'Haddy' Takes Center Stage at Dinosaur Exhibit Today
The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia will feature an exhibit about the dinosaur fossils found in Haddonfield in 1858.
A dinosaur artist and educator will create a life-size drawing of Haddonfield's famous dinosaur today while museum visitors watch on the opening day of the new exhibit Drawn to Dinosaurs: Hadrosaurus foulkii at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. The centerpiece is a full cast of Hadrosaurus foulkii, discovered in 1858 in Haddonfield, and reconstructed and mounted based on Academy research and artist interpretation. The illustrator will use colored chalk on a blackboard installed in the Art of Science Gallery to draw the 25-foot-long, duck-billed, plant-eating dinosaur, according to a news release. The mounted cast of that dinosaur will stand nearby as part of the exhibit. Museum visitors can watch the process and ask …
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Bill Duhart
9:50 am on Saturday, February 2, 2013
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