Boston Museum of Science -> SAVE CLIFF the Triceratops

[0thebigwytec5]

Hi guys,

I got an email from the Boston Museum of Science telling me that Cliff the Triceratops might be leaving the museum. The museum has the opportunity to keep Cliff if they can raise $850,000 by June 30th. I am unsure if that is a reasonable goal, but I know that I will be pledging some support.

Each time I go to the museum (which is about once a month), Cliff is the first exhibit that I visit.

I thought that I would post it here in case anyone else can offer some support.

http://www.mos.org/keepcliff?_bta_tid=3.dTM.B5IDFw.Ffmy.ATzbxg..AojHVg.b..s.Agd4.b.VLWVcQ.VLWVcQ.uQsALQ&_bta_c=9vt2qk2od67qcuhs19koj5zas2m8g



Edit: Thought I should add some pics that I took of Cliff

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

It's an awesome looking mount! Whew a lot to raise though..hopefully a generous benefactor will step in with the brunt of it. It's a shame museums can't get more funding than sports teams. :/

[stargatedalek]

Its the sad truth of reality that a lot of countries don't make as much money as sports teams do

A very impressive looking mount for sure, I hope they can reach their goal.

[Georassic]

BMOS has had funding issues in the past several years, I've heard.

[triceratops83]

What happens to him - a private buyer? Or does he go back to a museum in North Dakota? I don't know how these things work. And yes, I detest the fact that museums don't get enough funding, but meat heads can get paid millions of dollars to play with balls.

[0thebigwytec5]

The way that I understood it when the museum first got Cliff, was that an anonymous benefactor had bought Cliff and donated it to the museum. Apparently that wasn't the case as they are now saying that the benefactor was just loaning Cliff to the museum.

Man, I hope that some rich person will donate most of the money. I'd love for Cliff to stay in Boston. Without Cliff, their dinosaur section is a bit weak, but we still have the life size T-Rex made by Dan LoRusso

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

The way that I understood it when the museum first got Cliff, was that an anonymous benefactor had bought Cliff and donated it to the museum. Apparently that wasn't the case as they are now saying that the benefactor was just loaning Cliff to the museum.

Man, I hope that some rich person will donate most of the money. I'd love for Cliff to stay in Boston. Without Cliff, their dinosaur section is a bit weak, but we still have the life size T-Rex made by Dan LoRusso

Would be great if Dan could sculpt them a 1:1 Triceratops to go with Chad...just tossing it out there.

[Derek.McManus]

It is a very impressive mount...my six year old son Aaron would love it...triceratops is his favourite dinosaur...he has three already. There is a composite mount from two individuals on display in Belfast museum which I took him to see and he recognised it straight away.

I hope that Cliff can be saved.

[LophoLeeVT]

cliff

[0thebigwytec5]

Just a bit of an update.

I was at the museum today and it is not looking good for Cliff. To date, it looks like the museum has only been able to raise about $350,000. Unfortunately, that is not even half of what needs to be raised. The deadline to come up with the $850,000 is June 30th. I really hope that some rich people will donate the money...I really don't want to see Cliff leave :/

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Maybe with the funds raised they can get a cast of it?

[Mamasaurus]

A lovely mount, and a real shame that the museum is having trouble obtaining the funds to keep him.  Blade does have an excellent point though. Perhaps they can purchase a cast replica of a triceratops. It's not the same, but it would be far better than not having one there.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Sometimes you have to make do with what you have.

Taylor Made sells a Trike cast for 75-80,000.  http://www.angelfire.com/mi/dinosaurs/dinosaurs_triceratops.html

I mentioned it before but it would also be cool to have a full sized fleshed out one to pair with Chad. hint, Dan, hint.

[0thebigwytec5]

Yeah, I am really unsure of what the museum plans on doing if they cannot raise the funds to keep Cliff.


In other news, I thought I would post this pic of Dan's T-Rex (and you can see Cliff behind him). I can't believe they gave him a number to run the Boston Marathon:

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Hey he can certainly out run them..right? If not he snack until he gets there..talk about inspiration to MOVE! lol

[Tyto_Theropod]

Like running a race against moving cupcakes! 

[laticauda]

People like to wait to the last minute to donate, not to be overly opportunistic , but I'm sure that Cliff will stay. 

[0thebigwytec5]

Got another email from the museum today, letting me know that they have raised a little more than half of the money for Cliff (about $444,000).

They have about another month to raise the rest.

*crossing fingers*


http://www.mos.org/keepcliff

[Derek.McManus]

I hope the fund raising for Cliff is going well!

[Brachiosaurus]

I hope the fund raising for Cliff is going well!

They are keeping him, but even with him the dinosaur area is abysmal, it has only three skeletons, cliff, another triceratops, a model of a compsognathus skeleton, and a skull of Tyranosaurus and giganontosaurus, and the trex model and 2 nyktosaurus models