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Displays, exhibitions and museums about Dinosaurs

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Imrahil, Aug 10, 2021.

  1. Imrahil
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    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    Hi All,

    I searched the forum and haven't yet found a thread dedicated to visits from forum members to a Dinosaur Exhibition or Display.
    For a forum so full of Dino-lovers this seems to me like a missing thing.

    So for everybody who has been to any place to see Dinosaurs be welcome to share your pictures with us in this Thread.

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
  2. Imrahil
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    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    Of course I started this thread because I went to a museum that had a Dinosaur Exhibition ;)

    My twin brother had given my son a day out as a birthday present (I was included :) :))
    We went to Naturalis Biodiversity Center (the national museum of national history and a research center on biodiversity in Leiden, the Netherlands), they have an enormous variety of natures specimens.

    One of the permanent exhibitions is the Dinosaur Era.
    This displays various Dinosaur skeletons:

    Plateosaurus
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    Stegosaurus
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    Triceratops
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    Camarasaurus
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    Edmontosaurus

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    Mammoth
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    And the most imposing of all

    T-rex named Trix
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    Grrr, Imrahil
     
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  3. Lizards of Renown
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    Lizards of Renown Herald of Creation

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    Awesome idea. I haven't been to the London Natural History Museum in decades but I fondly remember looking up at the T-Rex skeleton.

    Gotta love that T-Rex skeleton. And the Triceratops! (Love you Stegs!)
     
  4. NIGHTBRINGER
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    NIGHTBRINGER Second Spawning

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    ROM (Royal Ontario Museum). T-Rex. Taken quite a few years ago on a less than stellar camera: IMGP3722.JPG
     
  5. Killer Angel
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    Killer Angel Prophet of the Stars Staff Member

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    Great idea!
    Of course, some of the names listed in the museum are wrong, have you tried showing them our battletome?
     
  6. Imrahil
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    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    Lol, forgot to pack that for the trip :p

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
  7. Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl
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    To me that doesn't look anything like a diplodocus. That looks much more like a hadrosaur - Anatotitan perhaps? Saurolophus?. Diplodocus was one of the longest sauropods to have existed and that clearly isn't a sauropod.

    I'm surprised none of you lot spotted such a mistake being a forum of dinosaur fans, but maybe not all of you have been reading dinosaur books since below 4 years old as I have ;)

    Anyway, what a great thread, sadly I have no pictures because I never took a camera with me to the museums I had been to. However I can tell you the ones I have visited:
    The Dinosaur Museum, Dorchester (I was such a regular visitor to this one on holiday that the staff got to know me and my parents)
    Dinosaur Isle, Isle of Wight
    Charmouth Heritage Centre, Charmouth (Mainly fossils, including a dinosaur found locally, and was given some freebie belemnite fossils there)
    Lyme Regis Museum, Lyme Regis
    Dorset County Museum, Dorchester
    Natural History Museum, London

    All of these I loved when I was young and I still thoroughly recommend them for a visit.
     
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  8. Aginor
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    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Good thread!
    There are some nice museums with dinosaurs in Germany, too. Some of them not far away from where I live.
    I plan to visit them with my kids in a few months, since they are also interested.
    I'll definitely post some pics here then.
     
  9. Imrahil
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    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    I think that was a cock up on my side :oops:
    It has been changed. It is actually an Edmontosaurus, found that out after some searching online.

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
  10. Imrahil
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    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    Have a fun visit!

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
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  11. Imrahil
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    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    Good reason to pay them a new visit :p

    Grrr, Imrahil
     

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