In preparation of the November 21 opening of Dinosaurs in Their Time, Carnegie Museum of Natural History is asking owners of DinoMite Days Dinosaurs to help the museum locate the DinoMite Days dinosaurs. Many of those dinosaurs have changed hands since the original auction in 2003, or have been moved.
The goal is three-fold: to ask owners of the DinoMite Days Dinosaurs to put them on display so they can easily be seen by the public, to create a list of where the public can see these amazing creatures, and to help the Museum select a handful of DinoMite Days Dinosaurs for temporary exhibit at the Museums as part of the gala return of the Carnegie’s dinosaurs on November 21, 2007.
About DinoMite Days
A public art event sponsored by Carnegie Museum of Natural History in the summer of 2003, the DinoMite Days project involved the decoration 100 dinosaurs, each one of three fiberglass casts of species Tyrannosaurus rex, Torosaurus, and Stegosaurus. The casts were then purchased by “sponsaurs,” with half of the proceeds going to the sponsaur’s charity of choice, and the other half going to Carnegie Museum of Natural History to fund a complete overhaul of its dinosaur specimens and exhibits. Nineteen DinoMite Days dinosaurs were pre-purchased, 26 were auctioned at a special black-tie DinoMite Days gala, and 53 were sold as part of an online auction.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History is encouraging the owners of the dinosaurs to get their dinosaurs outside and back on view for the public to see, helping to generate awareness and excitement for the opening of Dinosaurs in Their Time. Additionally, four to eight of the casts could be on display at the museum for the
Dinosaurs gala celebration party on November 16. Tickets are $500/person or $750/person for patron tickets.
“In 2003, Pittsburghers got to share in our excitement of the Dinosaurs project. We’re looking forward to rekindling that excitement, and giving families the opportunity to go dinosaur hunting again in the weeks leading up to the open of the exhibit, “ said David Smith, interim co–director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. -- www.cmoa.org
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