Steggie II

Steggie has served as the Museum's unofficial greeter for almost 50 years! But the sculpture we see outside today was not the first Stegosaurus to stand watch over Wade Oval. In 1964, artists at Jonas Studios were commissioned to create a group of authentic life-sized dinosaur sculptures to be used at the New York World’s Fair. In 1967, then Museum Director William Scheele commissioned Jonas Studios to create another realistic Stegosaurus model for Cleveland. The first Steggie retired in 1997. Steggie II was created from the original casts. It is identical in every way to the first Steggie: 18 feet long & 8 feet tall. Funding for the replacement model was provided by the Key Foundation, Rosemary Henson’s second-grade class at North Madison Elementary School, John & Nancy Scharf, Shammy Waidelich & the Women’s Committee. Scanner: Artec Leo Image by Dr. Caitlin Colleary, Hailey Majewski, & Rob Morehouse, CMNH