2005 (Sep. 6 – Dec. 30)

Description: An exhibit of this magnitude is extremely rare in a public library. Project Exploration’s GIANTS offers a glimpse of what the dinosaur world was like in Africa more than 100 million years ago - and what it takes to search for fossils in one of the harshest environments on Earth. Towering dinosaur skeletons, touchable fossils, life-sized flesh models, and riveting documentaries bring the art and science of Africa’s dinosaurs to life. Featured: Five life-sized African dinosaur cast skeletons and a human skeleton; Skeletal and flesh reconstructions of an African pterosaur; Nearly 50 associated fossils, casts, and models; “Touch Gallery” of skulls and fossils; A 33-foot-high, 60-foot-long rearing plant eater, Jobaria; Suchomimus, a T-rex-sized fish-eater; Carcharodontosarus skull and flesh model; Self-guide tour materials; Lecture by Dr. Paul Sereno, November 4.