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Mark Witton

The project has also relocated statutes to historic positions, used broken sculpture parts and photographs to model and 3D print missing and replacement body parts (including draconic pterosaur heads), and restored the geological sculptures.

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Mark Witton

The fantastic news is that the dinosaurs are no longer considered "at risk" by Historic England. More work lies ahead in getting the Geological Court resembling its original state, but this is an important milestone in the Dinosaurs' history. Congrats to all involved, we've done good.

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Max

They look amazing! How interesting about the colours, too. I'd always assumed that the bright colours was a bit of artistic licence when Topsy & Tim met them, but I guess not! (Originally published 1978, apparently.)

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Mark Witton

There have been some... interesting colour choices in the past, but they were probably based on whatever someone felt at the time, not historic data. We had an amazing paint analyst on the team (Karen Morissey) who found out so much new stuff (orange and purple Labyrinthodon!) and...

Ata Girl (lanta)

I know that park ;)

clarebee

Congratulations and thank you so much to all involved! ⭐️🏆❤️

Mark Witton

(Addendum: the sculptures were being illuminated as we left. Sadly @gizz47.bsky.social and I had to bail before the effect was fully realised, but @bobnichollsart.bsky.social's Palaeotherium magnum had already attained a fetching shade of red, and **relocated!!** Xiphodon was a cool magenta.)

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Darren Naish

That very first photo in the thread: an inadvertent Jay Matternes homage!