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As many know, The Academy of Natural Sciences is the oldest natural science research institution and museum on this hemisphere. What better place to view the first intact dinosaur remains exhibit in the world? In recent years, this big guy has been remounted and reinterpreted”" having a greater understanding about dinosaurs today than in the nineteenth century. The modern exhibit opened last November and was originally scheduled to be closed to the public on April 19 of this year. Following such a warm welcoming, Hadrosaurus foulkii: The Dinosaur that Changed the World exhibit is now to be extended to May 3.

Hadrosaurus foulkii in 1858 was discovered twenty minutes outside of town in Haddonfield, NJ. At the time it was the first intact remains of the prehistoric creature. In 1868, The Academy mounted the fossilized skeleton on display on a steel frame, a display many of us take for granted at museums all over today. This is such a special exhibit not only for its significance, but also its history originates right here.

Academy of Natural Sciences
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