TAMPA – Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas opened Jan. 25 at MOSI, Tampa’s Museum of Science & Industry.
The limited-time exhibition explores what living, breathing dinosaurs were really like – based on research from one of the world’s leading dinosaur research institutions, New York City’s American Museum of Natural History.
Visitors will explore how scientists use advanced tools, such as computer simulations and specialized X-rays, to reveal fascinating details about dinosaurs – their appearance, behavior and even their movement. The exhibition also invites guests to engage with a compelling question: Why did dinosaurs vanish or did they?
This limited-time exhibition at MOSI showcases a blend of fossil discoveries, technology and models, providing a connection to these magnificent creatures of the past.
“It’s a fantastic blending of artifacts from millions of years ago and brand new, cutting-edge science,” MOSI CEO John Graydon Smith said. “In Dinosaur Discoveries, history and science are working together, and that combination gives you new ways to explore this world of dinosaurs that we all find so fascinating.”
World-class dinosaur research
Guests will discover some of the most exciting and recent insights into how dinosaurs walked, ran, and lived their daily lives.
“This exhibition illustrates how scientists are using different ideas, discoveries and technologies to revolutionize our understanding of dinosaurs,” said Mark Norell, curator of Dinosaur Discoveries and curator emeritus in the Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History.
While studying dinosaurs still involves plenty of digging and work in the wilderness, Norell explains that understanding new fossils also depends on people with a passion for the career fields of STEAM – science, technology, engineering, art and math.
“Our work reaches across many disciplines involving paleontologists, biomechanical engineers, paleobotanists and others to showcase how we go about reconstructing the mysterious life of dinosaurs,” he said.
Want to go?
Included with MOSI admission, Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas runs through April 27 on the third floor of MOSI’s blue dome building, 4801 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa.
On the web: mosi.org
