Media Contact:
Paul Ramey, APR
(352) 273-2054
pramey@flmnh.ufl.edu
Jan. 24-Sept. 13, 2015
Major Themes and Components
Sue’s Skeleton and Skull
Meet the Tyrant Lizard King and witness her extraordinarily powerful jaws and massive
serrated steak-knife teeth. The centerpiece of “A T. rex Named Sue” is a fully articulated cast
skeleton of Sue. Get an eye-to-eye look at a separate cast of Sue’s 5-foot-long skull that roars
and growls. Touch casts of Sue’s bones and teeth while interpreting anomalies and
diagnosing pathologies. Discover Sue’s history through news articles and behind-the-scenes
photos and learn about the process of making casts from fossilized bones.
Interactives
Visitor-controlled mechanical models and interactive pods explore in-depth topics related to
Sue, T. rex and dinosaur science.
 Young visitors can get up close and personal with fossil bone casts from T. rex in a
“Dig Pit” complete with shovels, trowels and other tools of the trade.
 Look through the eyes of a T. rex and a Triceratops and take a peek into the
Cretaceous world. Sue probably had a keen sense of smell. Test your nose to find
food, water and shelter. Scientists think that Sue didn’t chew. Find out how she
probably ate.
 Assemble spare parts from a “bone bank” in a large-format 3-D puzzle of Sue’s
skeleton to demonstrate her completeness. Use an apparatus to feel how scientists
think Sue moved her arms. Manipulate a model of Sue’s jaws to demonstrate how her
gigantic muscles slammed shut on prey.
 Sort out the difference between science and speculation by examining clues about
dinosaurs.
Videos
Learn how perceptions of T. rex have changed over time as scientists have made new
discoveries through a video that incorporates a variety of pop-culture images and a short
animation sequence. Another documentary-style video shows how scientists at The Field
Museum obtained CT images of Sue’s skull and how these high-tech scans have helped
researchers learn more about the species.
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