Est. June 3, 1961
Experience Life Three Billion Years In The Making January 2018
Raptor Review
Issue 49
A quarterly publication for your information and enjoyment From the Director By Dr. Ken Carpenter
It is hard to believe that the end of the year is already upon us. It has been a very productive year for the staff as you can read in these pages. We continue our tradition of featuring family day activities, especially during Prehistoric Week and Cretaceous Christmas. The community has responded favorably, with attendance for Family Day in May breaking all records, with over 530 visitors. In the Paleontology Hall, four new exhibits opened, including one on geological time, another covering the first four billion years of eastern Utah's geologic history, another featuring life stomping around southeastern Utah 299-250 million years ago, and Exhibit covering the first four billion years the Gooseneck of Eastern Utah’s geological history. Allosaurus, nicknamed because of its curved neck. In the Archaeology Hall, we finally finished the Five Kiva exhibit, including a part of a cliff dwelling apartment in full size so you can get a better feel for what life was Finished Five Kiva exhibit, which just like for the Anopened. cestral Puebloans (Anasazi). In the changing gallery, we featured a temporary photographic exhibit, Lost Trackways, of photogenic dinosaur footprints in the Glenn Canyon area.
Currently we are featuring another temporary exhibit, Clubs, Horns and Shields. This show has been extended through January 15. We are already at Five Kivas updated diorama. work on our next big exhibit renovation: the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Pit. We will expand on the biology of the dinosaurs with a discussion of brain size (did you know the brain of Allosaurus was bigger than that of Stegosaurus?), feature dinosaur eggs and babies and growing up. Besides dinosaurs, we will have fossil plants, part of a 150 million year old ant nest, and a large mural that shows what the ancient environment looked like. The museum had its annual Cretaceous Christmas, with over 460 visitors. Thanks to everyone who helped make it a success, especially Santa 'Dave'. The museum’s webpage got a major overhaul thanks to Tracey Johnson of USU Eastern. Hopefully you'll find the new look appealing. I thank all of you for your membership and support of the museum. Watch for all the Cretaceous Christmas with a visit from continuing changthe jolly old elf himself. es the rest of the year.