Carnegie Museum of Natural History has one of the greatest collections of dinosaurs in the world. However, for far too long, our exhibits retained “classic” poses based on turn-of-the-century scientific theory. A complete overhaul of the exhibit has been long overdue!

Our Allosaurus was discovered in Carnegie Quarry in 1922. Sixteen years later, in 1938, scientists mounted the specimen into its familiar tail-dragging pose. In order to make room for the disarticulation of our other larger dinosaurs, Allosaurus was the first specimen to undergo a Dinosaurs in Their Time renovation.

For a real-time view of the crew at work, visit the Web Cams page and refresh your browser every 30 seconds.

Phil Fraley Productions, Inc., of Hoboken, New Jersey, handled the disassembly, remounting, and reinstallation of the dinosaurs. The enormous skeletons were taken to Fraley's studios where they were given their new look. Once finished, the dinosaurs were shipped back to Pittsburgh to be reinstalled in the new hall.