The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park

The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park was a traveling exhibition based on the hit film that ran from 1993-1997 where it was succeeded by an updated version The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park The Lost World to coincide with the release of  in 1997.

Biography
Two different accounts are given for how the idea was created. One account states that Peter May, who created the replica dinosaurs inside the film's Visitor Center, suggested to Jurassic Park director Steven Spielberg the idea to create an exhibit based on the film. May recalled that Spielberg allowed this proposed exhibit as long it was "under the banner of a non-profit organization" and that the profits went to the scientific field of. Thus the proceeds went to an organization called the Dinosaur Society and the. After filming had been completed for Jurassic Park, advisor for the film Don Lessem (who was also the founder of the Dinosaur Society) asked director Steven Spielberg what was to be done with the leftover props used in the film, to which Steven replied "I don't know. You want it?" Lessem then came up with the idea of creating the exhibit as a charitable trust with profits going to the Dinosaur Society to fund dinosaur-hunting expeditions from around the world. He then enlisted Speilberg's assistant to get permission to use props from the movie for an exhibit, to which he did.

The traveling exhibit featured dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, and Struthiomimus, who filled in the role of Gallimimus from the film.