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(online only) Culture at risk: Crystal Palace Park – a virtual tour with a London Blue Badge Tourist Guide

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18 Ensign street, E1 8JD

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Nearest tube: Aldgate East
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Explore the world's first dinosaur models hidden in a south London park. The 30 Grade I listed, life-size statues of dinosaurs and other extinct animals at Crystal Palace Park that have thrilled visitors for 166 years.

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Sunday 27th

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  • Culture at risk: Crystal Palace Park – a virtual tour with a London Blue Badge Tourist Guide at 11am (Virtual tour) (Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/94754602994?pwd=dWtLM3JHQXJtSWhWRUJHMENhYnFKdz09 Meeting ID: 947 5460 2994 Passcode: BBG11)

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Unknown, 2020
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Historical/contemporary

  • Longer description

    Explore the world's first dinosaur models hidden in a south London park. The 30 Grade I listed, life-size statues of dinosaurs and other extinct animals at Crystal Palace Park that have thrilled visitors for 166 years. However, they are now in danger and have recently been added to Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register.

    Led by Aaron Hunter who is an academic and palaeontologist.

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