Today is International Museum Day and, here at Everything Dinosaur, we would like to celebrate the incredible work carried out by museums around the world. Museums help inspire curiosity, encourage learning and connect people with nature. They also play a crucial role in education, science communication and outreach.

We have always enjoyed visiting museums, especially natural history museums. These institutions bring prehistoric animals to life and help visitors of all ages discover Earth’s remarkable past. Furthermore, museums provide an important bridge between academic research and public understanding.

Many of the prehistoric animal models supplied by Everything Dinosaur are used by museum staff and educators. Our models help support outreach activities, handling sessions, educational workshops and public exhibitions. In this way, scale models can help visitors engage with palaeontology and fossil discoveries in a fun and accessible manner.

Celebrating International Museum Day

Recently, we visited the remarkable Museum für Naturkunde Berlin in Germany. This world-famous museum houses one of the finest dinosaur galleries anywhere in the world. The spectacular mounted skeleton of Giraffatitan (G. brancai) dominates the main hall and remains one of the museum’s most iconic exhibits. The mounted fossil is recognised as the tallest dinosaur skeleton on display (we think).  It has an official certificate from the Guinness World Record organisation adjacent to the fossil skeleton.

The spectacular dinosaur gallery at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Visitors can also admire the enormous Diplodocus exhibit nearby. Together, these giant sauropods create a breath-taking display that demonstrates the immense size of some of the largest animals ever to walk our planet.

To read a recent blog post about a newly described sauropod dinosaur: A New Sauropod from South America with Brachiosaurid and Diplodocid Affinities.

Commenting on International Museum Day, Sue from Everything Dinosaur stated:

“Natural history museums have a unique way of inspiring people of all ages. We always enjoy visiting museums and seeing how they help bring science and palaeontology to life. It is wonderful to know that some of our prehistoric animal models are also being used to support museum education and outreach programmes.”

Natural history museums continue to inspire future generations of scientists, fossil collectors and dinosaur fans. Indeed, many new discoveries are made by utilising the extensive collections stored in museums. On International Museum Day, we would like to thank museum staff, researchers and educators for all their hard work and dedication.

Happy International Museum Day!

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