This afternoon I went to the Rochester Museum and Science Center on a sketching assignment. I can’t say I was terribly happy with my progress for the assignment, but I did enjoy wandering around the museum. It’s been quite a few years since I’ve been there. The mastodon exhibit is quite something. About 15 years ago or so, mastodon bones were found in a field not far from Rochester. My neighbor is a palentologist, and the Director of Collections at the museum. He was responsible for the excavation of the skeleton. After it was completed, he came to talk to my fifth graders who were absolutely fascinated by his experience—and the bones he brought to show them!
I just had my iPhone with me, and couldn’t get a good zoom in of the skeleton, but was more successful with the model Mastodon across the way.
The two men walking by the exhibit give a good sense of the size of the mastodon.
It’s hard to imagine a herd of mastodons roaming about in this area, but indeed, they did.
Head over to Helena’s blog for more Zoom In, Zoom Out photos!
yes stretches my imagination to think of beasts this size wandering past
Certainly is a size.In London’s Natural History Museum they have a tyrannasaurus skeleton…..absolutely massive.
Great photos and no I don’t think I want to meet this chap!
Looks like a fascinating exhibition I do like palaeontology. We went to the mammoth exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London – amazing sizes. Hard to believe that London had hippos once too…
These are fantastic pictures. I love how you have shown the scale and a little bit of the greenery. I had a real sense of what it was like at the exhibition with these atmospheric photos
oh my! Immediately made me think of the Wooly Mammoth bones that Ian found in the sixth book of the Outlander series. I’ve been reading quite a bit while trying to mend and can only imagine what this land was like in the time of creatures like the Mastadon.
Wow – that’s huge! I bet that was exciting for your students to see & hear about – how FUN that you know the Director. (I was hoping to see some of that sketching assignment!?!) 🙂
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