Carnegie Museum of Natural History kicks off the public campaign of Adopt–A–Bone. This innovative and unique campaign allows members of the public to “adopt” their very own bones from dinosaurs like the armor–plated Stegosaurus, the gentle giant Diplodocus (often known as Dippy), and the ultimate predator Tyrannosaurus rex.
All adoptions will be accompanied by an official signed Certificate of Adoption and will last for the life of the exhibit. Adopters’ names will also be listed permanently on a donor plaque and a kiosk in the new hall.
Adoptions start at $25 for a tooth and go all the way up to $10,000 for a dinosaur skull. All adoptions are 100 percent tax-deductible and make for unique and unforgettable gifts – especially for dinosaur lovers. Bones adopted by November 30 will have certificates delivered to the individual purchasing the adoption in time for the holidays.
How to Adopt:
• Log on to www.adoptabone.org
• Browse dinosaurs by specimen
• Mouse over each dinosaur illustration to check bone prices & availability
• After setting up your account, start selecting bones
• Indicate to whom you want each Certificate of Adoption made out
• Come and see your dinosaur bones when Dinosaurs in Their Time opens!
Allow for two to four weeks for delivery of personalized certificate(s) by U.S. Mail. Adopt by November 30 for delivery of certificate by Christmas. Certificates and letters of acknowledgment will be mailed directly to the bone adoptor. The adoptor may then deliver the certificate and acknowledgment letter to the designated recipient.
Dinosaurs in Their Time permanent exhibit. More dinosaur skeletons will be made available as the project continues. Dinosaurs in Their Time specimens available for adoption by the public include:
Allosaurus, a fierce and menacing Jurassic predator.
Camptosaurus, a small herbivore from the Jurassic Period.
Diplodocus carnegii, the first dinosaur ever discovered by Carnegie museum paleontologists and named after Andrew Carnegie. This lumbering giant is one of the biggest dinosaurs in the collection at 90 feet long and 12 feet tall.
Dryosaurus: a delicate herbivore with a bird–like beak and fast–moving legs for avoiding predators.
Stegosaurus: the Sherman tank of the Jurassic, best known for the plates located along its back and spikes on its tail.
Tylosaurus: a large predatory marine reptile that lived in the seaway that stretched through the heartland of America.
Tyrannosaurus rex: the king of all dinosaurs and one of the largest carnivorous animals ever to have walked the Earth. Both the original holotype and cast specimen of T. rex will be available for adoption.
The Adopt-A-Bone Community Campaign supports the completion of Dinosaurs in Their Time, the $36 million expansion and renovation of the historic Dinosaur Hall. The goal of the Adopt–A–Bone campaign is to raise $200,000. Currently $33 million has been raised for this dramatic new exhibit area in which the Mesozoic Era, also known as the Age of Dinosaurs, will be recreated and the Carnegie dinosaurs remounted in life-like poses.
“Dinosaurs in Their Time will be the finest dinosaur exhibit in the world. No other museum has recreated the Age of Dinosaurs in such detail,” said Dr. Zhe–Xi Luo, acting co–director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History and curator of vertebrate paleontology. “This exhibit is like stepping back in time and walking amongst the dinosaurs.”
The public is urged to visit www.adoptabone.org and peruse the dinosaur bones that are available for adoption. All dinosaurs that are currently for adoption will be in the Dinosaurs in Their Time permanent exhibit. More dinosaur skeletons will be made available as the project continues.
Phase One of the Dinosaurs in Their Time opens on November 21, 2007. Phase One –– which is about 75 percent of the total exhibit –– consists of the Triassic, Jurassic, early Cretaceous periods, and the Cretaceous Seaway. Phase Two will open in late spring 2008 and consists of the late Cretaceous Period and features two fighting T. rex specimens.
About Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaurs and New Exhibit
Dinosaurs in Their Time is the largest renovation project at Carnegie Museum of Natural History since the museum was founded in 1895. This new exhibit will allow the Museum to properly display one of the largest, most diverse and scientifically important dinosaur and fossil collections in the world. Dinosaurs in Their Time is more than three times larger than the former Dinosaur Hall – increasing the dinosaur exhibit space from 5,000 to 18,600 square feet.
Dinosaurs in Their will be the only exhibit in the world to feature dinosaurs reassembled in active poses within painstakingly constructed, scientifically accurate environments.
This world-class collection owes its existence to Andrew Carnegie’s own fascination with dinosaurs, which inspired him to finance fossil digs in several western states for more than 20 years. It was from these digs that more than 700,000 pounds of fossils – including 20 complete skeletons – were shipped to Pittsburgh, thus setting the stage for the museum’s world-class collection. -- www.cmoa.org
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