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Research
Casting
International

Creators of mounted dinosaurs and other cast specimens; experts in the art and technology of preserving the past – one skeleton at a time.

RCI Studios

A new division of Research Casting International founded with the intention of being a local and international collaborator with artists and galleries to meld science and artwork together.

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Broad Range
of Services

We provide specimen restoration, casting, mounting, exhibit fabrication and even transportation.

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We Can
Handle It!

Operating out of a newly renovated 48,000 square foot facility, we’re capable of accommodating museum exhibit projects and commissions of any size and complexity.

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Fossils
Are Fragile

Mounting priceless original fossil remains takes expertise and craftsmaship. After conservation and preparation, our expert blacksmiths and metal workers mount fossils using specialized armatures with clockwork precision.

Creative

Melding science with art. From idea to reality, we’ll deliver the dream. Innovative ideas. The more unconventional the project, the bigger the challenge.

We've mounted the largest dinosaur ever discovered, created life-size dinosaur casts from chrome and bronze. We’re confident we can provide what you need for your next project. Our artisans and technicians work with palentologists to depicts specimens in poses that are both dramatic and scientifically sound. We are problem solvers. Sometimes that means spending days in the cold and rain suspended 80 feet above the sea to create molds of the Scottish rock face. Or it can mean doing a 3d scan of a fossil in the blistering heat of the Argentina desert. What ever the challenge, we're ready.

T-rex head and upper body skeleton
NO. 0001 Tyrannosaurus Rex Skeleton Dinosaur Provincial park, Alberta

Museum Quality

Our experienced artists and craftsmen are dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the world’s most valuable paleontological specimens and artifacts.

We've created mounts and been entrusted with precious specimens from virtually every major natural history museum in the world, not to mention universities and other institutions. We've documented our builds over the years, establishing the most successful ways to mount specimens, including our innovative mounting techniques. That means we know from experience the length of time a specific dinosaur will  takes to complete. We continue to meld classic old world skills like forging and blacksmithing, with the best of new technology such as 3d scanning and printing.

Nautilus
NO. 0002 Nautilus

World Renowned

Founded in 1987 by Peter May, Research Casting International (RCI) is one of the world’s largest providers of Museum Technical Services.

When every job demands excellence, you deliver excellence. Beyond skeletal mounts, we can create full exhibits; naturalistic settings such as the  four herding Chasmosaurs defending their young  from two prowling Daspletosaurs in a Cretaceous setting at the Canadian Museum of Nature, and multiple environmental displays for the Shanghai Natural History Museum including 133 specimens of fish, corals, and invertebrates for a large coral reef and 190 specimens for a hydrothermal vent.

NO. 0002 Tricerotops
Tricerotops head

Our Clients

We work in partnership with museums and institutions throughout the world. We've built over 700 skeletons over the past 30 years. Our museum-grade facilities together with skilled artisans and technicians provide the support and expertise that have seen exhibits mounted from Japan to China, Australia to Belgium and across the Americas.

Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati, Ohio

Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural Centre

Salmiya, Kuwait

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Washington, D.C. United States

Ibaragi Education Association

Ibaragi, Japan

Iwaki City Coal and Fossil Museum

Iwaki City, Japan

King Abdulaziz Historical Centre

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

National Science Museum

Tokyo, Japan

Natural History Museum, Shimani Prefecture

Shimani, Japan

Natural History Museum, Tokai University

Tokai, Japan

Science Museum

Kanazawa, Japan

Toyohashi Museum

Toyohashi City, Japan

Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senkenberg

Frankfurt, Germany

Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität

Berlin, Germany

Natural History Museum

London, England

PaleoMuseum

Oslo, Norway

Übersee Museum

Bremen, Germany

Westfälisches Museum für Naturkunde

Münster, Germany

Auckland Museum

Auckland, New Zealand

Australian Museum

Sydney, Australia

National Dinosaur Museum

Kambera, Australia

New Zealand Museum

Wellington, New Zealand

Gifu Prefectural Museum

Gifu, Japan

Gunma Museum of Natural History

Maebashi City, Japan

Himeji City Museum

Himeji City, Japan

American Museum of Natural History

New York, New York

Arkansas State University Museum

Jonesboro, Arkansas

Buffalo Museum of Science

Buffalo, New York

Burke Museum, University of Washington

Seattle, Washington

Canadian Museum of Nature

Ottawa, Ontario

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chicago Children’s Museum

Chicago, Illinois

Cranbrook Institute of Science

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Corning Museum of Glass

Corning, New York

Dallas Museum of Natural History

Dallas, Texas

Field Museum

Chicago, Illinois

Fundy Geological Museum

Parrsboro, Nova Scotia

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Houston, Texas

Indiana State Museum

Indianapolis, Indiana

La Habra Children’s Museum

La Habra, California

London Children’s Museum

London, Ontario

Metropolitan Transit Authority

New York, New York

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

Museum of the Rockies

Bozeman, Montana

Museum of Science and Industry

Tampa, Florida

Museum of Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

National Zoological Park

Washington D.C., Washington D.C.

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Los Angeles, California

New Brunswick Museum

Saint John, New Brunswick

North Carolina Museum of Sciences

Raleigh, North Carolina

Owensboro Area Museum of Science and History

Owensboro, Kentucky

Redpath Museum, McGill University

Montreal, Quebec

Ripley’s Believe It or Not

Mexico City, Mexico

Royal Ontario Museum

Toronto, Ontario

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Drumheller, Alberta

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

Norman, Oklahoma

Universal Studios

Hollywood, California

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

University of Michigan Exhibit Museum

Ann Arbor, Michigan

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario

Walt Disney Imagineering

Glendale, California

Yukon Beringia Centre

Whitehorse, Yukon

Our Services

At Research Casting International, we are capable of creating museum exhibit projects and commissions of any size and complexity. Our experienced artists and craftsmen are dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the world’s most valuable paleontological specimens and artifacts. When it comes to working internationally, we know how to schedule around getting permits and approval for importing equipment – and dinosaurs.

Fossil Preparation,Restoration& Conservation 1 Digital Imaging & Reproduction 2 Fossil Mounting & Blacksmithing 3 Exhibit Fabrication& Rigging 4 Project Management 5 Molding & Casting 6 Cast Mounting & Finishing 7 Exhibit & SpecimenRelocation 8 Concrete,Groundwork & Rockwork 9 Sculpting 10 Foundry 11 Welding& Metal Fabrication 12
  1. Fossil Preparation, Restoration, & Conservation
  2. Digital Imaging & Reproduction
  3. Fossil Mounting & Blacksmithing
  4. Exhibit Fabrication & Rigging
  5. Project Management
  6. Molding & Casting
  1. Cast Mounting & Finishing
  2. Exhibit & Specimen Relocation
  3. Concrete, Groundwork, & Rockwork
  4. Sculpting
  5. Foundry
  6. Welding & Metal Fabrication

News

The dismantling of Sue

The Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton we know as Sue exists somewhere on the spectrum between sculpture and erector set. Sue stands in the Field Museum’s central Stanley Field Hall thanks to an armature, a metal framework, that holds in their proper place the bones discovered in the South Dakota earth in 1990.

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Heavy Heart

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Heavy Heart

March 30, 2016

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