Wood Chips Laid around Uncle Beazley

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Summary

A blanket of mulch and wood chips is laid around "Uncle Beazley," the fiberglass Triceratops on display outside the National Museum of Natural History, to make the area less dangerous for children.

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, "The Torch," April 1981, p. 4.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1981

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Repair and reconstruction
  • Grounds
  • Children
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction

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