{"id":37987,"date":"2019-11-19T13:11:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T13:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=37987"},"modified":"2019-11-19T13:11:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T13:11:41","slug":"dippy-the-dino-pulls-in-visitors-at-national-museum-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/11\/19\/dippy-the-dino-pulls-in-visitors-at-national-museum-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Dippy the Dino pulls in visitors at National Museum Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Attenborough favourite is on tour spreading interest in natural history<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p>TODAY marks one month since Dippy the Dinosaur arrived at the <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/cardiff\/\">National Museum Cardiff<\/a> as part of a nationwide tour to inspire the public about natural history.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The tour, which began in February 2018, is the first time Dippy has been publicly displayed outside of London and has passed through Dorchester, Birmingham, Belfast, Glasgow and Newcastle.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DSCN1688-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Dippy the Dinosaur in the atrium of the National Museum Cardiff\" class=\"wp-image-37994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1688-edited.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1688-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1688-edited-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1688-edited-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DSCN1688-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Dippy the Dinosaur in the atrium of the National Museum Cardiff\" class=\"wp-image-37994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1688-edited.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1688-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1688-edited-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1688-edited-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Dippy the Dinosaur towers over visitors at the National Museum Cardiff<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Many visitors in the Welsh capital are seeing Dippy, a 70ft tall plaster cast replica of a near-complete fossilised Diplodocus skeleton, for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Megan, 17, from Penarth, and Allan, 20, from Cardiff, usually come to see the museum&#8217;s dinosaur fossils and were surprised by the display.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s our first time seeing Dippy, and it&#8217;s pretty cool to see the grand scale of it. It\u2019s almost overwhelming when it lingers over you,\u201d Allan said.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DSCN1736-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37990\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?attachment_id=37990\" class=\"wp-image-37990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1736-edited.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1736-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1736-edited-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1736-edited-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DSCN1736-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37990\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?attachment_id=37990\" class=\"wp-image-37990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1736-edited.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1736-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1736-edited-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1736-edited-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Megan and Allan are regular visitors at the museum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DSCN1727-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37991\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?attachment_id=37991\" class=\"wp-image-37991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1727-edited.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1727-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1727-edited-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1727-edited-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DSCN1727-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37991\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?attachment_id=37991\" class=\"wp-image-37991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1727-edited.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1727-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1727-edited-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1727-edited-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Grant and Faith came for a fun family outing with their children Neveah, Josiah, and Eli (left to right)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Grant, 42, and Faith, 32 came to have fun with their children Josiah, 7, Eli, 5, and Neveah, 3.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Josiah, a dinosaur fanatic, said that Dippy \u201cwas even bigger and better\u201d than he thought.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Nia-Meleri Edwards, 35, from Caernarfon, also visited with her family as a birthday treat for her son Ioan. She liked the educational aspects of at the exhibition: \u201cWe wanted to learn about Dippy and see the natural history of other fossils and archaeological information. It\u2019s a bonus that the climate change information is there as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DSCN1732-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37998\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?attachment_id=37998\" class=\"wp-image-37998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1732-edited.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1732-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1732-edited-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1732-edited-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DSCN1732-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37998\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?attachment_id=37998\" class=\"wp-image-37998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1732-edited.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1732-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1732-edited-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1732-edited-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The Edwards family enjoyed the educational parts of the exhibit<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DSCN1724-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37999\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?attachment_id=37999\" class=\"wp-image-37999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1724-edited.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1724-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1724-edited-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1724-edited-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DSCN1724-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37999\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?attachment_id=37999\" class=\"wp-image-37999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1724-edited.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1724-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1724-edited-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1724-edited-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Jan Jones and Helen Williamson (right) felt there could have been more information<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>But some felt that the exhibition was not detailed enough. Although Helen Williamson, 53, from Cardiff, thought that Dippy was \u201creally impressive\u201d, she also said: \u201cWe wanted to know how they cast the bones, how it was all put together, that kind of thing. We did manage to find a guide who gave us the answers to some of our questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Andrew Carnegie sponsored the <a href=\"https:\/\/carnegiemnh.org\/discovering-dippy\/\">expedition that discovered the remains<\/a> in 1898, in Wyoming, America. They were categorised as a new species <em>Diplodocus carnegii <\/em>and the original fossils are on display at the <a href=\"https:\/\/carnegiemnh.org\/\">Carnegie Museum of Natural History<\/a>, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of Dippy the Dino's head\" class=\"wp-image-38000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of Dippy the Dino's head\" class=\"wp-image-38000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/DSCN1704-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The specimen is over 20m high<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dippy is made up of 292 bones and is 21.3m long, 4.3m wide and 4.25m high. It was first publicly displayed in 1905, in the Reptile Gallery at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/\">Natural History Museum<\/a>, London. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>In 1979 Dippy was moved to the main hall, but after 112 years at the museum, was replaced by \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/discover\/news\/2017\/july\/museum-unveils-hope-the-blue-whale-skeleton.html\">Hope<\/a>\u201d, a blue whale skeleton in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>The removal process was documented in BBC television special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b08y3s55\">Horizon: Dippy and the Whale<\/a>, narrated by David Attenborough.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The National Museum of Wales is holding <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/cardiff\/whatson\/10677\/Dippy-on-Tour-A-Natural-History-Adventure-\/\">several events<\/a> involving Dippy, including silent discos, yoga, drawing classes, talks, and a sleepover in January.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dippy is on display until January 26, 2020, and admission is free.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attenborough favourite is on tour spreading interest in natural history TODAY marks one month since Dippy the Dinosaur arrived at the National Museum Cardiff as part of a nationwide tour to inspire the public about natural history. The tour, which began in February 2018, is the first time Dippy has been publicly displayed outside of London and has passed through Dorchester, Birmingham, Belfast, Glasgow and Newcastle. 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