‘African dinosaurs’ : permanent new exhibition at the South African Museum
Date
2010-08
Authors
Anderson, Bruce
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Publisher
AOSIS OpenJournals
Abstract
The new ‘African dinosaurs’ exhibit at the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town capitalises on a
fascination that almost every person – old and (especially) young – has with dinosaurs. A highway into
the human imagination, dinosaurs can often be the spark that ignites the explosion we call learning;
hence this National Lottery-funded exhibit is open-planned to accommodate large school groups. It is
not surprising that these rock stars of natural history have been afforded the museum’s prime space in
a sylvan gallery overlooking Government Avenue and stretching three floors to the roof (a space that is
just big enough to accommodate a juvenile Sauropod).
Description
The original publication is available at http://www.sajs.co.za/
Keywords
African dinosaurs, Exhibition, South African Museum
Citation
Anderson, B. 2010. 'African dinosaurs': Permanent new exhibition at the South African Museum. South African Journal of Science, 106(7/8), 1-2.