T. rex: The Ultimate Predator

Experience a jaw-dropping new look at the legend

On view October 18, 2025 to March 8, 2026

 

Inside the Exhibition

The exhibit explores the amazing story of the most iconic dinosaur in the world through life-size models, fossils casts, and interactives that bring T. rex to life. Organized by the American Museum of Natural History, the exhibition will introduce you to the entire tyrannosaur family from fluffy and gangly hatchlings to the full-grown mega-predators. T.rex: The Ultimate Predator is presented in English with Spanish translations available using the Bloomberg Connects guide.

Learn more at the T. rex: The Ultimate Predator exhibition page.

Please submit an Information Request to:

  • Schedule a press visit for the exhibition
  • Schedule an interview with Bullock Museum staff
  • Request images of the exhibition for publication
Exhibition Credits

T. rex: The Ultimate Predator is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (amnh.org).

The exhibition was curated by Mark Norell, formerly the Macaulay Curator in the Museum’s Division of Paleontology and the division’s chair. Gregory Erickson, professor of anatomy and vertebrate paleontology at Florida State University, is a consultant for the exhibition.

The exhibition is designed and produced by the American Museum of Natural History’s award-winning Exhibition Department under the direction of Lauri Halderman, senior vice president for exhibition.

The Bullock Texas State History Museum is a division of the State Preservation Board. Additional support of exhibitions and programs is provided by the Texas State History Museum Foundation.

About the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)

The American Museum of Natural History, founded in 1869 with a dual mission of scientific research and science education, is one of the world’s preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. The Museum encompasses more than 40 permanent exhibition halls, galleries for temporary exhibitions, the Rose Center for Earth and Space including the Hayden Planetarium, and the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation. The Museum’s scientists draw on a world-class permanent collection of more than 30 million specimens and objects, some of which are billions of years old, and on one of the largest natural history libraries in the world. Through its Richard Gilder Graduate School, the Museum offers two of the only free-standing, degree-granting programs of their kind at any museum in the U.S.: the Ph.D. program in Comparative Biology and the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Earth Science residency program. Visit amnh.org for more information.

Press Releases

A family looking at a large T rex skeleton with an open mouth

New exhibition at the Bullock Museum invites visitors to join the family — the T. rex family

October 14, 2025 (Austin, Texas) -- T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, a new special exhibition from the American Museum of Natural History in New York, will open at the Bullock Texas State History Museum on Saturday, October 18, 2025. View Press Release