Mr. T-Rex Goes to Washington

The Wankel T-Rex at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman is being packed up to be loaded into a truck for a trip to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C.

The 65 million year old bones are being individually wrapped and crates to protect them on the long trip.

The T-rex will be the *centerpiece* of a new fossil hall in the National Museum of Natural History, but visitors won't get a chance to see it until 2019. The museum is set to close at the end of April, to undergo a major, five year renovation.

The Wankel is one of the most complete T.rex specimens ever discovered, and a spokesperson said the dinosaur's arrival will mark the most significant addition to the museum since the Hope Diamond was donated in 1958.

The skeleton will be on loan to the Smithsonian for 50 years.

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