Articles for category: Dino Guides & Destinations

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

The First Dinosaur Model Ever Built—and the Crowds It Attracted

The history of paleontology has been marked by many fascinating milestones, but few have captured the public imagination quite like the first life-sized dinosaur models. In the mid-19th century, when dinosaur fossils were still a relatively new discovery, scientists and artists collaborated on an ambitious project that would forever change how humans visualized prehistoric life. ...