Anyone have any photos of the old dino dig area from like, late 90s / early 2000s, before the remodeling that happened whenever? Possibly a broad, encompassing shot, or maybe an artistic rendition like you'd find on an info panel?
We're here today and obviously it's different, but we're reminiscing and having a bit of disagreement / Mandela effect about what the old one looked like.
Posted Jun 11, 2022, 7:52 PM UTC
Web Archive won't bring up any of the photos on the Dino Dig page, but I recall that part or all of the dig was surrounded by walls made of rock.
1 side was a fence which looked out to the parking lot, right?
That was the key part I was stuck on. It definitely gave it more of a realistic feel. Now it's got two brick walls and two open sides with a great view of.... more buildings.
I know we have pictures of my kids digging in it sometime in the late 90's during the Jurassic park exhibit. Just not sure where they are.
Ok, you gotta share if possible. I’ve been trying to find photos from that Jurassic Park exhibit. I went while I was in school and have fond memories of it. I’d love if my kids had something like that for the new Jurassic World release, but it would probably be too commercialized nowadays.
This is the only one i've found so far. I forgot they were Polaroids, so the quality is terrible.
Thats my oldest daughter (shes 31 now) and my youngest sister (shes 33) in the pic.
That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing.
I had forgotten about the multi levels
Great pic!
Call up the museum and ask about their archives. The father of one of my friends worked there for many years and he mentioned they keep photos of a lot of stuff.
How is the new building
Totally gorgeous :). Very tall inside, lots of light coming in, especially in the vestibule. There’s an outdoor water works area, Dino dig, and topiary frames shaped like dinosaurs.
Inside there’s a Dino area downstairs, and a hands-on science hall with glass-walled project rooms on each side. Gexa Energy gets its own room because they paid for a lot of it.
Upstairs they have another interactive science hall on one side and space for a traveling exhibit on the other (which is always fabulous).
The cafeteria downstairs is nice and open, but the food is just as basic as ever ;). Go around the corner and the entrance to the theater is just about the only thing that hasn’t changed!
They were having adult events on Friday evenings for a while, might be worth checking it out again!
Very open, is how I'd describe it in comparison to how I remember the old.
Someone said the perot was better?
Can't comment on that
Absolutely. However, it has infinitely more funding.
I'm curious too! If you do find them please share.
I swear it was bigger and there were more trees pre remodel.
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I can’t remember the old one, but the new one is like one of those fancy sandboxes with the molded sides and bottom. I don’t think there’s any visible plexiglass, it’s pretty cool. Metaphorically cool. Temperature-wise you’re just as likely to melt.
That's one of those things I could swear I could call up from memory, but as you've noted that way lies danger. Will be very curious to know what you're trying to find out. Did you see if maybe the Star Telegram archives might have something?