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Cheap Thrills: Visiting T-Rex at the Museum of Paleontology

Visit the two-story high T-rex skeleton for a riveting view of the past.

Baring its six-inch serrated teeth in a creepy grin, its long tail whipped back in a frozen pose, the giant Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, housed in the on the campus of UC Berkeley, rises menacingly before its audience, poised to strike. 

Standing about 15 feet high and 40 feet in length, the free-standing, mounted skeleton resides within a circular stairwell in the Wallace Atrium. Constructed in 1995, each of its 300 bones were carefully cast, washed, hand-tooled, and painted, to create the most realistic and biologically accurate skeleton possible.

Along with T-rex, there are other exhibits to peruse — many showcasing fierce fossils — each offering interesting and informative facts that help viewers contextualize the display.

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Bring a bag lunch and enjoy it in the hothouse atmosphere of the atrium. With the giant ferns arching overhead, and T-rex lunging towards you, you might just think you’re lost in the jungle.

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