Talk:Field Museum of Natural History
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[edit] Does Sue have a head or not?
The text states that the head is too heavy to be mounted with the body, and is instead on the second floor balcony. Yet right next to that is a picture of the skeleton, head and all. So does it have head or not? The pictures below imply that there was some change made in 2005 but it's not explained in the article at all. Pimlottc 13:54, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
There is an immitation head placed on the skeleton so that the skeleton can be viewed as if in its entirety. Israelite9191 00:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
The actual skull of Sue weighs several hundred pounds, and would have necessitated an additional support column, detracting from the aethetics of the mount. Additionally, the skull was distorted severely to one side, due to being buried in the ground for 67 million years. Therefor, a mold and cast was made of the bone, the distortions were corrected, and the cast was placed on the skeleton, in May of 2000, when she was unveiled. The real skull is in a case on the balcony, so that you can view the real head up close and personally. Fossilpreparator 23:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Redirect page
Sue the dinosaur redirects here...shouldn't she have her own page? RJASE1 04:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
There is a lot of information about Sue, and she is a very important discovery, but there is not enough information on this page for Sue to have her own page. If you have more information and write it, then you could create such a page. Dylan 15:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject South Dakota addition
Added this page to the project due to Sue's discovery in South Dakota. RJASE1 04:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup
This article will require some work. The whole temporary exhibits section could be cut to one line. If people want to know the temp exhibits at any given time they can check the museum website. As it is that information is unencyclopeidic as far as I can tell.A mcmurray 03:09, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
- I am a volunteer at the museum. I will begin the cleanup process immediately. Dylan 15:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
