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 Barosaurus in the world built with actual fossils.
Research Casting International (RCI) and DINOLAB have agreed upon a partnership arrangement to combine their extensive inventory of cast specimens. The combined mold inventory will be the world’s largest with over 170 skeletons and skulls of the world’s most rare paleontological finds.
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.
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