széchenyi fürdő (the entrance is about halfway between the two).

From the M1 metro (small subway) you have to get off at Széchenyi fürdő station, and from tram 1 at Kacsóh Pongrác út, from where you can walk through the pedestrian underpass to the corner of Kacsóh Pongrác út and Állatkerti körút, from where the entrance to Biodóm is only a few metres away.

For further information on public transport, please visit the website of the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK).

For those arriving by car, we recommend using the Parking Zoona to the right of the Biodóm entrance or the parking lots (pay zone!) in the surrounding public areas.

Ticket prices

Tickets for advance purchase between 7 and 13 February 2025. Normal ticket prices between 14 February and 30 March:

– Full price ticket: 5 500 HUF

– Discount ticket: 3 900 HUF

– Institutional ticket: 2 500 HUF (Only for groups of kindergarten and school children from Hungary, only on weekdays, over 10 children, accompanied by 1 adult free of charge. (For children and children with a group, one person can be admitted free of charge for one person only (all additional adults arriving with the group must buy a full-price ticket)

– Baby ticket: 400 HUF

Date: 14 February 2025 – 30 March 2025

Location: Budapest, Állatkerti krt. 16, 1146