December 1, 2022 8:04 am
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Posted by Carolyn Ristau
Categories: Dinosaur Hunting, Pittsburgh, Public Art
Tags: Carnegie, DinoMite Days, dinosaurs, fundraisers, Pittsburgh, Public Art, statues
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Stealth dino in dinoflage.
It is funny that 60 year old men like my partner can identify dinosaurs as they had sets of plastic ones as children. Good for them. I favor stegosaurus. I read The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek and was endeared to the creature. In real life, not so likely.
By Susan Zubalik on December 1, 2022 at 4:10 pm
I also had a fondness for the stegosaurus as a child, but I don’t have as clear of a pinpoint for the source. It may have been related to a sympathetic response to the stegosaurus attacked by the T.Rex in Fantasia.
By Carolyn Ristau on December 1, 2022 at 7:16 pm
I just looked up stegosaurus. It is an herbivore but look at that wicked tusked tail!
I think that these days such sculptures might be vandalized in Tacoma.
I have just been to smaller town museums in Oregon in Bend and Sisters. I realized Tacoma does not have one for the city. We have a historical society and large regional history museum.
Does Pittsburg have a historical museum?
By Susan Zubalik on December 1, 2022 at 7:39 pm
We have the Carnegie Museum of Natural History which was founded by Andrew Carnegie because of the dinosaur fossil finds he funded. The full diplodocus find was a big deal – and a fullsize replica with skin stands outside the museum. Tonight, “Dippy” was dressed in some bling – yellow sunglasses and a heart pendant necklace both made of lights.
By Carolyn Ristau on December 1, 2022 at 8:52 pm
We also have the Heinz History Center which displays traveling exhibits from the Smithsonian and regular exhibits on sports, fashion, glass, ketchup, and pickles – among other things.
By Carolyn Ristau on December 1, 2022 at 8:55 pm