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Stand face-to-face with SUE the T. rex, © 2018 Field Museum, photo
one of the world’s most famous dinosaurs! by Lucy Hewett

March 6–July 25, 2021
A cast of SUE, one of the largest, oldest, and
most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossils ever
discovered, will soon make an appearance at the
world’s largest children’s museum. Don’t miss the
opportunity to see this fearsome fossil!

On loan from the Field Museum (Chicago, Illinois),
the full-size cast of SUE is more than 40 feet in length
and 13 feet high. SUE is an important discovery in
the world of paleontology—remarkable because of
its size, completeness, and quality of preservation. SUE is
also known as Specimen FMNH PR 2081 and has one of
paleontology’s greatest Twitter accounts!

Bucky Gets into the Act!

Among those excited to greet SUE is the museum’s
beloved Bucky the teenage T. rex, who
ordinarily makes its home in Dinosphere®.
A cast of Bucky will soon be displayed
on the Level 2 Mezzanine to be near SUE,
making spring/summer 2021 a T. rex celebration at The Children’s Museum!

The first teenage T. rex to be displayed in a museum, this Children’s Museum icon is
also the first T. rex to be identified with a furcula, or wishbone. Bucky was named after the
young rancher and rodeo cowboy Bucky Derflinger, who discovered the specimen.

Children and grown-ups can take a close look at these two towering giants and examine
the fossilized clues that help us understand their fierce and ferocious behavior. (Spoiler
alert: Broken bones and big bites were a regular part of their lives!)

This exhibition was developed by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, in partnership with the Field Museum.
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