Drumheller is once again on the international stage, this time in Canada House at the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom.
In the Alberta Room sits a cast of an Albertosaurus skull, courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum.
“We have something so unique here, I really love the idea of being able to highlight that,” said Lisa Making director of Exhibits and Communications at the Royal Tyrrell Museum.
Making explains that a few years ago she was in London for a Canadian tourism event, representing the Tyrrell as a Canadian Signature Experience.
“The museum has been a Signature Experience for about four or five years,” she explains. “They brought a few of us over there so we could become more familiar with the British tourism market as well as the European market.”
Part of the event was at Canada House in Trafalgar Square. There was discussion about the renovations to the facility, and how each room would be themed to each province highlighting art and design from that province.
“I thought, you can’t have an Alberta Room without an Albertosaurus,” she said.
She returned home and pitched the idea to her colleagues. They were enthusiastic, and sent the cast of the skull to Canada House. It was recently put on display and is on loan for 10 years.
The display reads, “Albertosaurus sarcophagus was the largest predator in Alberta, 73-70 million years ago. First discovered by geologist J. B. Tyrrell in 1884 while surveying the Red Deer River valley area, this 2500 kg killing machine was named in 1905, the same year Alberta became a province.
“The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, operated by the Government of Alberta, is located in the rugged Alberta badlands. It features one of the largest displays of dinosaur fossils in the world.”
“Some of the most expensive real estate in the world is in Trafalgar Square, so it is in a really good location,” she said.
