Denmark's huge new dinosaur “Misty” will be the big attraction at the new exhibition Precious Things, in the Zoological Museum. Misty will be accompanied by a range of the museum’s most beautiful and valuable treasures for the biggest ever exhibition in the museum.
Most museums have plenty of objects that people never see. Many unique items with great stories waiting to be told languish behind locked doors in storage facilities or down in cellars. The Zoological Museum is now opening up its archives to show off a wide range of the very best exhibits from the worlds of zoology, geology and botany.
Ichthyostega – was this animal water-based or land-based?
And a whole host of other fascinating items.
“We have 14 million objects in our collections, brought back from scientific expeditions around the world over the last 400 years. Each object has a unique story that deserves to be told, so choosing what to include hasn’t been easy,” says Joakim Engel, who is responsible for Precious.
“The exhibition is based on the stories behind the objects. How did they come to the museum? Why are they are so interesting? And what are the human stories behind them? Many of the objects are absolutely unique, but some are included simply because they are incredibly beautiful or especially fascinating. The most spectacular single object is, of course, Misty, but there will definitely be something for everyone – young and old alike,” he adds.
From head to tail, Misty is the length of a bendy bus. The 17-metre-long Diplodocus longus was a peaceful, herbivorous giant who lived about 150 million years ago in the western part of North America.
The Natural History Museum acquired the dinosaur with the help of a donation from the Det Obelske Familiefond.
Due to the construction of the Niels Bohr building, there are only a limited number of parking spaces available at the Zoological Museum.