THE largest dinosaur ever go on display in Ireland has been visited by more than 40,000 people in just one month.
Dippy is the Natural History Museum's iconic 26-metre-long Diplodocus which is currently touring Britain and Northern Ireland.
The Ulster Museum is the third of Dippy's eight stop tour.
He is a plaster cast of the fossilised bones of a Diplodocus found by railroad workers in Wyoming, US in 1898, and took a full week to build by a team of four technicians and two conservators from the Natural History Museum.
The Ulster Museum visitor figures for Dippy on Tour: A Natural History Adventure has reached a giant 41,000 since the exhibition opened just one month ago.
The exhibition which runs alongside Dippy explores the natural world and biodiversity across Ireland as well as explaining why so few dinosaur fossils have ever been found.
"The latest visitor figures, for the exhibition are fantastic and it is great to see so many visitors of all ages and from all over Ireland and beyond come to see Dippy in Belfast," said Aaron Ward, Head of Creative Engagement for National Museums NI.
"Dippy has captured the imaginations of people for generations and it is very special that the Ulster Museum is the only place to see him on the island of Ireland.
"We are also delighted to hear the positive responses and visitors’ enthusiasm for the National Museums NI collections exhibited alongside Dippy such as fossils and the bugs, birds and mammals that live on our island."
:: The exhibition will be at the Ulster Museum until January 6 2019.
