Bringing ancient beasts to life

Archelon, the largest turtle ever documented, flees a hungry Mosasaur, a predatory marine lizard from the Late Cretaceous, in a fossil vignette suspended over the Peabody Museum’s new Central Gallery.
Archelon, the largest turtle ever documented, flees a hungry Mosasaur, a predatory marine lizard from the Late Cretaceous, in a fossil vignette suspended over the Peabody Museum’s new Central Gallery.  (Photo by Allie Barton)

As the Yale Peabody Museum prepares to reopen, a team of specialists is helping its smaller fossil exhibits come to life.