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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 ...
Of all London’s many parks, Crystal Palace is the most post-apocalyptic. As such the dinosaurs, long-fallen monarchs dragged forward through time by their planetary heirs, suit their space well.
The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs lasted longer than the Crystal Palace itself, which burned down in 1936. The 20th century was hard on the concrete behemoths, with obscuring foliage and plants growing ...
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 ...
A dinosaur park featuring 30 reptilian replicas has been added to a list of sites at risk of being lost. The collection of life-size creations at Crystal Palace Park in London has developed cracks ...
Crystal Palace dinosaurs to be restored with £22million from affordable homes land sale deal. Funding secures restoration of the famous Grade-1 listed sculptures, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.