VISITORS to Kelvingrove Museum are in for a Jurassic style treat with the the cracking opening tomorrow of Hatching the Past - Dinosaur Eggs and Babies.

The exhibition offers a rare look at the life of dinosaurs through their eggs, nests and young. It makes the perfect Easter holiday day out for those waiting for the UK release of the film Jurassic World in June.

"Scientists have only recently discovered the importance of eggs in uncovering even more about the life of dinosaurs and their environment," said Dr Neil Clark of the Hunterian, which has loaned pieces on display, including a crocodile skull from about 170 million years ago and a cast of dinosaur footprints together with a tooth and tailbone found on Skye.

"Scotland has also provided many significant fossils that help us understand how dinosaurs interacted soon after hatching."

Visitors can learn how dinosaurs raised their young and more about their family life.

Dinosaur eggs were first identified in the 1920s, although it was many years later before their significance was fully understood.

A number of hands-on exhibits encourage visitors to touch a dinosaur bone and reconstructed nests, dig for eggs, watch videos of well-known experts and marvel at two large dinosaur of a Tarbosaurus and Probactrosaurus.