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Dinosaur Brought to Life
Sunday, 08 May 2005

After seven weeks of painstaking work by staff and volunteers, the dinosaur Iguanodon is ready for re-installation in the Sedgwick Museum .


ImageStanding more than five metres tall, Iguanodon is a giant jigsaw puzzle of bone casts. Each part of this 120 million year-old giant has been cleaned and repainted by hand using colours that represent the original fossil more closely. This should enhance the specimen as a teaching aid and bring the dinosaur to life.

The restoration of the dinosaur is the latest event in a major new phase in the re-development of the Sedgwick Museum .

 
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