Overview
The Gallery by General Motors
The Henry Ford’s newest exhibition is equal parts delight, development and dinosaurs. Experience prehistoric animals like you’ve never seen before at Dinosaurs in Motion, where you can move or engage with 16 life-size metal dinosaurs. Delight your family by making a T. rex’s jaw open and chomp by using levers and pulleys, or make a Plesiosaur swim using a touch screen controller. Go beyond the limits of natural history and meet these metal dinosaurs inspired by real fossils and built using recycled materials. This limited-engagement exhibition is designed to be highly interactive.
Discover the art and science on display in Dinosaurs in Motion, including sketching, metalworking, biomechanics, kinetics, and the robotics that breathe life into these sculptures. Explore how your favorite dinosaurs lived and moved, including Ouranosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Diplodocus and many more. Get hands-on with innovation and have fun with this fascinating mix of engineering and sculpture.
The dinosaurs are the work of sculptor John Payne of Asheville, North Carolina, who wanted not just to create scientifically accurate sculptures of dinosaurs, but also to infuse them with kinetics and creativity. He enlisted the help of paleontologist Dr. Mark Norell to confirm the authenticity of the sculptures’ biomechanics. Watch videos about Payne’s artistic vision throughout the exhibition.
Key Experiences:
- Interact with 16 metal dinosaurs in this unique hands-on experience, great for adults and kids alike.
- Movable sculptures are Tyrannosaurus Rex, Parasaurolophus, Ouranosaurus, Gastornis (also known as Diatryma), Struthiomimus, Ornithomimus Twins, Plesiosaur, Deinonychus, Diplodocus (Juvenile), American Crow and Whooping Crane. Stationary sculptures are Pachycephalosaurus Twins, Triceratops and Ankylosaurus.
- Dinosaurs can be moved by mechanical levers or touch screen interactive panels.
- Multiple non-dinosaur-related, hands-on activity stations.
- Dinosaur gifts, games and apparel curated by The Henry Ford.
Upcoming Dates
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