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BBC News
3 days ago
- Science
- BBC News
Birmingham prehistoric giants exhibition set for summer opening
An exhibition featuring life-sized 3D models and partial skeletons of giant prehistoric animals will open this developed by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, will display animals that roamed the Earth after the extinction of the dinosaurs 66m years them will be the Otodus megalodon, known as the mightiest shark of all time, the woolly mammoth, and the Gigantopithecus blacki – an Asian primate the size of about three exhibition will open at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on 2 August before travelling to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh in January. Visitors will be able to learn about the processes behind palaeontology, including the methods around fossil discovery and said there would also be immersive projections to transport audiences the natural habitat of the colossal lifeforms. 'Inspiring installation' They said the exhibition served as a "poignant reminder of nature's fragility" and the urgent need to protect Mensah and Sara Wajid, co-chief executives of Birmingham Museums Trust, said the "inspiring installation" captured the imagination with its "monumental scale" and delivered a vital message about Nick Fraser, keeper of natural sciences at National Museums Scotland, said the exhibition helped to shine a light on creatures which existed in the "relatively neglected" period since the dinosaurs' extinction. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
New exhibition of GIANT prehistoric animals coming to UK
A museum exhibition featuring skeletons and models of giant prehistoric animals is heading to Birmingham and will be able to get up close with six enormous 3D models and five nearly complete skeletons of life-sized ancient creatures - including a woolly mammoth, a megalodon shark and an ancient primate which was said to be three times the size of an will also be encouraged to step into the shoes of palaeontologists and biologists to interact with the scientific processes behind fossil discovery and purpose of the exhibition is to highlight the threat of extinction facing modern 'giant' animals, like elephants, rhinoceroses and whales and the "urgent need" to protect endangered species. The team behind the Giants exhibition say it will take visitors back 66 million years and bring them right up until the present day, immersing them in the natural habitats of previous giant species using huge Mensah and Sara Wajid, co-chief executives of Birmingham Museums Trust, said: "This inspiring installation not only captures the imagination with its monumental scale but also delivers a vital message about sustainability and our shared responsibility to protect the planet."The models are made of a metal structure covered by recycled felt panels which can be recycled exhibition will begin in August in Birmingham, before continuing to Edinburgh in January 2026. Who are the GIANTS? The Megalodon was a massive sea creature, similar to a great white shark. For millions of years, they were the number one predator in the world and grew up to 25 metres and had enormous teeth that grew up to 18 centimetres long. A woolly mammoth was a member of the elephant family. These grew up to over three metres tall and weighed up to over 8,000 for the snake lovers - a titanoboa roamed the Earth over 58 million years ago and would grow to more than 14 metres long. They weighed more than a tonne and could swallow a crocodile in one go!Another amazingly huge creature was the megatherium. It is an extinct species of giant ground sloth. It's scientific name, megatherium americanum, means 'great beast from America'. They were up to 10 times the size of modern sloths reaching weights of up to four tonnes.
BBC News
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Street food pop-up comes to Blakesley Hall
One of Birmingham's oldest buildings will host a street food evening next Dining Club (DDC) will hold the pop-up event on 27 June in the grounds of Blakesley Hall, a Grade-II listed Tudor farmhouse in has previously held pop-ups at Midlands landmarks such as Warwick Castle and the Black Country Living Hall, built in 1590, is steeped in history according to the Birmingham Museums Trust. DDC said it had partnered with the trust, which looks after nine museums on behalf of the city council, in order to put on the runs an annual summer tour of pop-up events across the Midlands, with more than 40 events planned for this year so far. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
