David Hildebrand Wilson is the co-founder, along with his wife, Diana Wilson, of the enigmatic

Museum of Jurassic Technology The Museum of Jurassic Technology at 9341 Venice Boulevard in the Palms district of Los Angeles, California, was founded by David Hildebrand Wilson and Diana Drake Wilson in 1988.Tony Perrottet" The Museum of Jurassic Technology: A throwback to ...

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. After high school, Wilson enrolled at

Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo College is a private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Founded in 1833 by American Baptist Churches USA, Baptist ministers as the Michigan and Huron Institute, K ...

where he majored in urban entomology with a minor in art. He received an MFA in Experimental Animation from the

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a Private university, private art school in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for ...

in 1976. He was awarded the

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and the

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Moving Image Award in 2001. Wilson and his museum are the subject of the book, '' Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder'', published in 1995.

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