Bozeman’s Museum of the Rockies takes a bite out of spring with its annual Dinosaurs & MOR! Festival late this month. Events will be held Friday through Sunday, March 28th–30th.
Explore the world of dinosaurs with expert presentations, family friendly programs and special events. Kick-off with a members-only evening featuring an exclusive mosasaur reveal. Partake in a dinner and keynote by Dr. Jingmai O’Connor, and over two days, enjoy 18 talks from top paleontologists, hands-on workshops, Jr. Paleontologist stations and more.
Don’t miss a chance to dive into the prehistoric world with activities for all ages, from fossil casting to terrarium building. Find a complete schedule of events through the Museum website.
Also at MOR, take in their latest changing exhibit SUE: The T.rex Experience. Step into the world of SUE the T. rex to uncover the mysteries about the life of this fearsome fossil.
Come between two titans with full-scale casts of SUE and T. rex’s nemesis, Triceratops. Experience a unique multimedia show transporting you to the Cretaceous forest alongside SUE. Learn how the fossil was unearthed, and how scientists continue to make discoveries about SUE, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever discovered.
Use all of your senses to take in SUE’s world. Take a whiff of their putrid breath, watch SUE tromp through the Late Cretaceous forest, feel the texture of dinosaur skin, and hear the subsonic rumble of a T. rex. See the fossils of animals, plants and dinosaurs that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, and come face-to-face with a full-size, fleshed-out replication of a ferocious T. rex battling the duck-billed herbivore, Edmontosaurus.
MOR is open from 9am–5pm daily. For more information about these exhibits and other museum happenings, visit www.museumoftherockies.org. •
