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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1970
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A giant paper mache hog will
soon replace an old fossil
dinosaur as the centerpiece of
the State Museum's west
gallery.
Stegosaurus, the displaced
dinosaur, is being moved to a
new exhibit on the Museum's
second floor. It will join the
remains of two allosaurs (meat
eating dinosaurs), a plesiosaur,
a mosasaur and several other
fossils.
The new gallery, which will
be glass-enclosed, "should
present a more meaningful
display for school groups and
other museum visitors," ac
cording to museum director C
Bertrand Schultz.
Schultz said the Stegosaurus
has been with the museum for
almost 20 years. It was ac
quired from a Pittsburgh
museum in what Schultz called
a "horse trade' the dinosaur
in exchange for a camel and a
three-toed horse. The fossil was
originally excavated in Utah
during the early 1900's.
Museum preparators Karen
Kreycik and Charles Messinger
have been moving the fossil for
about two weeks. The exhibit
has metal bracing and comes
apart in sections. Messinger
noted that some sections were
quite heavy. The pelvic area,
though only about three feet
long, weighs in at 700 pounds. It
was taken upstairs bodily by
five men. Other pieces, like the
ribs, come off separately.
Messinger also built the
angle iron frame for the exhibit
which will replace the
Stegosaurus a three
dimensional model of a huge
hog which roamed Nebraska in
pre-historic days.
The hog display is being
funded by Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Behlen. It will be sculptured in
paper mache over Messenger's
iron frame. When finished it
will join fossil mamouths,
mastodons and camels from
Nebraska as major features on
the main floor.
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