Alongside its famed Siebel Dinosaur Complex, Museum of the Rockies offers visitors a new changing exhibition to engage with in the new year. SUE: The T.rex Experience opens February 8th. A members-only preview event will be held the evening prior. Here’s a closer look at what’s in store.
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.
Presented in both English and Spanish, discover SUE in this immersive experience for visitors of all ages. SUE: The T. rex Experience was organized by the Field Museum and is part of the Griffin Dinosaur Experience, made possible by generous support from Kenneth C. Griffin.
Also catch a show in Taylor Planetarium. Current titles include Incoming!, Montana Skies and From Earth to the Universe. Spark: The Universe in Us returns to the screen beginning Feb. 8th. Find show schedule and additional information through the Museum website.
MOR is open from 9am–5pm daily. For more information about these exhibits and other museum happenings, visit www.museumoftherockies.org. •
