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Tyrannosaurs at the National Museum of Scotland
The most comprehensive exhibition ever mounted on tyrannosaurs makes its only European appearance in Edinburgh. Tyrannosaurs explores the most feared and revered of all dinosaurs, bringing the latest palaeontological discoveries to life and challenging preconceptions about these ferocious predators. The exhibition features rare fossil specimens, cast skeletons including one of ‘Scotty’, one of the largest and most complete T. rex skeletons in the world, and incredible models of feathered dinosaurs. Scotty was discovered in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1991. The specimen was named by the
excavation crew from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum after they had made a toast with malt whisky whilst deliberating over what to
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call it. Dr Nick Fraser, Keeper of Natural Science at National Museums Scotland said: “For any of us who are fascinated by dinosaurs, T. rex is surely the most recognisable, whether in popular culture or on the front of your first dinosaur book or poster as a kid. I think there is a real sense of wonder that such a seemingly fantastic animal actually walked the earth. Tyrannosaurs shows visitors not only the mighty scale of T. rex, but also their fascinating family tree, including early Asian feathered tyrannosaurs which are some of the most exciting recent discoveries in dinosaur palaeontology.” Museum Lates Jurassic Party 13 March. nms.ac.uk/tyrannosaurs
Printmakers - The Botanist's Daughter Canadian artist Alexandra Haeseker goes wild at Edinburgh Printmakers with larger than life exhibition of plants and insects Giant colourful prints reframe our relationship with nature and highlight the fragility of the natural world in new exhibition The Botanist’s Daughter Marking the beginning of the 2020 season at Edinburgh Printmakers, The Botanist’s Daughter is Alexandra’s first solo exhibition in the UK. Her vibrant hyper-real representations of plants and insects draw inspiration from the rich and bountiful resources of hand-pulled engravings found in Museum and Library collections, illustrating botanical and entomological themes. The Botanist’s Daughter subverts relationships of scale between the viewer and the plants and insects represented in the exhibition. Haeseker’s intention is to encourage us to develop a new paradigm in relating to the natural world, by considering more fully what is often invisible to our eyes, and below our feet. These large scale pieces will take over Gallery 1 at Edinburgh Printmakers with the vibrant almost lurid colour
schemes hinting at something not quite right. Alexandra Haeseker told The Edinburgh Reporter : “Well, the show has to do with the greater awareness in a sense that people have now of climate change. So I'm looking at two aspects, plant life and insect life. And at the same time when I was building these works it was Fall and so I was aware of the lingering last few moths and the fading flies. And so I'm showing both aspects in this exhibition.” Alexandra Haeseker: The Botanist’s Daughter 18 January to 22 March 2020 Gallery 1, Edinburgh Printmakers Castle Mills, 1 Dundee St, EH3 9FP www.edinburghprintmakers. co.uk
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