As I mentioned at the bottom of the page on my previous post about the garden, I am thanking Linda at "The View from Squirrel Ridge" who shared that there was a Lego Exhibit here. We had been talking about going back for several months, our last visit being in April 2021. We were very surprised it had been that long as we had fully intended to visit earlier. However, when Linda mentioned what was going on (and you can see Linda's photos from Glen Burnie if you go scroll back a few), I mentioned it to Gregg and he, ever ready for a road trip, said let's go!
One of the first sculptures we came across was the polar bear and cubs. You can enlarge all pictures to see more details. I have included a YouTube link here, where the artist talks briefly about this particular piece.
According to the sign it took 133,263 bricks...
and 1048.5 hours to build.
The Dodo
My photo I took of the information was too blurry and couldn't be read, but the one I include below was given to me by Linda. We had both gone to the exhibit and I was about to publish this post just after I had seen the one from Linda. After reading that my photo was blurry, she very kindly sent me this one and said I could use it. Thank you so much Linda! Linda's photos can be seen if you visit her via the link I have shared at the beginning of my post.
There were a few I missed among the exhibits, but they all let us know how many bricks and hours it took to make each piece, gave information where they live, which animal is endangered, and which is extinct. In this case, the Dodo. It was never photographed when it was alive, the date of extinction being around 1690. I read the artist and his team relied on historical records to make it as accurate as possible. You can read about the Dodo here. It was a flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius. I won't go into great detail today but if you are curious, the story of its extinction can be read at the first link provided in this paragraph. Our Dodo was in the same area as several busts, one of which included Julius Caesar.
The Zebra and the Wildebeest
It took 58,139 bricks and a total of 372.5 hours to build the Zebra.
Very interesting information on them at this link.
Also for the Wildebeest here.
66,655 bricks in this one and 502 hours to build.
I am going back before they leave in September. They were really something to see and photos once again don't do them justice.
I missed a close up of the sign which you can see in the photo above. Many already know that this butterfly is endangered and you can read that story at this link.
As usual I have more photos to share but I think I am going to leave my post with a promise that another will be done soon.
Added note: my second post on the exhibit can be found here.
My first post showing the garden (on this trip) can be found at this link. I included a poem with that one.
