Get the play-by-play description of this monumental project! Former PaleoLab preparator Yvonne Wilson walks you through the Web Cam view of the intricate, delicate, and often amazing techniques used in the disarticulation of Carnegie Museum of Natural History's first dinosaur, Diplodocus carnegii. Just click "Next" to begin.

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.