The replica skeleton will be assembled over four days at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum.
Dippy the Diplodocus is being taken apart at the Natural History Museum before being unveiled in Coventry on 20 February
Despite making way in 2017, a whistle-stop tour of the UK followed, before his three-year stay in Coventry starts next month.A team of five technicians will take four days put him together at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, operations manager Steve Wiles said."We're hoping the economy in the city centre will just lift as part of Dippy being with us."
Dippy will sit on a 4x8m plinth and its location has already been carefully marked out in the atrium's floor.the location of the plinth was crucial when it comes to fitting the exhibit's head and tail in.
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