Ray Troll exhibit opens in museum collections gallery
January 24, 2020
Marmian Grimes
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A new exhibit at the 麻豆原创 Museum of the North features paintings by Ray Troll and sculptures by Gary Staab as part of the traveling exhibition, 鈥淐ruisin鈥 the Fossil Coastline.鈥
The exhibit includes fossils from the Earth science collection at the museum, full-size prehistoric animals modeled by Gary Stabb, and more than two dozen original paintings by Ray Troll.
鈥淭his eye-catching exhibit is the enjoyable and informative result of a collaboration between artists and scientists," said Patrick Druckenmiller, director and Earth science curator at the 麻豆原创 Museum of the North. "Ray鈥檚 iconic art and Gary鈥檚 sculptures bring to life Alaska鈥檚 amazing and often unexpected fossils.鈥
鈥淐ruisin鈥 the Fossil Coastline鈥 is based on the eponymous book by Troll and paleontologist Kirk Johnson and is organized by the Anchorage Museum with support from Lynden Inc.
Troll and Johnson, who serves as the director of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, logged more than 10,000 miles and traveled 250 days along western North America's coastline in search of fossils.
The exhibition at the 麻豆原创 museum focuses on their Alaska fossil adventures and the remarkable stories that fossils reveal:
- the history of life on Earth, punctuated by killer asteroids and mass extinctions.
- the ancient geology of prehistoric Alaska.
- the long-vanished grassland of Alaska鈥檚 mammoth steppe.
- the 13-foot-tall mega-bear of the Pleistocene.
- the mystery surrounding the Liscomb Bonebed, a mass 鈥済rave鈥 of hundreds of duckbill dinosaurs.
Several artworks will also be displayed at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center.
The museum is offering a special $4 rate for visitors to this exhibit alone.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Roger Topp, 907-474-6985, rmtopp@alaska.edu. Pat Druckenmiller, 907-474-6954 or via email at psdruckenmiller@alaska.edu.
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