T. rex arrives in Washington
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Director Kirk Johnson, left, and Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers, unveil the fossilized bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex during a ceremony at the museum in Washington, April 15, 2014.
The Tyrannosaurus rex is joining the dinosaur fossil collection on the National Mall on Tuesday after a more than 2,000-mile journey from Montana.
For the first time since its dinosaur hall opened in 1911, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History will have a nearly complete T. rex skeleton.
Washington, D.C.
A cast of a Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in Montana greets visitors as they enter the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, April 15, 2014.
The original fossilized bones of this T. rex arrived at the museum Tuesday and will be reassembled for display.
Washington, D.C.
Kirk Johnson, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, poses with Montana ranchers Kathy and Tom Wankel, Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, commanding general and chief of engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the fossilized right femur of a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex during a preview of the fossils at the museum, April 15, 2014.
In 1988 the Wankels discovered the fossilized bones of a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex while hiking in a rugged section of a federal wildlife refuge in eastern Montana.