Props from Universal Pictures’ Oscar nominated, Hellboy II: The Golden Army will be on display at Universal Studios Hollywood’s The Universal Experience: Behind the Scenes of Universal Pictures, a movie-themed attraction designed to put the magic of Hollywood within arms reach of guests, beginning today. If you’re a fan of Guillermo del Toro’s sequel, which […]
A new one-of-a-kind dinosaur exhibit is opening soon at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pa. Dubbed “Dinosaurs in Their Time”, the exhibit is hailed as “the first permanent exhibit in the world to showcase dinosaurs in scientifically accurate, immersive environments spanning the Age of Dinosaurs.”
The exhibit, which opens to the public on Nov. 21, showcases dinosaurs in precise reconstructions of their ecosystems, interacting with their environments and the other animals and plants that lived alongside them.
“Visitors will get the feeling of literally stepping back in time and walking among the dinosaurs,” said Dr. Matt Lamanna, the museum’s Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, principle dinosaur researcher, and lead scientific adviser for Dinosaurs in Their Time. “We’ve painstakingly recreated the worlds of the dinosaurs, from the plants they ate and walked on to the animals that shared their respective ecosystems; everything that is displayed together actually lived together. This is the first time so many dinosaurs have been shown like this in a museum.”
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Wow. I’m so sorry for not posting for the past week or so. I’ve been insanely busy and last week I didn’t feel so well because of all the smoke from the fires near L.A. It’s amazing how much an intensely sore throat can wear you out. Anyway, here are a bunch of things coming […]
The spooky art of Ben Strawn will be on display at Hyaena Gallery Oct. 1 through Oct. 15. “Strawn has been making a name for himself with his ink illustrations and painted work, offering a unique voice with a nostalgic flair,” says gallery owner Bill Shafer. The exhibit is called “Welcome to Bedlam†and the […]
Now at Disneyland, Honda’s ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) is demonstrating its latest technological advancements including several new mobility and artificial intelligence capabilities for enhanced human interaction, in addition to the ability to run nearly 4 miles per hour, in 15-minute science shows. Starting last Wednesday, ASIMO became a part of the Southland park’s […]
On Sept. 30, King Tut will be leaving the United States to enjoy British hospitality while on display in London. So, if you are Stateside and want to catch the exhibit before it goes, you’ve got about five weeks left.
To help Tut-enthusiasts out, The Loews Philadelphia Hotel has come up with a “King Tut Package,” good through Sept. 30. (more…)
Maison d’Ailleurs, or the House of Elsewhere, is Europe’s only public science-fiction museum. Created in 1976, when French sci-fi buff Pierre Versin donated his collection of tens of thousands of SF books to the Swiss spa town of Yverdon-les-Bains, just north of Lausanne, on the condition that it be made available for public viewing, the […]
The Experience Music Project (EMP)/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (SFM) in Seattle, Ore., currently has an exhibition of more than 30 costumes and objects from Star Wars, Blade Runner, The Terminator, Superman, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and many more of the most popular science fiction-related films and television shows of all time. The […]
Back by popular demand, the planetarium show at the Museum of Science, Boston, Far, Far Away: The Worlds of Star Wars, will be showing daily now through Oct. 29, 2007. This “lively, fun show” compares the fantasy planets of the Star Wars movies to the Earth and other real planets and moons in our solar […]
From now through July 15, you can see the creepy mirthful art of Nicolas Caesar & Spinestealer at the Hyaena Gallery in Burbank, Calif. This Saturday, July 7, is the Opening Receptions. This is what he gallery has to say about the artists: Nicolas Caesar is a self-taught artist hailing from Northern CA. Founder of […]