Up close with T-rex and more

ARTSCIENCE Museum at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore will be holding the largest dinosaur exhibition in Southeast Asia, Dinosaurs: Dawn To Extinction.

Occupying over 3,700 sq m of floor space, the exhibition will feature more than 400 fossils and models, as well as over 50 original artworks. This first-of-its-kind exhibition combining four exhibitions from the renowned American Museum of Natural History, San Juan National Science Museum, SCI! Expo at Monash University and artist Peter Trusler, will open on Jan 25.

 Curated by paleontologist Dr Patricia Vickers-Rich, Dinosaurs: Dawn To Extinction offers a refreshing and in-depth journey into the pre-existence, existence, rise and extinction of dinosaurs. Through a timeline thread, visitors will be transported more than 600 million years back in time to learn the unique story of what came before and after the dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs: Dawn To Extinction will take visitors on a journey from the Precambrian, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous time periods. The interactive exhibition will also feature some of the oldest dinosaurs fossils ever discovered on the planet as well as little-known species, some never before seen by the public. These are in addition to over 50 original artworks by Peter Trusler that showcase intriguing species being reconstructed. Key fossils on display include a 18m Apatosaurus, a 17.6m Lessemsaurus sauropod specimen, a two billion-year-old rock (Banded Iron Formation), a new fossil of Adeopapposaurs discovered in Argentina three months ago, as well as the tiny animals that ran beneath the feet of these giants.

“We’re extremely honoured to work with some of the world’s leading paleontologists, experts in the domain of dinosaurs and the long history of life on planet Earth, to present this first-of-its-kind exhibition, unlike anything seen in Singapore or Southeast Asia. The exhibition will shed light on how dinosaurs lived on earth,” said Ross Leo, associate director of ArtScience Museum.

A segment of the exhibition, specially curated by Dr Mark A. Norell, chair and curator of the Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, enables visitors to learn, explore and understand the behaviour and movement of dinosaurs. To further personalise the overall dinosaur experience, visitors can download a free mobile application ArtScience Museum: Dinosaurs Dawn to Extinction onto their smartphones, where interactive and educational features are specially rendered for different segments of the exhibition.

Incorporated in the mobile application is also a game component — Rex Race, which allows visitors to race their virtual dinosaurs to the museum in the shortest possible time. The mobile application will be available for download from the middle of this month.

“Dinosaurs: Dawn To Extinction is an original and unique exhibition to ArtScience Museum. It is a perfect fit with the museum’s mission to tell the long history of dinosaurs through an ArtScience perspective, and to beautifully mix art and science to communicate ideas. The exhibition is a result of the collaborative efforts of artists and scientists to gain more new insights into the rich and fascinating world of dinosaurs,” added Dr Patricia Vickers-Rich.

Tickets and details at www.marinabaysands.com/ArtScienceMuseum.

Uncovering Adeopapposa in Argentina (Credits to San Juan National Science Museum).

Up close with T-rex and more

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