Two Vancouver Island fossil museums

[Wrangellian]

You're welcome.

Both places did label their replicas as such, thankfully. The 2nd museum is the bigger of the two and I think has potential for even more displays. Both need some work on their labeling and lighting. The QBM needs a bigger space to move into but there has been none available thus far. I broached the subject of donating some of my fossils to the QBM and Graham only winced and said they have very little room. (He did say he'd accept coprolites or modern shells as he needs these for his teaching)

[fossisle]

On 2020-02-10 at 7:46 AM, FossilDAWG said:

Thanks for the tour!!  I have not (yet) been to either of those museums.

 

I'm pretty sure the mosasaur jaws in the CDM were collected by @fossisle.   BTW Tylosaurus is a type of mosasaur.  The jaws certainly are mosasaur, just what genus of mosasaur may be in question, but there is no conflict between being a mosasaur and being a Tylosaurus.  

 

Also, I think the paintings with ammonites behind the fossil exhibits might have been done by Tina Beard, an excellent artist and Graham Beard's wife.

 

Don

The paintings are by Rob Lundquist a great local artist

[FossilDAWG]

20 minutes ago, fossisle said:

The paintings are by Rob Lundquist a great local artist

I stand corrected.

 

Don

[Shamalama]

On 2/10/2020 at 3:40 AM, Wrangellian said:

Now on to the CDM in Courtenay...

This is the home of the famous Elasmosaur from the Puntledge River:

 

That is a unique and cool display of a real fossil. Not just sitting in a drawer, it's out for public view so people can see that you don't always find complete skeletons.

 

Thanks for taking us on a tour of the museums!

[Wrangellian]

On 2/16/2020 at 2:02 PM, fossisle said:

The paintings are by Rob Lundquist a great local artist

Oops, you're right.. I didn't read carefully enough and thought Don was referring to the drawing in the background of one shot from the QBM, which was one of Tina's.

 

12 hours ago, Shamalama said:

 

That is a unique and cool display of a real fossil. Not just sitting in a drawer, it's out for public view so people can see that you don't always find complete skeletons.

 

Thanks for taking us on a tour of the museums!

Yes! I think they had to put the real thing on display, as it's the big find from the area that got everyone's attention, and they would want to see the actual fossil. I'm glad they did.