All the places you can visit Dippy the Diplodocus
A guide to the many places you can find the famous dinosaur Dippy the Diplodocus, and the history of its duplicate casts around the world.
Dippy is a celebrity dinosaur, a beautiful and imposing specimen of the species Diplodocus carnegeli, one of the awe-inspiring giant long-necked sauropods. But what might surprise regular museum goers around the world who feel they know Dippy intimately, is that there are many copies of this beloved and impressive creature, each hosted in different institutions across the globe.
Only one of these is “real”, the rest are casts, most often in plaster. But the feeling of meeting this amazing dinosaur is no less spectacular wherever you see it. I’ve visited Dippy in eight different locations myself already, and am never anything less than amazed by how impressive this beautiful and magnificent creature is. Seeing Dippy in different locales you are also rewarded with spectacular collections of other dinosaurs displays surrounding it (not to mention whatever else each museum hosts), plus the unique experiences of varied architectural settings, and little history in dinosaur physiology too. So where can you find Dippy? All these places:
