Hall Train Studios is a leader in the design and creation of complete exhibit environments, including animatronics, life-like figures, skeleton mounts, dioramas, murals, rockwork, animation, live-action film/video and environmental soundtracks.

CURRENT PROJECTS

Canadian Museum of Nature Creating the signature exhibit featuring furry prehistoric mammals.
Opens Summer 2006.

Protoceratops Robot
Producing the world's first
un-tethered autonomous true-walking animatronic. Co-venture with Peter Dilworth of M.I.T.
Completion 2005.

BBC Television
Designing the Dino-creatures
for an upcoming dramatic TV series.
Ongoing 2004/2005.

National Geographic / Stanford University
Team member creating an
un-tethered flying Pterosaur
for TV special.
Takes flight summer 2005.

Walking T-Rex
Creating a mechanically articulated skeleton for a major U.S. museum.
Completion spring 2005.

Design Craftsmen
Complete production of 7-minute large-screen video on prehistoric animals.
Completion 2005.

Dino-Zoo
Lead company for a Las Vegas theme park filled with animatronics.
Begins 2005

ANIMATRONICS

Striker Robot
Unveiled at IAAPA, 2001.

Baby Triceratops Puppet
Universal Studios Theme Parks: Orlando, Los Angeles and Osaka, 2000.

Flying Pterosaur Robot
Unveiled at First Arts Center, Delaware, 2000.

Adult Triceratops Robot
Universal Studios Theme Park, Orlando, 1999.

T-Rex Cable-Controlled Head
Discovery Channel, 1996.

MUSEUM EXHIBITS

Maryland Science Center
Baltimore, 2004.

Dinosaur Walk Museum
Tennessee, 2002.

Fernbank Museum
Atlanta, 2001.

The Lost World
Traveling Exhibit, 1998.

Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia, 1997.

American Museum of Natural History
New York, 1995.

LIFE-SIZE FIGURES

Astrodon & Acrocanthosaurus
Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, 2004.

Apatosaurus
Dinosaur Walk Museum, Tennessee, 2002.

Troodon Adult and Babies
“Dinosaur Babies” Documentary, Discovery Channel, 2001.

Mamenchisaurus
“Jurassic Park” Movies Travelling Exhibit, 1998.

SKELETON MOUNTS

Argentinosaurus,  Anhanguera, Pterodaustros
Fernbank Museum, Atlanta, 2001.

Archelon Skeleton
Nagoya Port Authority Aquarium, Japan, 1992.

Edmontosaurus Skeleton
Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, 1992.

SKELETON RE-MOUNTS

Albertosaurus, Giganotosaurus
Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, 2004.

ANIMATION + TELEVISION

Dinosaur Babies: The North American Story
Discovery Channel, 2002.

When Dinosaurs Roamed America
Discovery Channel, 2002.

Dinosaur Eggs & Babies
The Stone Company, 2001.

Battle of the Titans
WSB-TV & Fernbank Museum, Atlanta, 2001.

Time Machine
Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, 1997.

Beyond T-Rex
Discovery Channel, 1997.

Barosaurus
American Museum of Natural History, 1996.

The Ultimate Guide to T-Rex
Discovery Channel, 1996.

Extinct Marine Animals and Flying Reptiles
American Museum of Natural History, 1996.

AMNH Dinosaurs
American Museum of Natural History, 1995.

Messages in Stone
TLC & PBS, 1991.

SPECIALTY PRODUCTS

Illustrated Books
"T-Rex and Triceratops"
Candlewick Press, New York, 2001.

Rockwork
Maryland Science Center, 2004. Dinosaur Walk Museum, 2002. Fernbank Museum, 2001.

Merchandising
(Books, bottles, stamps, etc.)
Petro Canada, Cineplex-Odeon, Canada Post, 1990's.

Cartoon Characters Design "Zoboomafoo"
TLC and PBS, 1999.