[Geology2] Natural History Museum Builds "Dinosaur Hub" of West Coast

The L.A. County Natural History Museum's Dinosaur Institute is working on a new hall of Mesozoic-era bones and fossils to engage and educate children.

By SONALI KOHLI and CARY BERGLUND

KNBC-TV Los Angeles

Updated 12:30 PM PST, Thu, Jan 20, 2011

There has long been a pair of dinosaurs to greet visitors in the lobby of the Natural History Museum, but they were, paleontologically speaking, your run-of-the-mill giant prehistoric specimens.

That will change soon though, as the L.A. County Natural History Museum's Dinosaur Institute has been collecting and assembling a cast of Mesozoic-era bones and fossils to populate what they say will be the dinosaur hub of the West Coast.

The prime target for exhibit, which will open in July, is enthusiastic kids.

"We wanted to use the appeal the dinosaurs had as a vehicle for teaching about the nature of science," said Luis Chiappe, director of the Dinosaur Institute.

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