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Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids

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  Mythic Creatures opens February 16.
  Credit: Mike Servedio/ANS
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  Mythic Creatures opens February 16.
  Credit: Mike Servedio/ANS
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  Mythic Creatures opens February 16.
  Credit: Mike Servedio/ANS
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  People around the world tell of water creatures that are half-fish and half-human. Mami Wata is one of the most popular—and powerful—African water spirits. See her in Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids, Feb. 16–June 9, 2019.
  © AMNH
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  While many mythic creatures are man-eating monsters or evil spirits, others, such as unicorns, are powerful and peaceful. See her in Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids, Feb. 16–June 9, 2019.
  © AMNH
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  Visitors can build their own dragon in an engaging touchscreen interactive and watch it come to life In a virtual environment.
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  This Feejee mermaid was inspired by P.T. Barnum’s hoax figure. It joins sculpture and castings from a monkey skeleton and then cast in black resin, making it appear mummified.
  © AMNH/C. Chesek
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  This kracken, a mythical sea creature maybe based on the giant squid, has enormous tentacles that appear to rise out of the floor as if surfacing from the sea.
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  Dinosaur fossils, like this Protoceratops skull may have influenced descriptions of the mythic griffin.
  © AMNH/C. Chesek
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  The Sea Monster theme in this section shows that sea creatures were a big concern for European explorers in the 1400s and 1500s.
  © AMNH

Dinosaurs Around the World 

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  Dinosaurs Around the World takes you on a dinosaur adventure and tour of an Earth very different from today. On view June 30, 2019–January 20, 2020.
  Credit: Imagine Exhibitions

Drawn to Dinosaurs

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  Drawn to Dinosaurs, opening Nov. 1, 2015, delves into the science and art of visualizing a living animal based on fragmentary fossils.
  Credit: Lauren Duguid/ANS
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  Drawn to Dinosaurs opens with a paleo artist recreating plant-eater Hadrosaurus foulkii on a giant blackboard.
  Credit: Lauren Duguid/ANS
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  Paleoartist Jason Poole sketches a detail on Haddy in Drawn To Dinosaurs.
  Credit: Lauren Duguid/ANS