Meet our amazing Terataphoneus specimen, the most complete tyrannosaur ever found in the Southwestern U.S., and Ann Johnson, NHMU's talented preparator who worked on the skull.
What’s covered in spikes and 76 million years old? The answer isn’t a prehistoric pincushion. It’s Akainacephalus johnsoni, the newest dinosaur to be named from Utah.
Carolyn Levitt-Bussian has a fossil lover’s dream job. Every day that she comes to work at the Natural History Museum of Utah, she gets to roam among the dinosaurs.
The often-overlooked minerals collection at NHMU is full of visual surprises and lessons in crystal forms and chemistry. Find out where you can discover these gems at the museum.
![[image] A Butterfly Case from early 20th Century Utah](/sites/default/files/b1 cropped.jpg)
![[image] NHMU50: Saving an Allosaurus Graveyard](/sites/default/files/allosaurusnhmu.jpg)
![[image] A Strange and Mysterious Insect Was Found in Museum Collections First](/sites/default/files/treehopper (1).jpg)
![[image] The Museum's Wall of Wonders](/sites/default/files/collectionswall.jpg)
![[image] Historic Photography of Native Americans of the Southwest](/sites/default/files/1D6A4730_lead.jpg)
![[image] How to Prepare a King](/sites/default/files/ann_2.jpg)
![[image] Spiky-Headed Dinosaur a First for Utah](/sites/default/files/Akainacephalus-croppedweb-by-Andrey-Atuchin_0.jpg)
![[image] Behind the Scenes, a Fossil Treasure Trove](/sites/default/files/050918_carrie-levitt-bussian_02.jpg)
![[image] NHMU's Hidden Minerals](/sites/default/files/red beryl 10ae_0.jpg)
![[image] The Birth of the Antiquities Act](/sites/default/files/Bears Ears 3.jpg)