Synthetic Amber with Trapped Insect from Jurassic Park

Synthetic Amber with Trapped Insect from Jurassic Park

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Description (Brief)
Prop amber used in the 1993 film Jurassic Park. In the film, scientist and entrepreneurs open a wildlife theme park and preserve and use cutting edge genetics to breed and grow dinosaurs, which escape and cause havoc in the park. The ancient mosquito encased in amber and the dinosaur blood the mosquito would have sucked on, became an early source of DNA that is spliced and cloned to eventually breed a real dinosaur.
Although fictional, the film brought to life the rapid advances of genetic sciences but also stoked the publics fear of what this new science, if kept unchecked, would have on the world.
Object Name
Synthetic Amber
date made
1993
Physical Description
resin (overall material)
plaster (overall material)
resin, plastic, paint, plastic (overall material)
molded (overall production method/technique)
geoligcal (overall shape)
Measurements
average spatial: 5.1 cm x 7.6 cm x 14.6 cm; 2 in x 3 in x 5 3/4 in
overall: 5 3/4 in x 3 in x 2 in; 14.605 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm
ID Number
1993.0428.01
catalog number
1993.0428.01
accession number
1993.0428
Credit Line
Gift of MCA, Universal City Studios, Inc.
subject
Motion Pictures
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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
Exhibition
Entertainment Nation
Exhibition Location
National Museum of American History
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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