Jurascope, 2007

Museum of Natural History, Berlin, Germany

In the per­ma­nent ex­hi­bi­tion at Berlin’s Mu­seum of Nat­ural His­tory, seven Juras­copes — two of them bar­rier-free —  show how di­nosaurs lived in the Juras­sic.

When vis­i­tors enter the hall, at first they will see the im­pres­sive skele­tons. The Juras­copes are lo­cated at two po­si­tions in the di­nosaur hall, where all skele­tons are clearly vis­i­ble. By turn­ing the Juras­cope, vis­i­tors can choose a di­nosaur and start the an­i­ma­tion: one after the other inner or­gans, mus­cles, and skin will ap­pear. Then the an­i­mal is brought to its nat­ural habi­tat and starts mov­ing, feed­ing and hunt­ing there. Some of the an­i­mals are on their own, oth­ers in con­tact with fel­lows or en­e­mies.

Sounds from the en­vi­ron­ment and the an­i­mal it­self con­tribute to the ex­pe­ri­ence. Each se­quence lasts around 30 sec­onds, then the di­nosaur moves back to its for­mer po­si­tion, freezes and is once more a skele­ton in the hall.

Juras­copes are a joint de­vel­op­ment of ART+COM and WALL AG.