The sale to Abu Dhabi of a British collection of 318 fossils from the Lower Jurassic exposed the tensions between heritage, market and legislation. While European museums lose purchasing capacity, dinosaurs enter the circuits of luxury tourism and well-being. In China, in addition, industrial manufacturing of replicas made prehistoric creatures a global export product.
The sale to Abu Dhabi of a British collection of 318 fossils from the Lower Jurassic exposed the tensions between heritage, market and legislation. While European museums lose purchasing capacity, dinosaurs enter the circuits of luxury tourism and well-being. In China, in addition, industrial manufacturing of replicas made prehistoric creatures a global export product.