DINOSAUR REVOLUTION:
SECRETS OF SURVIVAL

Not long ago, our knowledge of dinosaurs was based almost completely on the assumptions made from their internal body structure. Scientists used mostly bones and possible muscle and tendon attachments to reconstruct their anatomy. The rest, including the colours, were left to the imagination. Lizard-like skins and the colours grey, green and brown prevailed. Not anymore.

We are now able to get a glimpse of the true, bizarre and complex nature of the evolution of the Dinosauria, thanks to a vast web of new research that this time also emphasises their skin and ornaments.

This exhibition looks at the fibrous proteins called keratin that covered the skin of the dinosaurs in the form of spikes, quills, protofeathers, and feathers. These features served as insulation, defensive-offensive items or simply ornamentation. Whatever their purpose, they are magnificent. This exhibition will change the way future generations will imagine the dinosaurs.

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Dinosaur rEvolution

‘HORNS, SPIKES, QUILLS AND FEATHERS. THE SECRET IS IN THE SKIN!

Not long ago, our knowledge of dinosaurs was based almost completely on the assumptions we made from their internal body structure. Bones and possible muscle and tendon attachments were what scientists used mostly for reconstructing their anatomy. The rest, including the colours, were left to the imagination… and needless to say the skins were lizard-like and the colours grey, green and brown prevailed.

We are breaking the mould with this Dinosaur Revolution!

Thanks to a vast web of new research, that this time emphasises also skin and ornaments, we are now able to get a glimpse of the true, bizarre and complex nature of the evolution of the Dinosauria.

We have always known that the Dinosauria was subdivided in two main groups, according mostly to their pelvic structure: Saurischia and Ornithischia. But they had many things in common, including structures made of a special family of fibrous proteins called keratin that covered their skin in the form of spikes, quills, protofeathers and feathers, that served as insulation, defensive-offensive items or simply ornamentation.

One group (ornithischians) would go extinct and the other (saurischians) would fly into another age! But not before some of their forms collided spectacularly. Porcupine-like runners, massive horned faces and tank-like monsters had to live with and defend themselves against the teeth and claws of the Feathery Menace… a menace that sometimes reached gigantic proportions in the shape of Tyrannosaurus… or in the shape of outlandish, massive ornithomimids with gigantic claws like the newly re-discovered Deinocheirus, reconstructed here for the first time in full.

All of them are well represented and spectacularly mounted in this exhibition. The exhibits are backed with close-to-life-sized murals of all the protagonist species, fully fleshed and feathered and restored in living and breathing colours.

This two-tier exhibition is like no other: it will follow the two separate paths of dinosaur evolution that will meet at the end in a massive and dramatic battle, that, in evolutionary terms, could only be really won by flying away.

Exhibition Includes:

  • Ancient Ornithischia: Scales, Quills and Spikes
  • The Armoured Giants
  • The Ceratopsians: Horned and Beaked
  • The Dinosaur-Bird Connection
  • Clawed Enigmas
  • Giant Theropods: Was T. Rex Feathered?
  • The Great Survivors: Aves

Elements Include:

  • 31 scientifically accurate cast fossil skeletons and/or skulls.
  • 4 electric motor driven life-like animatronics, including Tyrannosaurus rex.
  • 15 wall mounted interpretive panels.
  • Secure display cases.
  • 14 framed artworks by Luis Rey.
  • 6 mural size artwork prints.
  • 1 large dig pit (optional).

Specifications &Exhibition Display Area

The standard size of the exhibition is 400-700m2. However, it provides flexibility to accommodate larger or smaller rooms and exhibition spaces, depending on the requirements of the exhibition venue.

To be provided by the hosting venue:

  • Scenery, backdrops, lights, and barriers.
  • Raised display plinths for large skeletons (optional).
  • Single-phase electrical supply for animatronics.
  • Translation of text and production of text panels if necessary.
  • Transportation costs and insurance (transit and public liability) for exhibition.
  • Equipment required for access, installation and dismantling.
  • Skilled support staff to assist with installation and dismantling.
  • Storage for transport container (outdoor).
  • Promotion and publicity.
  • Staffing during exhibition run.

Duration and Hire Fee

The standard duration of exposure is 3 months. Longer or shorter periods can be organized according to the requirements of the exhibition venue.

Lease fee available on request.

Audiences

The content of the exhibition has been designed to attract an audience made up of both adults accompanied by children (family groups) and educational and school groups, to whom it will provide a unique, interactive, and stimulating experience.

Communication Objectives

The educational objectives of the exhibition are the following:

  • Promotes learning about dinosaurs, their skin, ornamentations and shows the link between dinosaur and birds.
  • Find out what dinosaurs looked like with their spikes, quills, protofeathers and feathers.
  • Development of a greater understanding of the evolution of dinosaurs.
  • Learn which group of dinosaurs survived the extinction.

Exhibition produced by: Gondwana Studios

Contributing Scientists:

  • Luis V Rey, London, UK
  • Professor Mike Lee, South Australian Museum

Contributing Artists:

  • Luis V Rey, London, UK

Past Host Venues

  • Albury Library Museum & Lavington Library, Australia
  • South Australian Museum, Australia
  • Newcastle Museum, Australia
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australia
  • Museum of Tropical Queensland, Australia
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Australia
  • Waikato Museums, New Zealand
  • Otago Museum, New Zealand
  • Expressions Whirinaki Arts & Entertainment Centre, New Zealand
  • Nelson Provincial Museum Pupuri Taonga o Te Tai Ao, New Zealand
  • Canterbury Museum,  New Zealand
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