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Dinosaurs in the Fossil Hall at the National Museum of Natural History. Photo by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution.
Last Chance--Closing Soon for Renovation
Upcoming Exhibitions
The National Fossil Hall
The National Museum of Natural History’s Fossil Hall will remain open through April 27, 2014, when it will be closed to the public for the Hall's most complete renovation since the Museum opened in 1910. During the renovation, visitors will still be able to see dinosaurs and other fossils in other areas of the Museum, including Q?rius.

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The Rex Room
April 15 - October 20, 2014
Before it can go on display as a centerpiece of the new Fossil Hall, the Nation's T. rex needs special care. Peek into The Rex Room for a once-in-a-lifetime view of how Museum specialists study, conserve, and mount this very rare specimen!

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The Last American Dinosaurs: Discovering a Lost World
Opening November 2014
66 million years ago, the last dinosaurs roamed what is now the Western Interior of North America.

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On April 17, hear first-hand accounts of the discovery and excavation of this T. rex. Photograph courtesy The Museum of the Rockies.
Fossil Hall Fotorama! Fossil Festivities
Fossil Hall Fotorama! Red Carpet Photo Opportunity
To honor our old fossils and welcome the new T. rex, let us take your official portrait with the fossils and fun props on April 26 and 27. You’ll see your photo instantly displayed in our new Fossil Hall Fotorama! online gallery. To add your own photos of the Fossil Hall to the gallery between April 2 and April 27, 2014, please visit us on The National Museum of Natural History's Deep Time at the Smithsonian Facebook Page.
A Weekend Celebrating Dinosaurs & Fossils
Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27
Join us for a weekend of fossiliferous fun. Celebrate the arrival of the Nation’s T. rex, meet paleontologists, watch dinosaur films, see and touch fossils up close, and share photos and memories of the Fossil Hall. Check our website for updates on all the happenings.

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See the April 27 schedule >
Smithsonian Associates Programs NOW @ IMAX
Evening Lecture: The Nation’s T. rex is Coming...Look Out!
Thursday, April 17 from 6:45 to 8:15pm
Hear the Nation's T. rex’s story as Kathy Wankel and Jack Horner talk with Matthew Carrano, Curator of Dinosauria, and Kirk Johnson, Director of the Natural History Museum.

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Smithsonian Sleepovers
Spend the night at the National Museum of Natural History! (Ages 8 to 12)

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Jurassic Park 3D
April 26 and 27 at 7:30pm
Experience director Steven Spielberg’s ultimate thrill ride in 3D. Hailed as “a triumph of special effects artistry” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times), this epic film is sheer movie-making magic. Ever wonder about the science behind Jurassic Park? After the film, Matthew Carrano, the National Museum of Natural History’s Curator of Dinosauria, will answer questions.

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We Want Your Feedback Support the Museum: Text DINO to Donate
Throughout the development of our new exhibition, we want to hear from you! Check us out on Facebook to get the insider’s view on the exhibition renovations, take future surveys to help staff understand what visitors need from the exhibits, give us feedback on interactive prototypes, draft labels and displays in development. New! Text DINO to 202-22 on your smartphone to donate $10 to the Museum. Your donation helps provide free educational programs and exhibitions and contributes to research around the world.

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Research
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Reconstruction of Anzu wyliei: artwork courtesy and copyright of Mark Klingler (Carnegie Museum of Natural History).
A Bizarre New Dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Smithsonian Scientists Solve Mystery of Whale Graveyard
A group of scientists from the National Museum of Natural History, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the University of Utah has described an unusual bird-like dinosaur previously unknown to science, resembling a cross between a modern emu and a reptile.

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A team of Smithsonian and Chilean scientists, led by Natural History Museum curator Nicholas Pyenson, examined a large fossil site of ancient marine mammal skeletons in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile--the first definitive example of repeated mass strandings of marine mammals in the fossil record.

Learn about the paleontological discoveries from this site >

Read the team’s newly published paper >
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Educational Programs
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Smithsonian Science How? Live Webcasts What Exactly is the Human Genome?
Smithsonian Science How? delivers real-world science into classrooms and other learning environments through free, interactive, live webcasts and supporting resources.

April 10 at 11am and 2pm - Measuring Coral Reef Biodiversity: Life in One Cubic Foot with Chris Meyer

April 24 at 11am and 2pm - Deep Reef Biodiversity: Exploring the Unexplored with Carole Baldwin

See the schedule and view the webcast >.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code
Saturday, April 12 at 2pm in the Q?rius Theater
Join Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Eric Green, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, in exploring the science of genomics and its importance to our health.

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Free School Programs Human Dinosaur--Teen Art + Science Workshop
Schedule your field trip to the National Museum of Natural History!
Free school programs are offered every weekday morning for grades 6-12 in Q?rius, and for grades K-8 in Q?rius jr.: a discovery room. A variety of educator-led and self-guided programs aligned to national standards are offered, with topics ranging from anthropology to biology to geology.

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Download the Q?rius Teacher's Guide >
Human Dinosaur is a week-long, registration-only workshop for teens aged 13-19, offered April 14-18, 2014. Participants will learn from real scientists about how to examine prehistoric fossils to determine how ancient creatures lived and what they looked like. They will investigate how animals adapted and evolved over time, then consider how to express those changes in themselves, using 3D-printers, sculpture materials, digital cameras, and pattern-making.

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BANNER IMAGE: Photo courtesy Museum of the Rockies
A close-up of the skull of the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton which was installed in front of the Museum of the Rockies at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana in 2001. The actual fossil specimens are being loaned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History for display in the National Museum’s new paleobiology hall, slated to open in 2019. A display containing a replica of the T. rex skull is currently on view in the Museum’s North Lobby, at the Constitution Avenue entrance.
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