Re: Field Museum "Life Over Time" Renovation

[Danvarner@aol.com]

 ralph.miller@alumni.usc.edu (Dino Guy Ralph) writes:

<< The "Life Over Time" exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago is being
renovated, and the revamped exhibit, which will include a mount of
_Rapetosaurus krausei_ among other things, should open in May 2006.  See
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/dinozone/dinozone.html for concept artwork and
information.  It's about time.  "Life Over Time" is over a decade old!  %^) >>

       Well, it seems as all that time was well invested as it appears that 
ALL of Chas.R.Knight's "Sistine Chapel of Paleontology" murals will be restored 
and put back on display (see www.charlesrknight.com and 
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/dinozone/gallery2.html). A gutsy move by the Field, 
as the science has 
progressed beyond Knight in many instances, but the beauty and power of his art 
will live on at least for a while longer. Natural history museum art is an 
endangered species, we owe the Field Museum our thanks. DV