Amazing Lifelike Dinosaurs Invade Halifax
Millions of years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. They're back, and soon they will be ruling the Museum of Natural History. The greatest reptiles that ever lived will invade the museum from Feb. 12 to May 15 for an exhibit entitled, Dinosaurs-Big, Bad...They're Back!
This exhibit will be an amazing display of moving, roaring, and lifelike robotic dinosaurs. Visitors will be face to face with some of the world's most scientifically accurate dinosaur models. These will include a 2.7-metre high model of the Tyrannosaurus rex, a 9.8-metre long Apatosaurus, two 1.2-metre long Protoceratops, and a Pteranodon with a wing span of 7-metres.
"Children will be completely awestruck by these realistic dinosaur models," said Martha Grantham, the museum's curator of education. "It's hard to imagine they are really extinct. For the next three months we are concentrating on bringing the dinosaur and fossil story alive for the public."
The museum has an impressive lineup of dino activities including a special DinoQuest class for public schools, Dino Treks for groups such as Brownies and Beavers, and Dino-Snores for children who want to sleep over with T-rex and his dino pals. The museum also gives visitors the opportunity to celebrate birthdays with distinction through a program entitled, Birthday Parties with "Dis"-Extinction.
On weekends, visitors will enjoy Dino Trek tours such as fangs-a- lot and facts and tracks. Fossil rubbing stations and a dinomite- dinosite dig box are featured on these tours. A dino-tots play area will also be offered for children who are one-metre tall or less.
"We have been working for months with Kokoro, the Californian company that builds and supplies these incredible robotic dinosaurs for some of the finest natural history museums in the world," said museum manager Janet Maltby. "It is a rare and special opportunity for us to bring such superb models to Nova Scotia."
Details on all programs and costs for admission are available on the website at http://nature.museum.gov.ns.ca or by calling 424- 7353.