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The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology , a renowned museum that hosts the world's largest collection of dinosaur fossils under one roof, is located just in the northwest of the town along the North Dinosaur Trail.
South of the road bridge on Highways 9/56 one can find the World's Largest Dinosaur—an 80 foot high T-Rex that you can climb up inside of and view the Badlands from.
Backdrop for countless cinematic productions including Shanghai Noon, Unforgiven, Knockaround Guys and Ratrace.
Drumheller held city status in Alberta for a number of years until the mid-1990s when residents voted to revert the community to town status.
According to the 2001 Statistics Canada census:
| Population: | 7,785 (-0.6% from 1996) |
| Land area: | 107.93 km˛ |
| Population density: | 72.1 people/km˛ |
| Median age: | 38.4 (males: 36.6, females: 40.4) |
| Total private dwellings: | 3,202 |
| Median household income: | $43,885 |
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