Paradise welcomes Dippy to the City
Paradise Birmingham has welcomed Dippy the Diplodocus to the city after he arrived for a three and a half month visit to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
As one of the regional sponsors of Dippy on Tour, A National History Adventure, Paradise Birmingham is proud to support the dinosaur’s visit to the Midlands as part of his two year, eight location tour of the UK.
Dippy will be on display at the Gas Hall at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery every day until 9 September and is expected to be one of the museum’s most popular temporary exhibitions ever with over 20,000 visitors during May half term alone.
As one of the regional sponsors of Dippy on Tour, Paradise Birmingham is proud to support the dinosaur’s visit.
Dippy on Tour has been brought to Birmingham by the Natural History Museum is partnership with Garfield Weston Foundation and supported by Dell EMC and Williams and Hill.
Dippy is the famous Natural History Museum skeleton that has delighted visitors since it was first put on display in 1905. Diplodocus lived during the Jurassic period from 160-150 million years ago and were one of the largest animals that have ever lived. The full skeleton cast is an impressive 21.3 metres long, 4.3 metres wide and 4.25 metres high.
Visitors can pre-book tickets directly on the museum’s and there are also a number of walk-up tickets available each day. More pre-bookable tickets have recently been released by the museum.
The Birmingham display helps tell the evolutionary story of dinosaurs and shows the link between dinosaurs and today’s birds. Natural History Museum scientist Arkhat Abzhanov says: “There are around 10,000 species of dinosaurs alive today. They are hugely successful and as different as night-hunting owls, speedy ostriches and diving ducks.
“While he’s in Birmingham, Dippy will find out how scary and scaly dinosaurs evolved into modern birds and the evidence for this change. He’ll also explore the secrets of birds’ success and what they can teach us about the extinct dinosaurs.”
Gum Kenth, manager of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, said:
Building partnerships with our sponsors, especially our neighbours at Paradise, is an important part of our commercial approach. We’re glad we’ve been able to build upon our excellent existing relationship with the team at Paradise Birmingham and appreciate their on-going support and interest in the work of the museum and our audiences.
Caroline Rudge, project director for Argent, Development Managers of Paradise Birmingham, said:
“Sponsoring Dippy on his visit to Birmingham has given us the ideal opportunity to support our closest neighbour, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. We’re proud of our links with one of the city’s leading cultural icons and trust this will be a rewarding approach to the benefit of everyone involved.”
At 1.8 million square feet, Paradise Birmingham will deliver up to ten new flagship buildings, offering offices, shops, bars, cafés and restaurants along with a four star hotel, across 17 acres in the heart of Birmingham.
The Paradise redevelopment is being brought forward through Paradise Circus Limited Partnership (PCLP), a private-public joint venture with Birmingham City Council and sits in the country’s largest city centre Enterprise Zone.
