When did the renovation project start, and when was it finished?
Dinosaur Hall closed to the public in March of 2005. Phase One of Dinosaurs in Their Time—the majority of the exhibit—opened to the public on November 21, 2007, marking the 100th anniversary of the original Dinosaur Hall. Phase Two of the project, featuring two T. rex skeletons posed mid-fight, opened on June 15, 2008.

What is different in the new Dinosaur Hall?
Well, for one thing, it has a new name! The old Dinosaur Hall is now Dinosaurs in Their Time. The new name reflects the fact that, for the first time, the dinosaurs are integrated into the environments of their respective time periods. Even though dinosaurs are no longer with us, the plants, mammals, fish, and insects that surrounded them continue to evolve and create the biological diversity that surrounds us today. Carnegie's dinosaurs are remounted in scientifically accurate, active poses, and new specimens never before seen by the public were added to the exhibition. It's a project 200 million years in the making!

Who worked on the dinosaurs?
Phil Fraley Productions, Inc., of Hoboken, New Jersey, handled the disassembly, remounting, and reinstallation of most of the dinosaurs. The enormous skeletons were dismantled and taken to Fraley's studios where they were given their new look. As each dinosaur was finished, it was shipped back to Pittsburgh to be remounted in its new, scientifically accurate position. Many of the remaining dinosaur specimens were worked on right here in Pittsburgh, at the Museum's very own PaleoLab.

What is currently on display?
Carnegie Museum of Natural History is home to one of the world’s best fossil collections, including the world’s greatest collection of dinosaurs from the Jurassic Age. The museum displays five holotype—the original fossil that defines a species, usually the first or most complete specimen discovered—dinosaur skeletons. Those holotypes are Diplodocus carnegii, Tyrannosaurus rex, Apatosaurus louisae, Camptosaurus aphanoecetes, and a new species of a bird-like oviraptorosaur that has yet to be formally named.

Dinosaurs in Their Time also features the world’s most complete fossil skeletons of the Jurassic plant-eating dinosaurs Camarasaurus lentus, Camptosaurus aphanoecetes, and Dryosaurus altus, as well as the world’s most complete baby Apatosaurus and some of the best-known original specimens of Coelophysis bauri, Stegosaurus armatus, Allosaurus fragilis, Corythosaurus casuarius, and Protoceratops andrewsi.

All told, there are over 15 mounted dinosaur specimens, dynamically posed and surrounded by the plants and other animals that lived with them.

How can I get a piece of the old Dinosaur Hall?
Sorry, construction debris is not available for purchase.