Follow Hong Kong Investment Immigration and Life in Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Science Museum has recently collaborated with several museums in Mainland China to host a large-scale "Legends of the Dinosaurs" exhibition.
Running from November 2013 to April 2014, this is the largest dinosaur exhibition ever held by the Hong Kong Science Museum. Covering an area of 2,500 square meters, the exhibition features 91 dinosaur fossil specimens, 52 replicas, and 16 animatronic dinosaurs. The largest dinosaur, the Daxiatitan binglingi from the Lanzhou Basin, measures 30 meters in length. The Chongqing Museum of Natural History has provided 9 fossil specimens of theropods and ornithopods for this exhibition.
The exhibition utilizes innovative technology such as scene simulation, scientific restoration, and mobile application downloads to interpret fossil content. It is organized into 7 themes: "Continental Drift," "Dinosaurs on the Move," "The Age of Giants," "Movement and Footprints," "New Dinosaur Discoveries in China," "Eggs and Functions," and "From Dinosaur to Bird," introducing the similarities and differences of dinosaurs from around the world as well as their reproduction.
Exhibits for this event were provided by 13 institutions, including the Beijing Museum of Natural History, Dalian Natural History Museum, Henan Geological Museum, Dalian Xinghai Paleontological Fossil Museum, Inner Mongolia Museum, Gansu Liujiaxia Dinosaur National Geopark, Lufeng County Bureau of Land and Resources, and the Natural History Museum in London, UK.
