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The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum
The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum
AB, Canada
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The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum
AB, Canada
Project Featured on Jul 20, 2023
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum is a world-class research and educational facility that attracts visitors to its remote location with a unique architectural experience of narratives through Alberta’s paleontological and geological history. The iconic museum is sited strategically adjacent to the Pipestone Creek Bonebed—the world’s densest dinosaur bonebed and one of five most significant bonebeds revealed in modern history. As a counter-point to traditional black box exhibit design, the architecture is integral to the visitor narrative: a reverse chronological journey from the accidental discovery of the Bonebed by a local schoolteacher, through the paleontological process of reconstructing skeletons, and an immersive experience of prehistoric earth—including the Pachyrhinosaurauas Lakustai dinosaur (the Bonebed’s major discovery). The exhibition ends with the Devonian Hall, dedicated to the pre-dinosaur world. The form and spaces of the building choreograph and reflect this narrative, and suggest the shape of the ad-hoc structures that protect archeological field work. Above ground, primary interior materials reflect things that grow on earth, while concrete on the lower, below grade level evokes the weight of earth and buried fossils. Visitors physically descend in parallel with the timeline, moving further back each time they round a sharp corner. At every opportunity, displays open out onto the paleontology labs through glass floors and windows, putting the important work of the facility on display.
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