Dinosaurs of China Information Event 2

Dinosaur news

In Summer 2017, The University of Nottingham in partnership with Nottingham City Council will bring a world exclusive dinosaur exhibition, never before seen outside of Asia, to Wollaton Hall and Nottingham Lakeside Arts.

The exhibition will be open from the beginning of July to the end of October 2017, during which period over 100,000 visitors are expected. Join us on 26 January for the latest updates on this unique project, including the opportunities it can offer you in terms of public engagement, knowledge exchange and research impact.

Agenda

• 12:30 - 12:50
Updated overview of the exhibition and the ways in which other academics are getting involved with the project

• 12:50 - 13:00
Q&A

• 13:00 - 13:30
Light lunch and informal discussion time to explore engagement and collaboration opportunities

More about the exhibition

This important collection of dinosaur fossils will be on loan from the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology (IVPP) in Beijing and the Long Hao Institute of Geology and Palaeontology Inner Mongolia.

The exhibition will feature a variety of giant skeletons as well as smaller bird-like dinosaurs and will tell the newly-understood story of how birds evolved from dinosaurs. Recently-discovered specimens that have until now only been shown in China, will be accessible in the UK for the first time. Specimens will include Gigantoraptor, the largest bird-like dinosaur ever found (featured on the BBC’s documentary series Planet Dinosaur), and Yi qi, the bat-like flying dinosaur discovered as recently as 2015.

Dinosaurs of China is expected to attract around 100,000 UK and overseas visitors to Wollaton Hall and 20,000 visitors to Nottingham Lakeside Arts. The exhibition is exclusive to Nottingham and will not be seen anywhere else in the UK. As such, it has already secured significant media and public interest with press coverage on BBC East Midlands News, Central ITV News, BBC Radio Nottingham and the Nottingham Post.