Barosaurus Display

Research Casting International was commissioned to restore and mount the Barosaurus for the Royal Ontario Museum. It is the largest dinosaur ever displayed in Canada and the only original fossil Barosaurus in the world

Brachiosaurus Display

Research Casting International was commissioned by the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany to restore and remount its famous Brachiosaurus exhibit on display in the grand atrium of the Museum.

Display Relocation

Research Casting was awarded the contract to completely dismantle and reassemble the paleontology displays at the Amherst College Museum of Natural History in addition to being responsible for moving the world renowned Hitchcock ichnology collection.

Daspletosaurs and Chasmosaurs Display

Research Casting International was commissioned to sculpt, mold, cast, paint and install seven life size fleshed-out dinosaurs for the Canadian Museum of Nature's new galleries.

Jane - Juvenile T-rex

Jane is one of the best preserved and most complete juvenile T-rex specimens in the world. Discovered in Hell Creek, Montana, Jane was collected, prepared and molded by the Burpee Museum. Research Casting International mounted the original fossil skeleton with a removable hand-forged external armature.

The Challenge: Mold and Cast Mistaken Point, 565 million year old fossil surface.

The molding and casting phase of the project involving the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, to produce life size casts that precisely replicate the surface of the rock face housing 565 million year old Ediacaran life forms is underway at Research Casting International (RCI).

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Collaborative Project Replicates 565-Million-Year-Old Fossil Surface

The Provincial Government and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), in association with Research Casting International, are pleased to announce the completion of the first phase of a joint venture to produce an exact replica of world-famous fossils at the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve.

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World Renowned in Providing Museum Technical Services

Research Casting International (RCI) is one of the world's largest providers of Museum Technical Services, which include specimen preparation, specimen restoration, specimen casting, specimen molding, specimen mounting, exhibit fabrication and exhibit moving.

RCI, founded in 1987 by Peter May and celebrating its 20th year of operation, has been commissioned to perform work for museums around the world. In that time RCI has provided hundreds of cast dinosaur, mammal and reptile skeletons.

RCI operates out of a new 45,000 square foot, state of the art facility that can accommodate dinosaur, mammal and reptile fossil restoration, casting and mounting commissions and other museum exhibit projects of any size and complexity.

In partnership with DINOLAB, the company's catalog of cast skeletons and skulls of dinosaurs, mammals and reptiles includes over 170 specimen available to be cast in a variety of materials, including bronze, and professionally mounted.

The company maintains a full complement of experienced craftsmen and artists who are dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the world's rarest paleontological specimens and artifacts.