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The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park exhibit first debuted shortly after the film's release in 1993. The Exhibit was a traveling one and it featured
props from Jurassic Park as well as dinosaurs and various other information
about the film and it's prehistoric stars. The exhibit featured Compsognathus,
Triceratops, Gallimimus, Tyrannosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Dilophosaurus,
and Velociraptor. The exhibit also featured skeletal replicas of other
dinosaurs as well and even a size comparison of Struthiomimus with Gallimimus, as there was no large scale model used for the Gallimimus. The exhibit
traveled until after The Lost World: Jurassic Park was released, and then it became known as "The Dinosaurs of The Lost World and Jurassic Park." This exhibit had the same flair, though more under the guidance of Dr. Don Lessem, and Jeff Goldblum was gracious enough to provide acting
and narration for the exhibit as well. The new form of the exhibit first
appeared in San Diego, California and later traveled all across the
United States until it left the country. This exhibit featured Compsognathus,
Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Triceratops, Pachycephalosaurus, Stegosaurus,
and the first full-scale Mamenchisaurus. After the exhibit left the country it found its home in Japan under the name of "The Jurassic Park Institute Tour." This tour is one of the most impressive in
Japan and features some of the best animatronics for dinosaurs such
as Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and Ankylosaurus. It is
unknown whether this exhibit will return to the United States as it
is by far one of the most impressive pieces started by the Jurassic
Park film franchise. The exhibits helped educate the country and now
the world about dinosaurs, paleontology, and the Jurassic Park films.
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