Rod Hansen, director of exhibitions at the museum, says the creatures featured in Life Before Dinosaurs are not technically dinosaurs. It’s on display in the Museum of Idaho’s new Life Before Dinosaurs exhibit. It is on display at the Museum of Idaho’s news Life Before Dinosaurs exhibit. | Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.comAnd “The Great Dying” wasn’t a quick death; it took 80,000 years for the process to unfold. The Museum of Idaho’s new Life Before Dinosaurs exhibit opens Saturday, Jan. 31, and will run until Sept. 6.