Allosaurus is Moved to NMNH

Summary

On April 28,1987, a one-ton fiberglass sculpture of an Allosaurus was lifted by crane from an Allied moving van, carefully winched up the stairs and trundled through the doors of the National Museum of Natural History. The dinosaur was moved in for the exhibit "Dinosaurs, Past and Present" which is the largest and most comprehensive exhibit of dinosaur art ever exhibited. The exhibit ran from June 4 through August 31, 1987. The photograph shows the dinosaur, still in his crate, and movers in front of the Natural History Building.

Subject

• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• Dinosaurs, Past and Present (Exhibition) (1987: National Museum of Natural History)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in the "Torch," June 1987.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Folder: June 1987

Contact information

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

Date

1987

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Dinosaurs
• Sculpture
• Models (representations)
• Exhibitions
• Models and modelmaking
• Event
• African Americans

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Event

ID Number

SIA2009-2056 and 87-6524-15

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

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