Saturday 12 November 2011

Dinosaurs! Dinosaurs! DINOSAURS!!!

Here's a little visual tour of my work trip last week - I headed to the T-Rex Discovery Centre in Eastend to help dismantle and move the Tylosaurus, Omaciw (pronounced O-mawch-ee-oh; it means "hunter" in Cree) to the museum in Swiftcurrent for exhibit.

Out at the T-Rex Discovery Centre! FINALLY!

A giant, terrifying mural inside the Discovery Centre.

Heeeeeeeeere's Omaciw!!

Omaciw on display with some of the text panels.

Wrapping the text panels so they don't get damaged in transit.

Getting ready to dismantle the behemoth.

Dismantling in progress.

The T-Rex Discovery Centre.

A beautiful moonrise as we pack up and get ready to leave.

Unpacking Omaciw in Swiftcurrent.

Setting him back up on the stands was way easier than taking him apart!

Putting Omaciw back together.

Making sure the stands are tight!

Taking a quick break to discuss how to get the head remounted.

A whole lot of ladders were needed to get Omaciw's head on straight.

The finished product, ready to strike terror into passersby!


So if you're in the area, be sure to check out the T-Rex Discovery Centre in Eastend for more totally awesome dinosaur exhibits, and get to Swiftcurrent to visit Omaciw!

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