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| London visitors' last chance to see Dippy ahead of tour | London visitors' last chance to see Dippy ahead of tour |
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| A museum's famous 112-year-old dinosaur is set to leave London for a national tour. | A museum's famous 112-year-old dinosaur is set to leave London for a national tour. |
| Dippy the diplodocus, a 70ft long (21.3m) plaster-cast sauropod replica made up of 292 bones, is set to leave the Natural History Museum in Kensington later this year. | Dippy the diplodocus, a 70ft long (21.3m) plaster-cast sauropod replica made up of 292 bones, is set to leave the Natural History Museum in Kensington later this year. |
| A six-person team will start a three-and-a-half week task of dismantling of Dippy on Thursday. | A six-person team will start a three-and-a-half week task of dismantling of Dippy on Thursday. |
| He is being moved as the museum is having a front-of-house makeover. | He is being moved as the museum is having a front-of-house makeover. |
| Dippy's spot is being taken by the skeleton of an 83ft (25.2m) female blue whale, weighing 4.5 tonnes. | Dippy's spot is being taken by the skeleton of an 83ft (25.2m) female blue whale, weighing 4.5 tonnes. |
| She will take up position in a diving pose as she is suspended from the ceiling of the hall. | She will take up position in a diving pose as she is suspended from the ceiling of the hall. |
| The whale is also more than 100 years old but - unlike Dippy - she is not a cast. | The whale is also more than 100 years old but - unlike Dippy - she is not a cast. |
| On Thursday, construction will also begin on a tunnel to protect visitors during the dismantling of Dippy. | On Thursday, construction will also begin on a tunnel to protect visitors during the dismantling of Dippy. |
| This tunnel will take three to four days to build and will almost totally obscure Dippy from view. | This tunnel will take three to four days to build and will almost totally obscure Dippy from view. |
| Parts of Dippy will be cleaned and repaired ahead of the two-year tour. | Parts of Dippy will be cleaned and repaired ahead of the two-year tour. |
| The tour will start in 2018, with Dorset County Museum set to be the first stop from February to May. | The tour will start in 2018, with Dorset County Museum set to be the first stop from February to May. |
| The Dippy story | The Dippy story |