Museum
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
13 locals recommend,
Tips from locals
Julia
February 2, 2019
The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals in the London borough of Bromley's Crystal Palace Park. Commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace after its move from the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, they were unveiled in 1854 as the first dinosaur sculptures in the world. The models were designed and sculpted by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins under the scientific direction of Sir Richard Owen, representing the latest scientific knowledge at the time.
The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals in the London borough of Bromley's Crystal Palace Park. Commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace after its move from the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, they were unveiled in 1854 as the first d…
Georgina
August 18, 2021
Lovely park for families. Easy to reach by train from Brockley station.
Alice
November 5, 2017
There are dinosaurs in the park! (I may have mentioned...)
U
April 3, 2022
Bit of outdoors exploration looking for dinosaurs!
Georgina
July 21, 2016
Victorian dinosaur sculptures around the lake!
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