T rex returns Exhibit recreates dinosaurs' environments
PITTSBURGH — The King of the dinosaurs returns to Carnegie Museum of Natural History on Sunday.
The second and final phase of "Dinosaurs in Their Time," featuring Tyrannosaurus rex, opens on Sunday, Father's Day.
The "Dinosaurs in Their Time" exhibit will be closed on Saturday for a members-only preview.
The museum will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday to accommodate the expected crowds.
The exhibit immerses visitors in the environments in which dinosaurs lived, surrounded by scientifically accurate re-creations of the Earth's Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
The exhibit first opened to the public in November 2007. The June opening of the final phase will complete the three-year, $36 million project that renovated and expanded the museum's former Dinosaur Hall and now features the third largest collection of real mounted dinosaurs in the country.
Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, extended through 8 p.m. Thursdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays, plus for the summer, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays as well. Closed holidays.
Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, $11 for children ages 3 to 18 and full-time students with ID, and free to children younger than 3 and Carnegie Museum members.
Call 412-622-3131 or visit the Web site, www.carnegiemnh.org.
