Lambeosaurus skull cast leaves Medicine Hat library on Sept. 24
The fossil cast has drawn families, school groups and dinosaur enthusiasts to the Medicine Hat Public Library for the past year as part of a province-wide museum program.
A Lambeosaurus skull cast on loan to the Medicine Hat Public Library for the past 12 months will be removed on Sept. 24 and returned to the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology. The display was part of the museum's Pop-Ups program, launched last year to mark its 40th anniversary, which sent exhibits to 10 libraries across Alberta.
The cast is modelled on a nearly complete Lambeosaurus skeleton discovered in the 1930s at a dig site near Manyberries, about 70 kilometres south of Medicine Hat. Lambeosaurus was a large duck-billed hadrosaur that lived roughly 74.4 to 76.5 million years ago, and was named after paleontologist Dr. Lawrence Lambe.
Library staff say the exhibit proved popular from the day it arrived, drawing families and school classes for close-up viewings. It later became part of the library's annual Dinovember programming, with class visits continuing into 2026 and individual visitors making special trips to see the display.
Chris Brown, the library's head of marketing and community engagement, thanked Royal Tyrrell Museum staff for including the library in the anniversary celebrations, noting that dinosaur fans of all ages were still gathering at the display case even a year after it arrived.
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