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During this time, collection visits will be available by appointment and other special access requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.Ìý
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The Museum's Triceratops at SEEC
Triceratops returns to ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä campus, bigger and better than ever!
¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder is now home to a full-scale Triceratopsskeleton cast! This replica of the first mounted Triceratopsin the world is based on bones from 10 different specimens of Triceratops horridus, collected in Wyoming in the early 1890s. Ìý
Dedicated visitors of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History will remember the recent departure of the Triceratopsskull, on loan for 41 years from the Smithsonian Institution.ÌýThe University of Colorado Boulder is excited to announce that, in exchange, the Smithsonian generously gifted their historic Triceratopshorridus fossil skeleton cast to the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Museum. Ìý Ìý
Thanks to one of ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä’s paleontologists, Dr. Jaelyn Eberle, and a range of staff across campus puzzling on its placement, the Triceratopsskeleton is now on display in the atrium entryway of the building, located on ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä’s East Campus.
Image credit: (above) Struthiomimus and Triceratops, Douglas Henderson, pastel on paper, 1999. From the children's book, Asteroid Impact, 2000.Ìý
The Triceratops cast is on display in the atrium of the SEEC building on East Campus.Ìý
Learn about when Triceratops roamed Colorado andÌýa case of mistaken identity.Ìý
The cast on display is made from ten different Triceratops specimens.
The Triceratops' history at the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian, and SEEC. Ìý