Dippy the Diplodocus, a life-size plaster-of-paris replica of a Diplodocus carnegii skeleton has stormed into Coventry for a three-year stay at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum. Dippy’s popularity soared since it was gifted to the Natural History Museum by Andrew Carnegie in 1905, and it went on a UK tour from 2017 to 2021.

Dippy is on loan to the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum from the Natural History Museum collection for an initial period of three years.

Dippy, a diplodocus carnegii who lived during the Late Jurassic period. diplodocus carnegii were huge plant-eating dinosaur with a whip-like tail. Its skeletons have been found in North America, and they could grow up to 24-26 meters long and weigh approximately 15 tonnes. To put this into perspective, a London double-decker bus weighs 12 tonnes and is around 14 meters long.