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Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs have as their primary mission support for the conservation of the statues and their site within Crystal Palace Park. These are listed as Grade 1 monuments on English Heritage’s National Register, their highest rating, and this is a heritage site of national and international significance.
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Back to Life – our new film
The Dinosaurs inspire, and conservation work keeps these impressive Victorian sculptures vibrant and intact for future generations. We celebrate this in a new documentary short by award winning film maker… Continue reading
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Project Administrator – Palaeo Planting Project
Would you like a meaningful part-time position that transforms one of South London’s most beloved landmarks? Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are seeking an enthusiastic, well-organised person to administer the… Continue reading
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How the ‘Seven Deadly Agents of Destruction’ can help preserve the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
Liesa Brierley, Ellinor Michel, Anthony Lewis, Chris Aldhous and Lois Olmstead How the ‘Seven Deadly Agents of Destruction’ can help preserve the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs Introduction Compared to collections kept… Continue reading
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Crystal Palace Dinosaurs Conservation Open Day for October half term
On Wednesday 26 October bring the family down to Crystal Palace Park to get up close and personal with the famous Crystal Palace Dinosaurs. During major conservation works on seven… Continue reading
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Saving swimming saurians – Conservation of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Phase Two
The iconic Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are getting further specialist repair work to halt their recent perilous decline in condition. Specialist sculpture conservators have begun working on seven of the water-based… Continue reading
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How were the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs made?
By Libby Ireland, Masters in Conservation, Institute of Archaeology, University College London Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins’s magnificent creatures were clearly a time consuming and labour intensive project, but it’s not obvious… Continue reading
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