1. Tyrannosaurus rex
At 12 metres long and weighing in at seven tonnes, Tyrannosaurus
rex was an alarming sight! Our life-size cast is a towering
spectacle!
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2. Te Tuhono
Our conservation team worked closely with Maori artist George
Nuku to restore this 19th century Maori waka or canoe, named Te
Tuhono. A new acrylic stern-post is bound with the historic wood
carvings to form the centrepiece of the Facing the Sea gallery.
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3. Amethyst geode
This geode, excavated from lavas in Brazil, formed 130 million
years ago after one of the most dramatic volcanic periods in
geloogical history. Usually geodes are fist-sized or
football-sized, but this one is almost two metres high!
4. Gyroplane
David Kay and John Grieve, from Scone, designed one of the
world's first gyroplanes in 1934. The Kay Type 33/1 was the first
rotocraft to use variable incidence rotors, a feature that would be
come standard on all helicopters.
5. Mummy mask
This spectacular mummy mask from the Ptolemaic Period is made of
gilded and painted linen and plaster. It was part of the lid of a
coffin placed over the head of a mummy and dates from the 3rd or
2nd century BC.
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