‘Tyrannosaurs – Meet the Family’ opens at OMSI

INCLUDES VIDEO TOUR | Discover why you’ll want to explore cutting-edge discoveries in paleontology at this new exhibition …

Now, in East Portland’s Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, guests are stepping back through history — as they visit the new “Tyrannosaurs” exhibition.

Story and photos by David F. Ashton

The main display halls of the nonprofit Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) are now filled with the new exhibition, Tyrannosaurs – Meet the Family, which opened on March 2.

Take our video tour of this new, fascinating exhibition:

A few days before the exhibit opened, we were invited to a preview of the exhibit, along with several dozen invited guests.

Greeting guests to the opening of the new exhibit is OMSI VP of Learning Experiences Akiko Minaga.

“This new offerimg is important to the mission of OMSI, because we’re all about science discovery,” OMSI VP of Learning Experiences Akiko Minaga told East Portland News at the preview reception. “And, we’re really excited to bring dinosaurs back to OMSI, and proud that we’re hosting the premiere showing of this exhibition on the West Coast!

“It showcases the earth’s ancient past, and incorporates the latest breakthroughs, research, and ongoing advancements in paleontology,” he said.

Exhibit explorers get a good look at the remains of a Dilong Paradoxus – a newly-discovered fossilized dinosaur.

Guests get a look at how smaller creatures would have appeared in the wild in that long-ago era, in diorama displays.

Entering the exhibit on the main floor, guests walk into a stunning life-size immersive video display, depicting OMSI’s front exterior – with members of the “the family” skittering past!

Then, visitors learn that tyrannosaurs came in all shapes and sizes, and various species lived in different habitats – at different times – and evolved to fill different ecological niches.

Kids are naturally attracted to the hands-on “Be a Paleontologist” part of the OMSI’s new exhibition.

Highlights include:

Three full life-sized skeletons of a Daspletosaurus, Albertosaurs, and Lynthronax
An interactive, augmented-reality display wherein visitors play with life-sized dinosaurs
Two tyrannosaur species discovered recently in excavations in China
Four never-before-toured T.Rex fossils

Now, through the end of summer, bring everyone to experience “Tyrannosaurs – Meet the Family”, at OMSI.

“Tyrannosaurs – Meet the Family” will be on display this spring and summer, through September 8th. Better still, this exhibition is included with the cost of museum admission. To learn more at their official website, CLICK HERE. OMSI is located on the east bank of the Willamette, under the east end of the Marquam Bridge, at 1945 S.E. Water Avenue, 97214.

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