Maidment, a curator at the U.K.’s Natural History Museum, has come with me to tour Crystal Palace Park, which in 1854 included the world’s first public dinosaur showcase. The sculptures were a ...

The Crystal Palace burnt down in 1936, but after the devastating fire one underground structure still remained. It was the ...

The Crystal Palace Park dinosaurs are the first-ever full size ... and is reserved for sites of international importance. The sculptures were commissioned in 1852 and unveiled in 1854 by artist ...

This might explain why the stocky 1850s dinosaur models at Crystal Palace, for which Owen was a scientific advisor, have a hint of rhinoceros about them. The Megalosaurus sculpture in Crystal Palace ...

Modern research thumbs its nose at the Crystal Palace dinosaurs – the series of life-size sculptures in a South London park that was unveiled to the public in 1854. The models reflected a bit of ...

This project highlights the unique circumstances in which the Crystal Palace Park Dinosaur Islands ... The 167-year-old, Grade I Listed concrete dinosaur sculptures were configured to depict ...

charity Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, – led by taxonomist and evolutionary biologist Ellinor Michel – has been working hard to improve public engagement with and the safe keeping of these world ...