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The Carnegie Museum unveils its new dinosaur hall
A guide to Post-Gazette coverage
Sunday, November 18, 2007
The new "Dinosaurs in Their Time" exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History includes this toothy fellow: Allosaurus fragilis.

The Post-Gazette takes a comprehensive look at the 2 1/2 year, $36 million renovation of the Carnegie Museum's dinosaur exhibit in special package of articles, video, audio, an interactive graphic, a forum for reader comments and more.

Read, listen, watch and enjoy!

Articles about the "Dinosaurs in Their Time" project

Dino Might! Carnegie Museum's new exhibit has more dinosaurs, more action
An overview of the project and vivid description of the exhibit. With click-through slideshow.

Starting at 6 a.m., crowds get first look at Carnegie's new dinosaur exhibit
Museum members with timed-tickets were the first to see the new exhibit. With audio report.

Meet the key players who brought the Carnegie's new dinosaur hall to life
These folks pulled the project together over many months. With audio.

Reader Forum: What do you think of the new Dinosaur Hall?
If you've had a chance to visit, send us your comments. We'll post a selection.

• Links to earlier Post-Gazette articles are toward the bottom of this page.



Interactive Graphic

See the exhibit floorplan, read profiles of featured dinosaurs, and for a bit of fun, find six tiny dinosaurs tucked around the page.

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Videos

Take a personal tour
The Carnegie Museum's Matt Lamanna, assistant curator of vertebrate paleontology, gives a description of the life-or-death struggle playing out in "Dinosaurs in Their Time." Post-Gazette video.

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Time-lapse look at Carnegie courtyard construction
The $36 million dinosaur hall was built in a former outdoor atrium behind the museum complex. This video shows the progression of construction work. Video courtesy of Carnegie Museums.

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Time-lapse look at dinosaur assembly
This video shows Carnegie crews putting together dinosaur skeletons in the specimens' new poses. Video courtesy of Carnegie Museums.

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Time-lapse look at exhibit development
The renovated exhibit is triple the size of the old dinosaur hall. See the new exhibit space take shape. Video courtesy of Carnegie Museums.

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Historical footage of Carnegie paleontologists
Excerpts from the film "Monsters of the Past," documenting fieldwork by Carnegie Museum of Natural History paleontologists in 1922. Video courtesy of Carnegie Museums.

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Previous articles

First-look visitors set to fill new dinosaur hall, 11/13/07

Dinosaur hall under wraps for final touches, 10/31/07

100 years on, another renewal for Carnegie's museums, 10/28/07

Museum launches Adopt-A-Bone drive for Dinosaur Hall, 10/17/07

Carnegie Museums' to hike prices when expanded dinosaur exhibit opens Nov. 21, 8/22/07



Related Links

Carnegie Museum of Natural History's "Dinosaurs in Their Time" Web site

Philip Fraley Productions Inc. Web site

First published on November 18, 2007 at 12:00 am