Manchester/Scotland 2025 - Manchester Museum Dinosaur Collection

 

I saved the best exhibition hall for last, and that is the Dinosaur hall! And I wasn't disappointed either. Although the collection was small, the main central piece was stunning! It made me felt like I was in a scene from The Night at the Museum. I was kinda surprised that there weren't more people here. Perhaps dinosaurs were pretty common in western museums? 

So here is the main piece. I think it's a T-rex from the built of it. And his name is Stan. Google says he is a cast, so perhaps just a replica? So although Stan is a replica, there are other real dinosaur's remains at the museum. 

But whether it's a replica or not, I was still fascinated by it. I always thought T-Rex were smaller.... This one was huge! And his posture looked like he was walking inside the museum hall itself, which made it kinda life like.

Here is the front view of Stan, doesn't he look like he is walking? 

Apart from Stan, April was the other dinosaur that was quite famous here. April is a complete real skeleton remain, and I guess it should be more famous than Stan who is a replica! If you search dinosaur of Manchester Museum, April would appear as the main star. But due to the size of it, I guess everyone likes a T-rex better :P

They also have dinosaur eggs on display, which wasn't very impressive cause they just looked like bird eggs. But it's cool they have them. The potential of cloning these to become the real thing! That alone made this special :P

They also have just a very limited asteroid on display. Compare to the Natural Science Museum in London that has a whole hall of rare rocks, this was a rather small collection. But asteroids are still cool in my book! Imagine, something from outer space! Seriously, I don't know why people don't visit the museums more and be fascinated by all these things! It's almost as closed as you'll ever get to a real life alien!

To end our museum visit blog, here is me with a selfie with Stan :)