Size: 3,000 to 5000 square feet
Venue Length: 3 to 6 months
Date Tour Began: Spring 2003
Date Tour Ends: Winter 2010
Venues Currently Available: Fall 2009 through 2010
Host Institutions:
Children’s Museum of Richmond, Virginia
Connecticut Science Center, West Hartford, Connecticut
Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
Montshire Museum, Norwich, Vermont
ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT
Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia
Owensboro Museum of Science and History, Owensboro, Kentucky
Boonshoft Museum, Dayton, Ohio
Iowa Science Center, DesMoines, Iowa
Description:
Chinasaurs is an immersive exhibition containing five or more rare
and large Chinese dinosaur cast skeletons. Planteaters and meat-eaters,
up to 35 feet long, are accompanied by actual fossils and nests, interactives
and scenic elements. Interactives include: activity carts, skeleton dig
pit, and rubbing and stamping stations. Elaborate signage
complements the exhibitry.
China presents the broadest array of dinosaurs across dinosaur time of any country, yet its dinosaurs are little known here. These rare finds offer a new and exciting presentation of the ever-popular theme of dinosaurs. This exhibition complements our giant Chinasaurs exhibition on the same theme, touring the largest science museums.
Ceiling Height: 12 feet
Chinasaurs Available Exhibits Components
*Dinosaur robots, including a 20-foot-long Saurolophus, Velociraptors and a 45-foot-long Tarbosaurus are available to augment the exhibition.
(a combination of the following depending on size of venue and preference)
Cast Skeletons:
Monolophosaurus Meateater 20 foot long
Dilophosaurus Meateater 20 foot long
Yangchuanosaurus Meateater 35 feet long
Velociraptor Meateater 8 feet long
Bellusaurus Four-legged planteater 16 feet long
Tuojiangosaurus Four-legged stegosaur planteater
Original Fossils:
Individual eggs – meateater and planteater
Robotics (at additional fee):
Velociraptor 12 feet long
Saurolophus planteater 20 feet long
Oviraptor meateater 6 feet long
Protoceratops planteater 4 feet long
Video:
6 minute DVD introduction to Chinese dinosaurs with NOVA footage
Interactives:
8 feet by 8 foot Dig Pit with skeleton
Dinosaur Stamping and Painting Stations (3 stations, 3 set-ups each)
Touch fossils
Signage:
More than 30 signs, maps and paintings up to 10 feet by 6 feet