“The last of the tail-dragging holdouts – leftovers from before the “Dinosaur Renaissance” of the 70s and 80s changed our perspective of how a dinosaur should look – are being disassembled and reconstructed in more active, agile positions. Among the latest museums to revamp their dinosaur exhibits is California’s Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.”

There’s still YPM’s “Great Hall of Dinosaurs”. Given that there are interactive computer kiosks showing how our view of dinos has changed over the years, YPM may not have to disassemble & reconstruct its skeletons (which would be cool in terms of both saving money & preserving the original look).

“The exhibits make abundantly clear that dinosaurs and their aquatic counterparts were living, breathing animals, but in what context? Many of the most eye-catching sections in the Hall of Dinosaurs feel as if they’ve been yanked out of space and time, with little sense for how the organisms fit within their ancient ecosystems or the tree of life.”

That reminds me: If you haven’t already, I recommend seeing CMN’s “Talisman Energy Fossil Gallery” ( http://nature.ca/en/plan-your-visit/what-see-do/our-exhibitions/talisman-energy-fossil-gallery ) as it’s 1 of my favorite dino exhibitions. The skeletons put dinos in an evolutionary context while the dioramas put them in an ecological context (& at the local level too).

That’s exactly why i felt the Age of Mammals was a big disappointment, as well as why i want to found my own museum.