T-Rex The Ultimate Predator Exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History

 

The T-Rex is by far the most popular and most familiar dinosaur to adults and kids alike, making it the star of blockbuster movies and children’s imaginations, the inspiration for viral memes and inflatable Halloween costumes.

 

Yet despite its high profile in the public consciousness, our perception of Tyrannosaurus rex and its relatives is often much different than the reality.

 T. rex: The Ultimate Predator is a new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History now open until August 2020. The exhibition explores the latest research and discoveries about the genus of dinosaurs known as tyrannosaurs, with an emphasis on the most famous and impressive member of the family—T. rex.

 

The full tyrannosaur story includes dozens of different species and spans over 100 million years of evolution, with T. rex appearing only at the very end of that period. Most tyrannosaurs were not giants like T. rex, which, fully grown, weighed between 6 and 9 tons. Early species were small and fast, likely avoiding confrontations with larger dinosaurs.

 

• So how did mega-predators like T. rex evolve from such humble origins?
• How did T. rex grow so quickly in adolescence, ballooning from the size of a chicken to the size of a truck in just 21 years, gaining up to 4.6 pounds per day?
• And what kind of supersensory skills and traits did it use to become such an efficient killer?

T. rex: The Ultimate Predator addresses these questions and more with life-sized reconstructions of tyrannosaurs at various life stages, real fossils and casts, large-scale video projections, hands-on interactives, and an exhilarating virtual reality experience that lets visitors work in a group to assemble a T. rex skeleton.

 

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T. rex: The Ultimate Predator is now open until August 2020.

Visit amnh.org to check out the current exhibits, the numerous permanent collections and kid-friendly attractions that the museum has to offer. Don’t miss the Hayden Planetarium that is adjacent to the museum.

The American Museum of Natural History 
Location: 200 Central Park West at 81st Street
New York, NY 10024

 

 

Disclosure: NYC Single Mom was not compensated for this post. My daughter and I are longtime fans of the American Museum of Natural History and cannot recommend enough the museum and all of their exhibits.