Re: The Pratt Museum

["Steve Brusatte" <dinoland@lycos.com>]

On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:51:53  
 Larry Febo wrote:
>Will be travelling South to Long Island Dec 21. Amherst college is along the 
>route. Been to the website, said trackways available for study by "group 
>appointment". Question,...are there any on display without appointment? Is 
>there anything to be seen in natural setting in this region (assuming the 
>"miracle of no snow" continues...)? Do you think it worth an overnite stay 
>(ie,..is it a large museum?)  I`d really like to "take a gander" at those 
>large bird tracks...;^). Comments welcome!

Hello!

When I was there last summer I didn't have a chance to check out Hitchcock's 
cabinet because I did not have reservations (they were very hard to come by 
during the summer).  I would think that you could obtain access by contacting 
the curator.  

There is a hell of a lot to be seen naturally :-)  Snow may be a problem, but 
there, for starters, is the Mt. Tom trackway.  Philidor probably knows more, as 
he lives in the area.  I would definitely check out Weishampel and Young's book 
Dinosaurs of the East Coast.  All of the major sites, both museums and those in 
natural settings, are listed there.  

I wouldn't really recommend a night's stay unless you also want to visit the 
Peabody and want to spend a lot of time at some of the museums.  

Steve


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