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Uncle Beazley is a life-size fiberglass statue of a Triceratops by Louis Paul Jonas. [1] [2] It is located near Lemur Island [3] in the National Zoological Park (the National Zoo ) in Northwest Washington, D.C. , United States.
Jun 8, 2021 · One of Uncle Beazley’s first stops in Washington, D.C. was to Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum for its opening day. In September 1967, children were welcomed to climb on top of the fiberglass dinosaur in a vacant lot across from the Carver Theater, the Museum's first home. But Uncle Beazley wasn’t there for long.
Jul 31, 2017 · Uncle Beazley went to the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum for its opening on September 15, 1967 and was filmed for the Enormous Egg movie in 1968. Jonas made five more statues of varying heights to ...
For a slow-moving dinosaur, Uncle Beazley is widely traveled. Before coming to the Mall in the 1970s, his home was the Smithsonian's Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. In 1994, Uncle Beazley moved from the Mall to his current residence, the National Zoo. Beazley was constructed in 1967 for "The Enormous Egg" TV special that aired the next year.
Feb 16, 2011 · The "Uncle Beazley" fiberglass sculpture is placed on a flatbed truck at the National Zoo, on Feb. 16. Donated to the Smithsonian in 1967, the triceratops statue is getting a facelift after many ...
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Feb 27, 2011 · “Uncle Beazley” is named after a dinosaur in the children's book The Enormous Egg, by Oliver Butterworth, and the movie adaptation, in which the statue appeared. Louis Paul Jonas created the Zoo's Uncle Beazley statue in 1967. It was subsequently donated to the Smithsonian by the Sinclair Company.
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May 3, 2011 · "Uncle Beazley" was built by artist Louis Paul Jonas in 1967 and was later donated to the Zoo by the Sinclair Oil Company. Over the years, "Uncle Beazley" has gotten around. He made his first Mall ...
