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BRINGING DINOSAURS TO LIFE: INNOVATION AT THE WORLD MUSEUM
This summer, visitors to National Museums Liverpool’s World Museum have been treated to a truly prehistoric experience, thanks to an exciting partnership with immersive technology studio Draw & Code. As part of the museum’s Dino Takeover, the new Draw-A-Dino installation is transforming how families engage with exhibitions by letting children see their very own dinosaur drawings spring to life.
The concept is as simple as it is exciting: Visitors sketch a dinosaur, scan their artwork, and then watch as their creation hatches on screen, stomping through a digitally animated landscape. In moments, imagination is translated into motion, merging traditional creativity with cuttingedge animation technology.
For Draw & Code, the installation marks another milestone in a growing portfolio of experiences that blend storytelling, technology, and play. Following international successes such as Mission: Sketch at Space Center Houston, bringing dinosaurs to life in Liverpool represents both a proud homecoming and a showcase of the city region’s innovation ecosystem. Collaboration has been central to making Draw-A-Dino possible. National Museums Liverpool’s openness to experimentation and boundary-pushing partnerships enabled Draw & Code to bring its Sketch & Scan technology to a mainstream cultural venue. For the museum, it offers a chance to connect with new generations of visitors through fresh, interactive methods that enhance learning and inspire wonder. The response has been extraordinary. Hundreds of dinosaurs are being drawn and hatched each day, with both children and adults captivated by the experience. Families are not just observing history they are co-creating it, contributing their own designs to a living, evolving exhibition.
