The Dead Cockroach: Dinosaurs: Dawn To Extinction

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By the time you read this post, the exhibition, Dinosaurs: Dawn To Extinction would have already ended it's 8-months run at the Artscience Museum. The exhibition began in January this year but unfortunately, I got hit by the procrastinating bug and before I knew it, three days is all there is left for me to visit.

Entering the hall, visitors would be greeted by a family of Herrerasaurus. I like how the museum played with the shadows of the skeletons by projecting them onto the wall behind them.

I thought I was seeing things when I saw them move.

Shadows moving

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A family of Herrerasaurus are the first to greet visitors

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Real fossil of a Herrerasaurus

These are replicas

Here is a Herrerasaurus in the "flesh"

Saurosuchus

Sillosuchus

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A Pseudohesperosuchus and its skeleton (below)

Exaeretodon

Ugly things

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Real fossil of a Exaeretodon

Eoraptor

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Fasolasuchus and Lessemsaurus

Fasolasuchus

Battle of the Fasolasuchus and Lessemsaurus

Adeopapposaurus

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Reflection of a Tarbosaurus via a tilted mirror

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3-dimensional skeleton of a Apatosaurus Louisae made from fiberglass and steel

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Everyone's favorite dinosaur - the Tyrannosaurus or simply, T-Rex

The gait of a T-Rex

My favorite part of the exhibition is the diorama of a forest scene in Liaoning, China. I am impressed by their attention to details. The overall visual experience is breathtaking.

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The Liaoning forest diorama

As we geared towards the end of the exhibition, visitors learned how the dinosaurs became extinct.

Yes, a meteorite did came but it goes much deeper than that. I wish I could tell you to come visit the exhibition to find out for yourself but I can't since it has already ended.

It is my first time attending a exhibition at the Artscience Museum and I generally love the whole museum experience. The exhibition is educational and it opened my eyes to new information about dinosaurs that I never did know before.

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I purchased a ticket at the box office ($24 for a standard ticket for adults; $20 for locals) and was awed that I had to scan the barcode on my ticket at the gantry to take a lift to the basement where the exhibition hall is.

The male ticketing staff who attended to me is polite and helpful although the female staff at the gantry is less obliging.

Smile, lady.

Dino would be proud.

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Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Dinosaurs: Dawn To Extinction