[Nhcoll-l] Missing skeleton

[Alison H. Harrington]

The Dino Dig has a brief cameo in this video, link should go to the right
time (50min50s): https://youtu.be/93hpEx_5ffY?t=3052
<https://youtu.be/93hpEx_5ffY?t=3052>. It's pretty big. I bet it got
scrapped :(, but the video could at least help to give a visual reference.

On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM Anderson, Gretchen <
AndersonG at carnegiemnh.org> wrote:

> Hi Dale,
> Wow. I wish that I could help. I never even heard of the event!
>
> good luck.
> gretchen
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> Colleagues,
>
> I have what might be considered an off-the-wall question for this group.
>
> In the summer of 1992 Columbus, Ohio hosted an international flower show
> called Ameriflora, which was supposed to attract visitors from all over the
> world.  One of the attractions was going to be a large metal (stainless
> steel?) skeleton of a dinosaur buried in sand that kids could "excavate".
> I was consulted about it early on but, if I remember correctly, none of my
> suggestions were followed, as even somewhat accurate replicas were deemed
> too complicated to manufacture.
>
> The event was somewhat of a flop, and all the attractions and hardware
> were auctioned off that October.  Does anyone know where that skeleton
> ended up?  Any suggestions on who to ask?
>
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> Dale
>
> Dale Gnidovec, Curator
> Orton Geological Museum
> The Ohio State University
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