The eagerly anticipated exhibit, Dueling Dinosaurs, is opening at the Nature Research Center at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in April, 2024.
The Nature Research Center is at 121 W Jones Street, Raleigh.
The exhibit will be FREE to visit, but tickets will be required every day except the Grand Opening. Read on for information about the exhibit, tickets and the grand opening.
What is the Dueling Dinosaurs Exhibit?
Dueling Dinosaurs is a pair of unusually well preserved dinosaur specimens, Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops horridus, that were found buried together in Montana.
The specimen includes the best-preserved skeletons of Triceratops and T. rex unearthed to date — including the only 100% complete skeleton of T. rex yet discovered — preserved together in a potential predator-prey encounter.
There are T. rex teeth embedded in the Triceratops skeleton, but scientists don’t know yet if that means that the T. rex killed the Triceratops. They both could have been killed by another dinosaur. The T. rex could have found the Triceratops already dead.
It’s a 67 million year old cold case.
The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences has built a new lab, where scientists will be trying to solve that cold case, as well as all the other mysteries that the fossils, which weigh a collective 15 tons, will reveal.
The new area includes high-tech exhibit spaces, an area where visitors can explore the tools and techniques used by paleontologists, and “SECU DinoLab, a new science laboratory. The best part is that scientists will be conducting research live in front of the public.
Museum guests will have the opportunity to enter the SECU DinoLab and talk directly to the paleontology team. This state-of-the-art facility will also feature video feeds and research updates so the public, both onsite and online, can follow along live as paleontologists work to reveal and share their Dueling Dinosaurs discoveries.
Tickets for Dueling Dinosaurs
Free tickets for Dueling Dinosaurs are available now. Reserve tickets.
Dueling Dinosaurs Grand Opening
The Grand Opening will take place Saturday, April 27, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This will be the only time that tickets will not be required.
Museum scientists will showcase the museum’s research and collections. Visitors can meet scientists and professionals from universities and other organizations. Join in the excitement of paleontology, science and technology with fun hands-on activities, games, crafts and presentations. Programs are designed for all ages and stages of learning, and families are encouraged to attend.
Nature Research Center (North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences), Raleigh
121 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC
Kim Alton says
Wow. So awesome! I can’t wait.
Andy Hare says
Just an awesome experience I’m sure. Can’t wait to see it with the grandkids and one budding paleontologist grandson!