Opened in Winter 2007, the Temerty Dinosaur Galleries in the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal display our dinosaur specimens like never before. Visitors can even catch a glimpse of some of our dinosaurs from the Lee-Chin Crystal windows overlooking Bloor Street West. This gallery, together with the Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals, occupies the entire 2nd floor of the Lee-Chin Crystal, or 1,450 square metres (15,600 sq. ft.).
The amazing irregularly-shaped galleries of the Temerty Dinosaur Galleries and the Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals boast 5.4-metre (18-foot) high ceilings to accommodate the tallest specimens. Sunshine streaming into the gallery creates a warm, light-filled space, perfect for counting all sixty teeth in a T. rex’s mouth.
And what’s more, visitors are given the opportunity to completely encircle some of the dinosaur and mammal installations, giving them a 360° view from head to tail and back again. In addition, many of these dinosaur skeletons have been installed in new, more scientifically-accurate poses.
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