The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs were the creation of one of the best-known natural history sculptors of his time, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1894). Waterhouse Hawkins's dinosaur sculptures were ...

And this month, thanks to conservators, scientists and a group called the Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, their Paleolithic picnic party grew a little, with the addition of a new statue ...

Crystal Palace Park's dinosaurs may not be Jurassic, but they are still pretty ancient. When unveiled in 1854, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins' beloved saurian sculptures were the first of their kind ...

To grant us a detailed look at these 166-year-old monuments, Ellinor Michel and Sarah Jayne Slaughter, trustees with the nonprofit Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, guide us through a metal ...

The Crystal Palace 'Dinosaurs' comprise of approximately 30 palaeontological statues, although only four actually represent dinosaurs. The others include plesiosaurs, icthyosaurs, pterodactyls ...

In 1852, a huge cast iron and plate glass structure began construction in Sydenham. This was the ‘Crystal Palace’ and a relocation programme had just begun from Hyde Park, where it had been ...

Crystal Palace dinosaurs to be restored with £22million from affordable homes land sale deal. Funding secures restoration of the famous Grade-1 listed sculptures, ...

People are now able to take a closer look at the famous Crystal Palace Park dinosaurs after they were turned into interactive 3D models. The 29 Grade I-listed sculptures were created between 1853 ...

Funding for the regeneration of Crystal Palace Park, which includes the revamp of its Grade-I listed dinosaur sculptures, will be paid for from the sale of land adjacent to the park for affordable ...

Hawkins’ replicas of these prehistoric monsters were later moved to the Crystal Palace Dinosaur Park in South London, which opened in 1854 and attracted 2 million visitors a year.

The heritage body and the Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs created the 3D models. Rhys Griffin/FCPD & Historic England. The park's Hylaeosaurus armatus, shown in its 3D form, ...