Dinosaurs! Age of the giant lizards

Unique in Europe

This unique special exhibition shows objects from all geological eras in which dinosaurs lived: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous.

Dinosaurs dominated our planet for more than 150 million years, making them one of the most successful animal groups that the earth has produced.


The Jurassic was the heyday of dinosaurs. Nanosaurus, Diplodocus, Giraffatitan & Co form the food base for a variety of predators and scavengers.

Above all, Allosaurus, which was at the top of the food chain around 150 million years ago - long before T. rex. The small, sharp teeth can be clearly seen on the very well-preserved skull. One of the two Allosaurus specimens on display belongs to a new species that was only scientifically described in 2020 and is called Allosaurus jimmadseni.

Tyrannosaurus rex

The Tyrannosaurus rex is the superstar among dinosaurs. Tyrannosaurus rex lived at the end of the Cretaceous period around 66 million years ago. From 1902 to today, around 50 specimens have been discovered in North America, none of them complete. The Museum of Natural History is now once again showing one of the best-preserved skeletons in the world. Of around 300 bones, 170 are preserved, making it third on this list.

Tristan and Otto - the sons of the two owners who gave the T. rex its name - will be made available to the museum free of charge for research and presentation over the next few years. It comes from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and was discovered in 2010. The recovery and conservation took four years.

In December 2015, Tristan Otto was the first original T. rex skeleton to come to Europe and to the Museum of Natural History in Berlin. Since then, the superstar among dinosaurs has inspired around three million visitors from Berlin and around the world to research and nature. At the beginning of 2020, it was time for Berliners to say goodbye - at least temporarily. Now Tyrannosaurus rex Tristan Otto is back in Berlin and is staying here for the time being!


Dinosaurs! Age of the giant lizards

Tristan Otto can be admired in the Natural History Museum in the exhibition "Dinosaurs!"